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What happened in history on this day: August 28?
On August 28 in ...
- 1592 - Birth of George Villiers duke of Buckingham, royal minister to James I.
- 1609 - Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands.
- 1655 - New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service.
- 1749 - Birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust).
- 1774 - Birth of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton first American Catholic saint.
- 1789 - Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus.
- 1818 - Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies.
- 1831 - Birth of Lucy Ware Webb in Chillicothe, Ohio, USA; spouse of US President Ruthorford B. Hayes.
- 1845 - Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue.
- 1859 - A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe and as far afield as Japan.
- 1867 - US occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific.
- 1870 - England's White Star Line launches the Oceanic ship; 420 feet long, 3807 tons.
- 1878 - Birth of George Hoyt Whipple; US astrophysicist (Nobel Prize-1934).
- 1878 - The Manifesto on the All-Round Development of Russian Lawn Tennis is adopted in Saint Petersburg, on completion of the All-Russian Tennis Fair.
- 1884 - First known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota, USA.
- 1895 - In New Jersey, USA, the first motion picture film is shot with actors. Film title is The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. This is also the first use of trick photography or special effect work in a film.
- 1898 - Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola".
- 1899 - Birth of Charles Boyer in France; actor (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park, Four-Star Playhouse TV show, The Rogues TV show).
- 1901 - Birth of Paul Henry Lang in Budapest; critic/musicologist (New York Herald Tribune).
- 1903 - Birth of Bruno Bettelheim; US writer (Uses of Enchantment).
- 1905 - Birth of Sam Levene; actor (Demon, Gung Ho).
- 1906 - Birth of John Betjeman; poet laureate of England (Mount Zion).
- 1907 - United Parcel Service (UPS) is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington.
- 1908 - Birth of Roger Tory Peterson in Jamestown, New York, USA; ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds).
- 1913 - Birth of Rivn Ticker AKA Richard Tucker in Brooklyn, New York, USA; tenor (New York Metropolitan Opera).
- 1913 - Birth of Robertson Davies AKA Samuel Marchbanks in Thamesville, Ontario, Canada; novelist (The Cunning Man (1995), Fifth Business (1970)), playwright (Eros at Breakfast (1949), At My Heart's Core (1950)), critic, journalist, professor (University of Toronto).
- 1914 - Birth of Glenn Osser in Munising, Michigan, USA; orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue).
- 1915 - Birth of Simon Oakland in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Baa Baa Black Sheep TV show, Kolchak the Night Stalker TV show, Toma TV show, David Cassidy - Man Undercover TV show).
- 1916 - Birth of Charles Wright Mills in Waco, Texas, USA; US sociologist, writer (The Power Elite).
- 1916 - Italy declares war against Germany.
- 1917 - Ten suffragists arrested as they picket the White House.
- 1919 - Birth of Ernest Harold Markowitz AKA Ernest Martin in Philadelphia, USA; producer (Feuer and Martin - Chorus Line).
- 1921 - Second Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels, and Paris).
- 1921 - Birth of Nancy Kulp in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Miss Jane Hathaway - The Beverly Hillbillies TV show, The Brian Keith Show, Sanford and Son).
- 1922 - WEAF in New York City airs first radio commercial (Queensboro Realty - $100 for 10 minutes).
- 1922 - Walker Cup golf tournament is established.
- 1924 - Birth of Janet Frame in New Zealand; novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry).
- 1924 - Birth of Peggy Ryan in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Jenny - Hawaii Five-O).
- 1925 - Banco de Mexico (Mexican state bank) is founded.
- 1925 - Birth of Marvin Davis in Newark, New Jersey, USA; CEO (Davis Oil Company).
- 1925 - Birth of Billy Grammer in Benton, Illinois, USA; country singer, guitarist and songwriter ("Gotta Travel On" (1958)), inventor of the Grammer Flat Top guitar (Country Music Hall of Fame, 1969).
- 1925 - Birth of Donald O'Connor in Chicago, Illinois, USA; dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain).
- 1929 - Birth of István Kertész in Budapest, Hungary; conductor (Budapest Opera 1953-57).
- 1929 - Birth of Rokie Roker in Miami, Florida, USA; actress (Helen - The Jeffersons).
- 1930 - Birth of Ben Gazzara in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII, Arrest and Trial).
- 1931 - Birth of John Shirley-Quirk in Liverpool, England; baritone (Death in Venice).
- 1931 - Birth of John Perkins in Ontario, Canada; singer (The Crew Cuts).
- 1932 - Birth of Andy Bathgate in Canada; hockey player (New York Rangers, 1958 NHL Most Valuable Player).
- 1935 - Birth of Sonny Shroyer; actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, I'll Fly Away).
- 1937 - Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
- 1938 - Northwestern University awards honorary degree to ventriloquist's dummy Charlie McCarthy.
- 1939 - Birth of Cassie Mackin; newswoman (NBC TV).
- 1940 - Birth of William Cohen; American politician (Senator-Republican-Maine).
- 1940 - Birth of Ken Jenkins; actor (Scrubs).
- 1941 - Birth of Paul Peter Plishka in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, USA; bass player (Bronx Botanical Gardens).
- 1942 - Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2).
- 1943 - Birth of David Soul in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Starsky and Hutch, Here Comes the Bride).
- 1943 - Birth of Lou Pinella; New York Yankees' manager (1969 American League rookie of the year).
- 1943 - Death of Czar Boris III of Bulgaria. Son Simeon is declared Czar Simeon II.
- 1946 - Birth of Bob Beamon; American long jumper (Olympic-gold-1968).
- 1947 - Birth of Alice Playton in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name).
- 1949 - Birth of Hugh Cornwell; rocker (The Stranglers - "Dreamtime").
- 1949 - Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill, New York, USA.
- 1950 - Birth of Ron "Louisiana Lightning" Guidry; New York Yankees' pitcher (Cy Young 1978).
- 1951 - Birth of Wayne Osmond in Ogden, Utah, USA; singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie).
- 1951 - Pittsburgh Pirates snap New York Giants 16-game win streak.
- 1953 - Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
- 1955 - First NFL preseason sudden death football, Los Angeles Rams beats New York Giants 23-17.
- 1955 - Emmett Till kidnapped and lynched at age 14, in Money, Mississippi, USA.
- 1957 - Birth of Daniel Stern in Stamford, Connecticut, USA; actor (City Slickers movie, The Wonder Years TV show, Dilbert TV show).
- 1957 - US Senator Strom Thurmond begins 24-hour filibuster against civil rights bill.
- 1958 - Birth of Scott Hamilton in Toledo, Ohio, USA; figure skating champion (Olympic-gold-1984).
- 1960 - Birth of Emma Samms [Samuels] in London, England; actress (Colby's, General Hospital, Dynasty, Doctors).
- 1960 - Chicago White Sox' player Ted Kluzewski's three-run home run is disallowed as umpire called time.
- 1961 - Birth of Kim Appleby; rocker (Mel and Kim - "Coming to America").
- 1961 - Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
- 1961 - Thomas Connolly, first baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies.
- 1961 - Birth of Jennifer Coolidge; actress (Joey, Secret Life of the American Teenager).
- 1963 - CBS TV airs the last The Armstrong Circle Theatre TV show in the USA.
- 1963 - 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC.
- 1963 - Birth of Reyna Thompson; NFL corner back (New York Giants).
- 1963 - Martin Luther King Junior gives his "I have a dream" speech at Lincoln Memorial.
- 1964 - Race riot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1966 - Birth of Jerry Fehily; rocker (Hothouse Flowers - "Don't Go").
- 1966 - CBS airs the last The 20th Century TV show.
- 1968 - Birth of Scarlet Annette Morgan in Pfafftown, North Carolina, USA; Miss North Carolina-America-1991.
- 1968 - Nick Castle, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at age 58.
- 1968 - Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Democratic National Convention.
- 1969 - Birth of Jason Priestley in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (Brandon - Beverly Hills, 90210).
- 1969 - Birth of Jack Black; actor-singer (Tenacious D).
- 1970 - Philadelphia Phillies' Larry Bowa steals home for second time in 1970.
- 1971 - Birth of Janet Evans; US swimmer (Olympics-1992).
- 1973 - In Veracruz, Mexico, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs. More than 600 killed, thousands injured. Heavy damage in the states of Morelos, Puebla, and Veracruz; thousands homeless. Felt strongly at Mexico City.
- 1973 - Birth of J. August Richards; actor (Angel).
- 1974 - Soyuz 15 returns to Earth.
- 1976 - New York Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup.
- 1976 - Death of Anissa Jones at age 18 from accidental overdose of cocaine and PCP; actress (Buffy - Family Affair TV show).
- 1977 - New York Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Oregon, winning their second North American Soccer League championship.
- 1977 - New York Yankees' pitcher Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0.
- 1978 - Birth of Max Collins; singer-bassist (Eve 6).
- 1978 - Death of Bruce Catton, American Civil War historian, Pulizer Prize winner (1954) (born 1899).
- 1978 - Death of Robert Shaw at age 51, English actor (Jaws, Dan - Buccaneers) (born 1927).
- 1978 - Donald Vesco rides 21-foot long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph.
- 1979 - Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne, age 83, dies in a hospital as a result of her injuries the previous day's IRA bombing.
- 1980 - Birth of Carly Pope in Vancouver, BC, Canada; actress (Popular, The Collector, 24).
- 1981 - South African troops invade Angola.
- 1981 - John Hinckley Junior pleads innocent in attempt to kill US President Ronald Reagan.
- 1981 - US National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men.
- 1981 - Sebastian Coe of United Kingdom sets 1-mile record of 3:47.33.
- 1983 - Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announces resignation.
- 1983 - Death of Jan Clayton at age 66; actress (Ellen Miller - Lassie TV show).
- 1983 - Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour.
- 1986 - US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying.
- 1988 - At Germany's Ramstein Air Base, three jets from the Italian air demonstration team Frecce Tricolori, collide, sending one of the aircraft crashing into the crowd of spectators. Seventy-five people are killed and three-hundred and forty-six injured in one of the worst airshow disasters in history.
- 1990 - Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province.
- 1990 - Force 5 tornado strikes the towns of Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet, in Illinois, killing 29 people. Strongest tornado to date to strike the Chicago metropolitan area.
- 1990 - Birth of Bojan Krkic, Spanish football player (FC Barcelona).
- 1991 - Five die in a New York City subway's third worst accident.
- 1991 - The first email message is sent from space to Earth, sent by the crew of space shuttle STS-43 Atlantis, using an Apple Macintosh Portable computer and AppleLink software.
- 1995 - The last episode of Disney's The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show airs.
- 1995 - A Serbian Mortar bomb near a Sarajevo market square kills 37 civilians.
- 1996 - Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are formally divorced at the High Court of Justice in London. Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales is restyled Diana, Princess of Wales.
- 1999 - Birth of Prince Nikolai of Denmark.
- 2003 - In the USA, Brian Douglas Wells wears a time bomb explosive fastened to his neck, and dies. The event stands out as the most bizarre event in the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- 2006 - A Greyhound Lines bus from New York City to Montreal, carrying 52 people, crashes at mile 115 on Interstate 87 near Elizabethtown killing five people including the driver, and several are seriously injured.
- 2007 - Abdullah Gül is elected as the eleventh President of Turkey by the Turkish Parliament, after secularist concerns delayed his initial candidacy.
- 2007 - The Venetian Macau casino opens in Macau. With a capacity of 15,000 patrons, it is the world's biggest casino, with 870 tables, and 3400 slot machines. Cost to build was US$2.4 billion.
- 2008 - India agrees to a free-trade agreement with the countries in the Association of South-East Asian Nations.
- 2010 - Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province of Indonesia erupts for the first time in 400 years.
- 2010 - Death of Sinan Hasani, 10th President of Yugoslavia (born 1922).
- 2011 - Champion Hong Kong Auctions sells at auction a China 1992 1kg 2000-yuan gold coin, one of five minted, graded Proof-69 NGC, for US$1,298,000, a world record for a Chinese certified coin.
- 2017 - Death of Tsutomu Hata, 51st Prime Minister of Japan (born 1935).
- 2020 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Japan, announces his resignation from office, citing ill health.
- 2022 - A Mickey Mantle baseball card is sold at auction for a record US$12.6 million.
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