August 28th, 1674

Born on August 28th, 1674

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What happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 2021

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

August 28th, 2003

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

August 28th, 1993

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

August 28th, 1987

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

August 28th, 1973

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

August 28th, 1963

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

August 28th, 1955

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

August 28th, 1950

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

August 28th, 1914

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

August 28th, 1909

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

August 28th, 1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

August 28th, 1830

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

August 28th, 1789

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

August 28th, 1640

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

August 28th, 1619

Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 28th?

82

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

*August 28th, 1749, Frankfurt †March 22nd, 1832, Weimar

82

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

*August 28th, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana †November 7th, 1910, Astapovo

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

*August 28th, 1797, Brzeg †August 1st, 1840, Athens

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

29

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

73

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

48

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

49

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

91

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

*August 28th, 1923, Berlin †January 14th, 2015, Berlin

81

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

*August 28th, 1867, Foggia †November 12th, 1948, Milan

27

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

66

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

*August 28th, 1929, Miami †December 2nd, 1995, Los Angeles

58

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

54

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

61

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

*August 28th, 1829, Witten †August 9th, 1891, Koblenz-Horchheim

48

Nick E. Tarabay

Lebanese and American actor

*August 28th, 1975, Beirut

41

Kevin McNaughton

British footballer (born 1982)

*August 28th, 1982, Dundee

40

Manuela Mölgg

Italian alpine skier

*August 28th, 1983, Bruneck

79

José Eduardo dos Santos

President of Angola from 1979 to 2017

*August 28th, 1942, Luanda †July 8th, 2022, Barcelona

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62

Johann Heinrich Wedekind

German painter (1674-1736)

*August 15th, 1674, Tallinn †October 8th, 1736, Saint Petersburg

48

Dimitrie Cantemir

Prince of Moldavia

*October 26th, 1674, Dimitrie Cantemir †August 21st, 1723, Dmitrovsk

50

Marie of Lorraine

Monegasque princess

*August 12th, 1674, Paris †October 30th, 1724, Monaco

44

Nicholas Rowe

English poet, writer (1674-1718)

*June 20th, 1674, Little Barford †December 6th, 1718, London

76

Christian Gottlieb Schwarz

Dr. phil. Universität Leipzig 1699

*November 30th, 1674, Leisnig †November 30th, 1750, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

49

Philippe, Duke of Orléans

Member of the royal family of France, Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723

*August 2nd, 1674, Saint-Cloud †December 2nd, 1723, Versailles

65

Reinhard Keiser

German opera composer (1674–1739)

*January 9th, 1674, Teuchern †September 12th, 1739, Hamburg

36

Sophie Eleonore von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern

5 Mar 1674 - 14 Jan 1711

*March 5th, 1674, Osterholz †January 14th, 1711, Bad Gandersheim

70

Leopold Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg

(1674-1744)

*January 12th, 1674, Brzeg †March 4th, 1744, Vienna

76

Pierre Dumage

French organist and composer (1674-1751)

*October 31st, 1674, Beauvais †October 2nd, 1751, Laon

74

Isaac Watts

English hymnwriter, theologian and logician (1674-1748)

*July 17th, 1674, Southampton †November 25th, 1748, London

61

Jean Ranc

French painter born in Montpellier (1674-1735)

*January 28th, 1674, Montpellier †July 1st, 1735, Madrid

80

Count Wenzel Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin

Austrian politician (1674-1754)

*February 26th, 1674, Bělušice †May 2nd, 1754, Prague

31

Prince Christian Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg

Officer in the Brandenburg-Prussian army

*August 20th, 1674, Magdeburg †May 23rd, 1706, Sønderborg

88

Dorothea Christina of Aichelberg

German noblewoman

*January 23rd, 1674, Plön †June 22nd, 1762, Reinfeld

63

Luca Antonio Colomba

Painter (1674-1737)

*November 19th, 1674, Arogno †December 22nd, 1737, Arogno

69

Jean Barbeyrac

French jurist

*March 15th, 1674, Béziers †March 3rd, 1744, Groningen

75

Samuel Lutz

Swiss theologian

*August 10th, 1674, Biglen †May 28th, 1750, Oberdiessbach

84

Georges Polier de Bottens

Swiss pastor & academic

*November 30th, 1674, Lausanne †October 28th, 1759, Lausanne

39

Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

German princess (1674-1713)

*January 22nd, 1674, Gotha †April 18th, 1713, Meiningen

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No: With 365 days 1674 is a normal year and no leap year.

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