August 28th, 1890

Born on August 28th, 1890

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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, 1890

47

Ivor Gurney

British composer and poet

*August 28th, 1890, Gloucester †December 26th, 1937, Dartford

73

Bennett Cohen

American screenwriter (1890-1964)

*August 28th, 1890, Trinidad †June 10th, 1964, Los Angeles

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Who's birthday is on August 28th?

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

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

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

82

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

*August 28th, 1749, Frankfurt †March 22nd, 1832, Weimar

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

29

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

81

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

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

91

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

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

48

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

75

Sam Levene

American actor (1905–1980)

*August 28th, 1905, Russian Empire †December 28th, 1980, New York City

66

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

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

49

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

63

Antonio Létourneau

Canadian organist and music educator (1885-1948)

*August 28th, 1885, Quebec City †October 29th, 1948, Montreal

76

Jack Kirby

American comic book artist (1917–1994)

*August 28th, 1917, New York City †February 6th, 1994, Thousand Oaks

58

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

27

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

97

George Whipple

American physician and biomedical researcher

*August 28th, 1878, Ashland †February 1st, 1976, Rochester

86

Karl Böhm

Austrian conductor (1894-1981)

*August 28th, 1894, Graz †August 14th, 1981, Salzburg

54

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

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Born in 1890

85

Mortimer Wheeler

British archaeologist (1890-1976)

*September 10th, 1890, Glasgow †July 22nd, 1976, London

79

Charles de Gaulle

President of France from 1959 to 1969

*November 22nd, 1890, Lille †November 9th, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises

85

Agatha Christie

English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)

*September 15th, 1890, Torquay †January 12th, 1976, Winterbrook

78

Dwight D. Eisenhower

President of the United States from 1953 to 1961

*October 14th, 1890, Denison †March 28th, 1969, Washington, D.C.

25

Max Immelmann

German flying ace

*September 21st, 1890, Dresden †June 18th, 1916, Sallaumines

63

Edwin Howard Armstrong

American electrical engineer and inventor

*December 18th, 1890, Manhattan †February 1st, 1954, New York City

88

Jean Rhys

British novelist (1890–1979)

*August 24th, 1890, Roseau †May 14th, 1979, Exeter

46

H. P. Lovecraft

American author (1890–1937)

*August 20th, 1890, Providence †March 15th, 1937, Providence

81

William Lawrence Bragg

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

*March 31st, 1890, Adelaide †July 1st, 1971, Ipswich

57

Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger

Nazi leader (1890-1947)

*April 14th, 1890, Zielonowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship †April 25th, 1947, Nuremberg

79

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnamese communist leader (1890–1969)

*May 19th, 1890, Kim Liên †September 2nd, 1969, Hanoi

86

Groucho Marx

American comedian (1890–1977)

*October 2nd, 1890, Manhattan †August 19th, 1977, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

72

Ronald Fisher

British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962)

*February 17th, 1890, London †July 29th, 1962, Adelaide

55

Robert Ley

German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)

*February 15th, 1890, Niederbreidenbach †October 25th, 1945, Nuremberg Court Prison

70

Boris Pasternak

Russian writer (1890-1960)

*February 10th, 1890, Moscow †May 30th, 1960, Peredelkino

78

Naima Wifstrand

Swedish actress

*September 4th, 1890, Kungsholm parish †October 23rd, 1968, Gustav Vasa parish

56

Alfred Jodl

German general and convicted war criminal (1890–1946)

*May 10th, 1890, Würzburg †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

84

Vannevar Bush

American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890–1974)

*March 11th, 1890, Everett †June 28th, 1974, Belmont

75

Steve Brown

Jazz musician best known for his work on string bass (1890-1965)

*January 13th, 1890, New Orleans †September 15th, 1965, Detroit

74

Stan Laurel

British-American actor (1890–1965)

*June 16th, 1890, Ulverston †February 23rd, 1965, Santa Monica

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1890 is a normal year and no leap year.

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