August 28th, 1927

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Born on August 28th, 1927 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
Born on August 28th, 1927: When to retire?
What happened on August 28th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1927)

Born on August 28th, 1927

Weekday

Sunday

August 28th, 1927 was a Sunday.

Age

People born on August 28th, 1927 will turn 97 this year (2024), in exactly 131 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1927 - September 23rd, 1927

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 35,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 701 days, exactly on March 21st, 2026, people who were born on August 28th, 1927 will be 36,000 days old!

35,299 Days

5,042 Weeks

1,159 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Born on August 28th, 1927: When to retire?

Birth

67 80

Childhood & Education 20 Years

Work 47 Years

Retirement 13 Years

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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, 1927

Carlos Hank González

Mexican politician (1927–2001)

*August 28th, 1927, Santiago Tianguistenco †August 11th, 2001, Santiago Tianguistenco

Claudio Brook

Mexican actor (1927-1995)

*August 28th, 1927, Mexico City †October 18th, 1995, Mexico City

Josep Climent Barber

Spanish writer

*August 28th, 1927, Oliva †February 15th, 2017

Horst Vetter

German politician

*August 28th, 1927, Berlin †August 27th, 2022

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Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

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

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

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

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

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

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

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

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

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

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

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

Ben Gazzara

American actor (1930–2012)

*August 28th, 1930, Manhattan †February 3rd, 2012, New York City

Antoine Veil

French entrepreneur and politician

*August 28th, 1926, Blâmont †April 11th, 2013, 13th arrondissement of Paris

Jack Kirby

American comic book artist (1917–1994)

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

Paul Martin

Prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006

*August 28th, 1938, Windsor

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

José Eduardo dos Santos

President of Angola from 1979 to 2017

*August 28th, 1942, Luanda †July 8th, 2022, Barcelona

Luis Amplatz

Italian politician (1926-1964)

*August 28th, 1926, Bolzano †September 7th, 1964, Passeier Valley

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

Sam Levene

American actor (1905–1980)

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

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

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Born in 1927

Shirley Fry

American tennis and badminton player

*June 30th, 1927, Akron †July 13th, 2021, Naples

John Boardman

British classical archaeologist (born 1927)

*August 20th, 1927, London Borough of Redbridge

Hansjürgen Müller-Beck

German prehistorian

*August 13th, 1927, Apolda †August 2nd, 2018, Bern

Roger Moore

English actor (1927–2017)

*October 14th, 1927, Stockwell †May 23rd, 2017, Crans-Montana

Bhumibol Adulyadej

King of Thailand

*December 5th, 1927, Mount Auburn Hospital †October 13th, 2016, Siriraj Hospital

Benedict XVI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013 (1927–2022)

*April 16th, 1927, Birth house of Benedict XVI †December 31st, 2022, Mater Ecclesiae Monastery

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

*March 6th, 1927, Aracataca †April 17th, 2014, Mexico City

Harry Belafonte

American singer and actor (1927–2023)

*March 1st, 1927, Harlem †April 25th, 2023, Upper West Side

Johannes Georg Seidel

*May 16th, 1927, Dresden †August 26th, 2017

Günter Guillaume

Stasi officer

*February 1st, 1927, Berlin †April 10th, 1995, Petershagen-Eggersdorf

Werner Liebrich

German footballer (1927–1995)

*January 18th, 1927, Kaiserslautern †March 20th, 1995, Kaiserslautern

Lothar Dräger

German comics writer

*January 19th, 1927, Grambow †July 9th, 2016, Potsdam

Claude Taittinger

French businessperson

*October 2nd, 1927, Paris †January 3rd, 2022, Paris

Erika Simon

German classical archaeologist (1927-2019)

*June 27th, 1927, Rheingönheim †February 15th, 2019, Würzburg

Horst Rudolf Abe

German medical historian (1927-2006)

*October 12th, 1927, Erfurt †February 27th, 2006, Erfurt

Günter Grass

German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)

*October 16th, 1927, Free City of Danzig †April 13th, 2015, Lübeck

Hans Wußing

German historian of mathematics

*October 15th, 1927, Waldheim †April 26th, 2011, Leipzig

Uta Ranke-Heinemann

German Catholic theologian and author; World's first woman to hold a chair in Catholic theology

*October 2nd, 1927, Essen †March 25th, 2021, Essen

Rosalynn Carter

First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*August 18th, 1927, Plains †November 19th, 2023, Plains

Kika de la Garza

American politician (1927-2017)

*September 22nd, 1927, Mercedes †March 13th, 2017, McAllen

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.VIII.MCMXXVII

28.8.1927

Legend

M = 1000

CM = 900

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Born on August 28th, 1927
Future birthdays

99

2026Friday, August 28th

100

2027Saturday, August 28th

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1927 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1927

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August 28th, 1927

Born on August 28th, 1927

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 35,000 days old!

35,299 Days

5,042 Weeks

1,159 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Born on August 28th, 1927: When to retire?

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What happened on August 28th?

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

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.

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.

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

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, 1927

Mexican politician (1927–2001)

Mexican actor (1927-1995)

Spanish writer

German politician

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Same year Born in 1927

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 28th

Alexander of Constantinople

Augustine of Hippo

Edmund Arrowsmith

Hermes

Moses the Black

August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

National Grandparents Day (Mexico)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.8.1927

Legend

Born on August 28th, 1927 Future birthdays

99

100

Leap year

Calendar August 1927

August 1927

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 35,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Same year
Born in 1927

Born on August 28th, 1927
Future birthdays

Calendar
August 1927

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
32	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
33	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
34	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
35	29	30	31