August 28th, 1690

Born on August 28th, 1690

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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

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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

59

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Holy Roman Empress consort (1691-1750)

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

29

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

24

Luna

Polish singer

*August 28th, 1999, Warsaw

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

57

Christophe Galtier

French association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1966, Marseille

91

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

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

69

Dominikus Moling

Sculptor (1691-1761)

*August 28th, 1691, La Val †May 27th, 1761, La Val

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

58

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

66

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

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

51

Franck Boidin

French fencer

*August 28th, 1972, Hénin-Beaumont

61

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

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

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70

Carlo Lodoli

Italian architect (1690-1761)

*November 28th, 1690, Venice †October 27th, 1761, Padua

78

Francesco Maria Veracini

Italian composer

*February 1st, 1690, Florence †October 31st, 1768, Florence

88

Friedrich Bernhard Werner

Silesian draughtsman and engraver

*January 28th, 1690, Topola, Lower Silesian Voivodeship †April 20th, 1778, Wrocław

69

François Colin de Blamont

French composer

*November 22nd, 1690, Versailles †February 14th, 1760, Versailles

66

Silvio Valenti Gonzaga

Catholic cardinal

*March 1st, 1690, Mantua †August 28th, 1756, Viterbo

63

Martin Folkes

British mathematician and astronomer

*October 29th, 1690, Westminster †June 28th, 1754, London

72

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville

British statesman (1690-1763)

*April 22nd, 1690, Westminster †January 22nd, 1763, Westminster

46

Ferdinand von Plettenberg

German politician (1690-1737)

*July 25th, 1690, Paderborn †March 18th, 1737, Vienna

30

Peter Tordenskjold

Norwegian sea officer

*October 28th, 1690, Trondheim †November 20th, 1720, Gleidingen

73

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke

English lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor (1690-1764)

*December 1st, 1690, Dover †March 6th, 1764, London

56

Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

German general (1690-1747)

*November 29th, 1690, Dornburg †March 16th, 1747, Zerbst

28

Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia

Russian Tsarevich (1690-1718)

*February 28th, 1690, Moscow †July 7th, 1718, Peter and Paul Fortress

74

Christian Goldbach

German mathematician

*March 18th, 1690, Königsberg †November 20th, 1764, Moscow

59

Johann Christoph Wiegleb

Organ builder

*March 19th, 1690, Heldritt †November 15th, 1749, Gaildorf

68

Nicolas de Saulx-Tavannes

French cardinal (1690-1759)

*September 19th, 1690, Paris †March 10th, 1759, Paris

44

Nöel-Nicolas Coypel

French painter (1690-1734)

*November 17th, 1690, Paris †December 14th, 1734, Paris

74

Giovanni Antonio Giay

Italian composer

*June 11th, 1690, Turin †September 10th, 1764, Turin

69

Marie Gabrielle Éléonore de Bourbon

French noble (1690-1760)

*December 22nd, 1690, Palace of Versailles †August 30th, 1760, Villejuif

68

Franz Joseph Roth

German architect

*January 29th, 1690, Vienna †March 7th, 1758, Gelchsheim

59

Charles Theodore Pachelbel

German/American composer (1690-1750)

*November 24th, 1690, Stuttgart †September 17th, 1750, Charleston

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