August 28th, 1895

Born on August 28th, 1895

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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, 1895

89

Anita Sharp-Bolster

American actress from Ireland (1895-1985)

*August 28th, 1895, Republic of Ireland †June 1st, 1985, North Miami

87

Václav Kaplický

Czech publicist, bookwriter, writer, historic literature writer and servant

*August 28th, 1895, Červený Dvůr (Sezimovo Ústí) †October 4th, 1982, Prague

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Who's birthday is on August 28th?

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

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

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

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

82

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

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

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

91

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

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

86

Karl Böhm

Austrian conductor (1894-1981)

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

75

Sam Levene

American actor (1905–1980)

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

81

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

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

88

Liam O'Flaherty

Irish writer

*August 28th, 1896, Inishmore †September 7th, 1984, Dublin

66

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

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

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

76

Jack Kirby

American comic book artist (1917–1994)

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

68

Morris Ankrum

American actor

*August 28th, 1896, Danville †September 2nd, 1964, Pasadena

58

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

55

Bernhard Povel

German politician (1897-1952)

*August 28th, 1897, Amsterdam †October 21st, 1952, Munich

27

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

Same year
Born in 1895

92

Fritz Schachermeyr

Austrian classical scholar and archaeologist

*January 10th, 1895, Urfahr †December 26th, 1987, Eisenstadt

91

Joseph Vogt

German historian of classical antiquity (1895-1986)

*June 23rd, 1895, Schechingen †July 14th, 1986, Tübingen

85

Andreas Alföldi

Hungarian historian, epigraphist, numismatist, archaeologist (1895-1981)

*August 27th, 1895, Pomáz †February 12th, 1981, Princeton

56

George VI

King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952, Emperor of India from 1936 to 1948 (1895–1952)

*December 14th, 1895, York Cottage †February 6th, 1952, Sandringham House

90

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Indian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer (1895–1986)

*May 12th, 1895, Madanapalle †February 17th, 1986, Ojai

70

Buster Keaton

American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1895–1966)

*October 4th, 1895, Piqua †February 1st, 1966, Woodland Hills

70

Dorothea Lange

American photojournalist (1895-1965)

*May 25th, 1895, Hoboken †October 11th, 1965, San Francisco

49

Wolfram von Richthofen

German military officer and aviator

*October 10th, 1895, Bartoszówek †July 12th, 1945, Bad Ischl

66

Anita Stewart

American actress, film producer (1895-1961)

*February 7th, 1895, Brooklyn †May 4th, 1961, Los Angeles

80

Ruth McDevitt

Actress (1895-1976)

*September 13th, 1895, Coldwater †May 27th, 1976, Hollywood

75

Igor Tamm

Russian physicist

*July 8th, 1895, Vladivostok †April 12th, 1971, Moscow

82

Jacques Brugnon

French tennis player (1895-1978)

*May 11th, 1895, Paris †March 20th, 1978, Paris

53

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895–1948)

*February 6th, 1895, Baltimore †August 16th, 1948, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

102

Ernst Jünger

German writer

*March 29th, 1895, Heidelberg †February 17th, 1998, Riedlingen

79

Moyna Macgill

Irish actress (1895-1975)

*December 10th, 1895, Belfast †November 25th, 1975, Los Angeles

71

Paul Muni

Austrian-born American stage and film actor (1895-1967)

*September 22nd, 1895, Lviv †August 25th, 1967, Montecito

79

Ruth Lee

American actress (1895-1975)

*September 14th, 1895, Minneapolis †August 3rd, 1975, Woodland Hills

77

J. Edgar Hoover

American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972)

*January 1st, 1895, Washington, D.C. †May 2nd, 1972, Washington, D.C.

68

Gerhard Domagk

German bacteriologist (1895-1964)

*October 30th, 1895, Łagów, Świebodzin County †April 24th, 1964, Königsfeld im Schwarzwald

82

Anastas Mikoyan

Soviet revolutionary and statesman (1895–1978)

*November 13th, 1895, Sanahin †October 21st, 1978, Moscow

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1895 is a normal year and no leap year.

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