August 28th, 1752

Born on August 28th, 1752

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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

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

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

82

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

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

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

29

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

24

Luna

Polish singer

*August 28th, 1999, Warsaw

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)

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

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

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

81

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

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

57

Adelheid Amalie Gallitzin

German princess

*August 28th, 1748, Berlin †April 27th, 1806, Münster

91

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

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

61

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

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

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

51

Franck Boidin

French fencer

*August 28th, 1972, Hénin-Beaumont

54

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

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57

Johannes von Müller

Swiss historian (1752–1809)

*January 3rd, 1752, Schaffhausen †May 29th, 1809, Kassel

80

Muzio Clementi

Italian-born English composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer

*January 23rd, 1752, Rome †March 10th, 1832, Evesham

68

Pierre de Ruel, marquis de Beurnonville

Marshal of France (1752-1821)

*May 10th, 1752, Champignol-lez-Mondeville †April 23rd, 1821, Paris

70

Nicolas Coquiart

Belgian doctor and politician

*October 11th, 1752, Ath †September 23rd, 1823, Binche

87

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)

*May 11th, 1752, Gotha †January 22nd, 1840, Göttingen

80

Philip Freneau

American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain and newspaper editor (1752-1832)

*January 2nd, 1752, New York City †December 18th, 1832, Freehold

47

Jeongjo of Joseon

22nd King of Joseon (r. 1776–1800)

*September 22nd, 1752, Changgyeonggung †June 28th, 1800, Changgyeonggung

80

Adrien-Marie Legendre

French mathematician (1752–1833)

*September 18th, 1752, Paris †January 9th, 1833, Paris

66

Pascal Antoine Fiorella

French general

*February 7th, 1752, Ajaccio †March 3rd, 1818, Ajaccio

94

Johann Philipp Bach

German painter and musician (1752-1846)

*August 5th, 1752, Meiningen †November 2nd, 1846, Meiningen

17

Thomas Chatterton

English poet and forger (1752-1770)

*November 20th, 1752, Chatterton's House †August 24th, 1770, London

75

Leopold Layer

(1752-1828)

*November 20th, 1752, Kranj †April 12th, 1828, Kranj

60

Carl Stenborg

Swedish opera singer (1752-1813)

*September 8th, 1752, Stockholm †August 1st, 1813, Djurgården

55

Carl Friedrich Cramer

German writer, translator and musicologist (1752-1807)

*March 7th, 1752, Quedlinburg †December 8th, 1807, Paris

65

Humphry Repton

British landscape designer (1752-1818)

*April 21st, 1752, Bury St Edmunds †March 24th, 1818, Springfield

59

Matsumura Goshun

Japanese artist (1752-1811)

*April 28th, 1752, Heian-kyō †September 4th, 1811, Heian-kyō

57

François Cabarrus, 1st Count of Cabarrús

Spanish financier (1752-1810)

*October 8th, 1752, Bayonne †April 27th, 1810, Seville

65

David Hall

American lawyer and politician from Delaware

*January 4th, 1752, Lewes †September 18th, 1817, Lewes

51

Charles Broche

French composer (1752-1803)

*February 20th, 1752, Rouen †September 30th, 1803, Rouen

90

Nathaniel Chipman

United States federal judge (1752-1843)

*November 15th, 1752, Salisbury †February 13th, 1843, Tinmouth

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Leap year

Yes: 1752 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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