August 28th, 2003

Born on August 28th, 2003

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What happened on August 28th, 2003?

August 28th, 2003

In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, and a homemade explosive device.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania

What else happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 2021

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

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.

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

Born on August 28th, 2003

20

Kiko Porto

Brazilian racing driver (2003-)

*August 28th, 2003, Recife

20

Quvenzhané Wallis

American actress (born 2003)

*August 28th, 2003, Houma

20

Filippo Distefano

Italian footballer

*August 28th, 2003, Camaiore

20

Lexi Underwood

American actress and singer

*August 28th, 2003, Cheverly

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Who's birthday is on August 28th?

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

29

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

27

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

82

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

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

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

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

49

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

82

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

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

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

57

Christophe Galtier

French association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1966, Marseille

41

Kevin McNaughton

British footballer (born 1982)

*August 28th, 1982, Dundee

40

Manuela Mölgg

Italian alpine skier

*August 28th, 1983, Bruneck

34

César Azpilicueta

Spanish association football player

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

48

Nick E. Tarabay

Lebanese and American actor

*August 28th, 1975, Beirut

33

Bojan Krkić

Spanish association football player

*August 28th, 1990, Linyola

58

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

34

Valtteri Bottas

Finnish Formula 1 racing driver

*August 28th, 1989, Nastola

54

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

46

Jojo Smollett

American actor

*August 28th, 1977, California

91

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

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

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Born in 2003

21

Johnny Orlando

Canadian singer-songwriter, YouTuber and actor

*January 24th, 2003, Mississauga

20

Treesa Jolly

Indian badminton player

*May 27th, 2003, Cherupuzha, Kannur

21

Sangiovanni

Italian singer (2003-)

*January 9th, 2003, Vicenza

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

20

Ana Castela

Brazilian singer

*November 16th, 2003, Amambai

20

Tate McRae

Canadian singer and dancer (born 2003)

*July 1st, 2003, Calgary

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

21

Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)

*January 3rd, 2003, Stockholm

20

Oliwia Szmigiel

Badminton player

*September 4th, 2003, Łódź

20

Daria Bujnicka

Badminton player

*November 12th, 2003, Łódź

20

Lauren Spencer-Smith

Canadian singer and songwriter

*September 28th, 2003, Portsmouth

21

Aisyah Salsabila Putri Pranata

Badminton player

*January 20th, 2003, Klaten

21

Stephanie Widjaja

Badminton player

*February 19th, 2003, Jakarta

20

Letshanaa A. Karupathevan

Malaysian badminton player

*August 19th, 2003, Selangor

21

Katherine Valli

Badminton player

*January 16th, 2003, Pittsburgh

20

Tanya Hemanth

Badminton player

*September 19th, 2003, Mysore

21

Ridya Aulia Fatasya

Indonesian badminton player

*February 22nd, 2003, Semarang City

21

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Icelandic association football player

*March 23rd, 2003, Sutton Coldfield

21

Keisya Levronka

Indonesian singer and actress

*February 2nd, 2003, Malang City

21

Isra Hirsi

American environmental activist

*February 22nd, 2003, Minneapolis

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