August 28th, 1933

Born on August 28th, 1933

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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, 1933

90

Elizabeth Seal

British actress

*August 28th, 1933, Genoa

81

Eike Jessen

German engineer

*August 28th, 1933, Göttingen †March 18th, 2015, Tutzing

82

Philip French

British film critic and former radio producer (1933-2015)

*August 28th, 1933, Liverpool †October 27th, 2015, London

79

Patrick Kalilombe

Roman Catholic bishop (1933-2012)

*August 28th, 1933, Mua, Malawi †September 25th, 2012

81

Clifford Earl

British actor (1933-2015)

*August 28th, 1933, England †July 31st, 2015, Aylesford

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

73

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

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

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

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

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

66

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

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

82

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

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

91

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

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

29

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

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

85

Paul Martin

Prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006

*August 28th, 1938, Windsor

82

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

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

81

Ben Gazzara

American actor (1930–2012)

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

79

José Eduardo dos Santos

President of Angola from 1979 to 2017

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

49

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

91

Yakir Aharonov

Israeli physicist

*August 28th, 1932, Haifa

58

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

83

Andy Bathgate

Canadian ice hockey player (1932-2016)

*August 28th, 1932, Winnipeg †February 26th, 2016, Brampton

76

Jack Kirby

American comic book artist (1917–1994)

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

54

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

76

Liza Wang

Hong Kong entertainer and politician

*August 28th, 1947, Chongming County

27

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

Same year
Born in 1933

70

Stan Brakhage

American filmmaker and writer (1933–2003)

*January 14th, 1933, Kansas City †March 9th, 2003, Victoria

84

Richard Schickel

American film scholar

*February 10th, 1933, Milwaukee †February 18th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Giuliano Sarti

Italian footballer (1933-2017)

*October 2nd, 1933, Castello d'Argile †June 5th, 2017, Rome

82

Charlie Hodge

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 28th, 1933, Lachine †April 16th, 2016, Vancouver

88

Jean-Paul Belmondo

French actor (1933–2021)

*April 9th, 1933, Neuilly-sur-Seine †September 6th, 2021, 7th arrondissement of Paris

86

Kadir Mısıroğlu

Turkish lawyer and writer

*January 24th, 1933, Akçaabat †May 5th, 2019, Istanbul

90

David McCallum

Scottish actor (1933-2023)

*September 19th, 1933, Maryhill †September 25th, 2023, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

91

Michael Caine

English actor (born 1933)

*March 14th, 1933, Rotherhithe

81

Joan Rivers

American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)

*June 8th, 1933, Brooklyn †September 4th, 2014, Mount Sinai Hospital

84

Mieczysław Kalenik

Polish actor

*January 1st, 1933, Międzyrzec Podlaski †June 16th, 2017, Międzyrzec Podlaski

83

Elaine Fantham

British classical philologist

*May 25th, 1933, Liverpool †July 11th, 2016, Toronto

90

Joan Collins

English actress, author and columnist

*May 23rd, 1933, London

83

Beppo Mauhart

Austrian manager (1933-2017)

*September 14th, 1933, Enns †May 7th, 2017, Vienna

90

Akihito

Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019

*December 23rd, 1933, Tokyo Imperial Palace

84

Peter Ehlers

German footballer and coach (1933-2017)

*January 22nd, 1933, Kiel †June 5th, 2017

83

Gene Wilder

American actor (1933–2016)

*June 11th, 1933, Milwaukee †August 29th, 2016, Stamford

34

Jayne Mansfield

American actress and Playmate

*April 19th, 1933, Bryn Mawr †June 29th, 1967, Slidell

82

Oliver Sacks

British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)

*July 9th, 1933, Willesden †August 30th, 2015, Greenwich Village

79

Heinrich Rohrer

Swiss physicist (1933-2013)

*June 6th, 1933, Buchs †May 16th, 2013, Wollerau

90

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

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No: With 365 days 1933 is a normal year and no leap year.

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