August 28th, 1943

Born on August 28th, 1943

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What happened on August 28th, 1943?

August 28th, 1943

Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark_in_World_War_II

What else happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 1413

The University of St Andrews, the third-oldest university in the English-speaking world, was founded when Antipope Benedict XIII issued a papal bull to a small founding group of Augustinian clergy.

August 28th, 1916

A confrontation at Blargies prison camp in France led to a charge of mutiny for New Zealand private John Braithwaite, for which he was later executed.

August 28th, 2021

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened 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 NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured).

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; the hostages had bonded with their captors during the incident, 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

American tennis player 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 (pictured).

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 (replica pictured), the first American-built steam locomotive, took part in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

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

Born on August 28th, 1943

63

Tadeusz Nalepa

Polish musician

*August 28th, 1943, Zgłobień †March 4th, 2007, Warsaw

82

Surayud Chulanont

President of the Privy Council of Thailand

*August 28th, 1943, Prachin Buri

Same year
Born in 1943

82

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

82

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

82

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

83

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

82

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

82

Robert De Niro

American actor, director and producer (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, New York City

82

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

83

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017, Glasgow

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer (1943–2017)

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

58

George Harrison

English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

83

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

83

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

79

Dagmar Schipanski

German politician (1943–2022)

*September 3rd, 1943, Sättelstädt †September 7th, 2022

82

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

82

Valerie Perrine

American actress (1943—2026)

*September 3rd, 1943, Galveston †March 23rd, 2026, Beverly Hills

27

Jim Morrison

American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)

*December 8th, 1943, Melbourne †July 3rd, 1971, Paris

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author (1943–2017)

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

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No: With 365 days 1943 is a normal year and no leap year.

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