August 28th, 1772

Born on August 28th, 1772

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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

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)

46

Elizabeth Ann Seton

First native-born American saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1774-1821)

*August 28th, 1774, New York City †January 4th, 1821, Emmitsburg

43

Sophie Gail

French singer and composer

*August 28th, 1775, Paris †July 24th, 1819, Paris

81

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

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

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

61

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

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

66

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

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

50

Jeremiah B. Howell

American politician (1771-1822)

*August 28th, 1771, Providence †February 5th, 1822, Providence

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

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

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Born in 1772

51

David Ricardo

British political economist, broker and politician (1772-1823)

*April 18th, 1772, London †September 11th, 1823, Gatcombe Park

61

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

English poet, literary critic and philosopher

*October 21st, 1772, Ottery St Mary †July 25th, 1834, London

77

Vicente López Portaña

Spanish painter (1772-1850)

*September 19th, 1772, Valencia †July 22nd, 1850, Madrid

28

Novalis

German poet and writer

*May 2nd, 1772, Wiederstedt †March 25th, 1801, Weißenfels

56

Friedrich Schlegel

German poet, critic and scholar, editor

*March 10th, 1772, Hanover †January 12th, 1829, Dresden

47

Manuel Lisa

American fur trader

*September 8th, 1772, New Orleans †August 12th, 1820, St. Louis

84

Manuel José Quintana

Spanish poet (1772-1857)

*April 11th, 1772, Madrid †March 11th, 1857, Madrid

65

Charles Fourier

French utopian socialist and philosopher

*April 7th, 1772, Besançon †October 10th, 1837, Paris

72

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire

French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition" (1772-1844)

*April 15th, 1772, Étampes †June 19th, 1844, Paris

91

Luke Howard

British manufacturing chemist (1772-1864)

*November 28th, 1772, London †March 21st, 1864, Tottenham

74

George Murray

British Army general, politician and colonial administrator (1772-1846)

*February 6th, 1772, Crieff †July 28th, 1846, Belgrave Square

68

Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol

French psychiatrist (1772-1840)

*February 3rd, 1772, Toulouse †December 12th, 1840, Paris

68

Charles-Joseph Christiani

French soldier and officer

*February 27th, 1772, Strasbourg †April 6th, 1840, Montargis

57

Therese von Artner

Hungarian poet

*April 18th, 1772, Šintava †November 25th, 1829, Zagreb

59

Karl von Kügelgen

German painter

*February 6th, 1772, Bacharach †January 9th, 1832, Tallinn

51

Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus

German encyclopedia publisher and editor (1772-1823)

*May 4th, 1772, Dortmund †August 20th, 1823, Leipzig

78

Martin Schrettinger

German librarian

*June 17th, 1772, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz †April 12th, 1851, Munich

68

Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut

German jurist and musician

*January 4th, 1772, Hamelin †March 28th, 1840, Heidelberg

75

Charles-Ferdinand Morel

Swiss theologian (1772-1848)

*September 4th, 1772, Corgémont †May 7th, 1848, Corgémont

62

Olivia Serres

British artist and imposter (1772-1834)

*April 3rd, 1772, Warwick †November 21st, 1834, London

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Leap year

Yes: 1772 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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