August 28th, 1973

Born on August 28th, 1973

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What happened on August 28th, 1973?

August 28th, 1973

Norrmalmstorg robbery: Stockholm police secure the surrenders of hostage-takers Jan-Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson, defusing the Norrmalmstorg hostage crisis. The behaviours of the hostages later give rise to the term Stockholm syndrome.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrmalmstorg_robbery

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrmalmstorg_robbery

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on August 28th, 1973

50

J. August Richards

American actor

*August 28th, 1973, Washington, D.C.

50

Maria Barnas

Dutch writer, poet, artist

*August 28th, 1973, Hoorn

50

Claudio Enría

Argentine footballer

*August 28th, 1973, San Justo

50

Eric Gull

Swiss sportsperson and handball player

*August 28th, 1973, Quilmes

50

Matthew John Armstrong

American actor

*August 28th, 1973, Chicago

47

Kirby Morrow

Canadian actor (1973-2020)

*August 28th, 1973, Jasper †November 18th, 2020, Vancouver

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Who's birthday is on August 28th?

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

49

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

48

Nick E. Tarabay

Lebanese and American actor

*August 28th, 1975, Beirut

29

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

54

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

51

Franck Boidin

French fencer

*August 28th, 1972, Hénin-Beaumont

82

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

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

58

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

46

Jojo Smollett

American actor

*August 28th, 1977, California

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

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

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

41

Kevin McNaughton

British footballer (born 1982)

*August 28th, 1982, Dundee

82

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

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

55

Billy Boyd

Scottish actor and musician

*August 28th, 1968, Glasgow

40

Manuela Mölgg

Italian alpine skier

*August 28th, 1983, Bruneck

54

Sheryl Sandberg

American technology executive, activist, and author

*August 28th, 1969, Washington, D.C.

27

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

52

Joann Sfar

French comics artist, graphic novelist, and film director

*August 28th, 1971, Nice

57

Christophe Galtier

French association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1966, Marseille

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Born in 1973

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

51

Qin Yiyuan

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Peng Xingyong

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

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No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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