August 28th, 1720

Born on August 28th, 1720

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on August 28th, 1720

63

Anton Tischbein

German painter (1720-1784)

*August 28th, 1720, Haina †July 26th, 1784, Hamburg

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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

66

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

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

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

61

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

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

93

John Stark

American Revolutionary War general from New Hampshire

*August 28th, 1728, Londonderry †May 8th, 1822, Manchester

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

85

Anton Peter Příchovský von Příchovice

Roman-Catholic archbishop (1707-1793)

*August 28th, 1707, Svojšín †April 14th, 1793, Prague

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85

Carlo Gozzi

Italian playwright (1720-1806)

*December 13th, 1720, Venice †April 4th, 1806, Venice

67

Carlo Antonio Campioni

French-Italian composer

*November 16th, 1720, Lunéville †April 12th, 1788, Florence

57

Anna Maria Mozart

Mother of Maria Anna ("Nannerl") and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

*December 25th, 1720, Sankt Gilgen †July 3rd, 1778, Paris

74

Honoré III, Prince of Monaco

Monegasque prince (1720-1795)

*November 10th, 1720, Paris †March 21st, 1795, Paris

72

Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau

Princess of Anhalt-Dessau (1720-1793)

*December 7th, 1720, Dessau †December 5th, 1793, Dessau

70

Richard Price

British philosopher, preacher and mathematician (1723–1791)

*November 30th, 1720, Glamorgan †April 19th, 1791, London

71

Maximilian Hell

Slovak-Hungarian Jesuit, astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (1720–1792)

*May 15th, 1720, Banská Štiavnica †April 14th, 1792, Vienna

80

Samuel Werenfels

Swiss architect

*August 4th, 1720, Basel †September 11th, 1800, Basel

58

Charles De Geer

Swedish industrialist and entomologist (1720-1778)

*February 10th, 1720, Finspång †March 7th, 1778, Stockholm

73

Charles Bonnet

Swiss philosopher and naturalist (1720 – 1793)

*March 13th, 1720, Geneva †May 20th, 1793, Genthod

83

Henrik Adam Brockenhuus

Danish courtier, local administrator in Zealand

*May 30th, 1720, Hamar Municipality †June 11th, 1803, Jungshovedgaard

68

Georg Michael Frank von La Roche

1720 - 1788

*January 1st, 1720, Tauberbischofsheim †January 1st, 1788

44

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

*May 8th, 1720, London †October 2nd, 1764, Spa

76

Baron Munchausen

German nobleman

*May 11th, 1720, Bodenwerder †February 22nd, 1797, Bodenwerder

67

Charles Edward Stuart

Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, Ireland, and France; (1720-1788)

*December 31st, 1720, Palazzo Muti †January 31st, 1788, Palazzo Muti

58

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Italian painter (1720-1778)

*October 4th, 1720, Mogliano Veneto †November 9th, 1778, Rome

77

Vilna Gaon

Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)

*April 23rd, 1720, Sialiec †October 9th, 1797, Vilnius

45

Filippo I, Duke of Parma

Monarch of Parma, Piacenza

*March 15th, 1720, Madrid †July 18th, 1765, Alessandria

30

Sakuramachi

Emperor of Japan (1720-1750)

*February 8th, 1720, Kyoto †May 28th, 1750, Kyoto

58

Johann Georg Sulzer

German philosopher

*October 16th, 1720, Winterthur †February 27th, 1779, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1720 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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