August 28th, 1978

Born on August 28th, 1978

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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, 1978

45

Danijel Anđelković

Serbian handball player

*August 28th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jess Margera

American drummer (born 1978)

*August 28th, 1978, West Chester

45

Kelly Overton

American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer

*August 28th, 1978, Wilbraham

45

Pablo Echenique

Spanish-Argentinian theoretical physicist and politician

*August 28th, 1978, Rosario

45

Amber Sainsbury

British actress

*August 28th, 1978, New Zealand

45

Molly Hawkey

American actress and producer

*August 28th, 1978, Westchester County

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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

46

Jojo Smollett

American actor

*August 28th, 1977, California

48

Nick E. Tarabay

Lebanese and American actor

*August 28th, 1975, Beirut

41

Kevin McNaughton

British footballer (born 1982)

*August 28th, 1982, Dundee

82

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

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

40

Manuela Mölgg

Italian alpine skier

*August 28th, 1983, Bruneck

54

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

73

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

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

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

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

58

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

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

27

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

41

Thiago Motta

Italian association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1982, São Bernardo do Campo

44

Shaila Dúrcal

Spanish singer

*August 28th, 1979, Madrid

39

Paula Fernandes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 28th, 1984, Sete Lagoas

44

Kenny Stamatopoulos

Greek-Canadian association football goalkeeper

*August 28th, 1979, Kalamata

34

César Azpilicueta

Spanish association football player

*August 28th, 1989, Zizur Mayor/Zizur Nagusia

51

Franck Boidin

French fencer

*August 28th, 1972, Hénin-Beaumont

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Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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