August 28th, 1682

Born on August 28th, 1682

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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

59

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Holy Roman Empress consort (1691-1750)

*August 28th, 1691, Brunswick †December 21st, 1750, Vienna

61

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

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

54

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

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

Same year
Born in 1682

36

Carl XII of Sweden

King of Sweden

*June 27th, 1682, Stockholm †December 11th, 1718, Halden Municipality

78

Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll

Scottish noble (1682-1761)

*June 1st, 1682, Surrey †April 15th, 1761, London

51

Michael Friedrich von Althann

German cardinal

*July 20th, 1682, Kłodzko †June 20th, 1734, Vác

54

Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

*February 23rd, 1682, Weißenfels †June 18th, 1736, Sangerhausen

63

Bernhard Walter Marperger

German theologian

*May 14th, 1682, Hamburg †March 28th, 1746, Dresden

33

Roger Cotes

English mathematician

*July 10th, 1682, Burbage †June 5th, 1716, Cambridge

39

Bartholomew Roberts

Welsh pirate (1682-1722)

*May 17th, 1682, Little Newcastle †February 10th, 1722, Battle of Cape Lopez

37

Calico Jack

English pirate (1682-1720)

*December 27th, 1682, Bristol †November 18th, 1720, Port Royal

29

Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy

French duke (1682-1712)

*August 16th, 1682, Versailles †February 18th, 1712, Marly-le-Roi

48

Johann Christian Dauphin

Organ builder

*February 22nd, 1682, Thuringia †May 14th, 1730, Kleinheubach

72

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Italian painter

*February 13th, 1682, Venice †April 29th, 1754, Venice

67

Claudine Guérin de Tencin

French writer and salonist

*April 27th, 1682, Grenoble †December 4th, 1749, Paris

49

Johannes Ens

Dutch theologian

*May 9th, 1682, Kwadijk †January 6th, 1732, Utrecht

77

Elizabeth Parris

Accuser in the Salem witch trials

*November 28th, 1682, Massachusetts †March 21st, 1760, Sudbury

87

Jacopo Facciolati

Italian philologist (1682-1769)

*January 4th, 1682, Torreglia †August 26th, 1769, Padua

101

Giacobbe Cervetto

Italian composer active in England

*January 1st, 1682, Italy †January 14th, 1783, London

64

Ernest Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Bevern

*March 4th, 1682, Osterholz †April 14th, 1746, Brunswick

87

Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal

Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal

*September 23rd, 1682, Schmalkalden †May 8th, 1770, Philippsthal (Werra)

58

Eleonore von Lobkowicz

(1682-1741) Princess of Schwarzenberg

*June 20th, 1682, Melnik Castle †May 5th, 1741, Vienna

77

William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682-1760)

*March 10th, 1682, Kassel †February 1st, 1760, Rinteln

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No: With 365 days 1682 is a normal year and no leap year.

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