August 28th, 2278

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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

Birthdays and future age on August 28th, 2278

298

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

284

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

304

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

282

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

313

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

309

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

303

Nick E. Tarabay

Lebanese and American actor

*August 28th, 1975, Beirut

296

Kevin McNaughton

British footballer (born 1982)

*August 28th, 1982, Dundee

295

Manuela Mölgg

Italian alpine skier

*August 28th, 1983, Bruneck

316

David Fincher

American film director

*August 28th, 1962, Denver

301

Jojo Smollett

American actor

*August 28th, 1977, California

340

Paul Martin

Prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006

*August 28th, 1938, Windsor

320

Scott Hamilton

American figure skater

*August 28th, 1958, Bowling Green

289

César Azpilicueta

Spanish association football player

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

288

Bojan Krkić

Spanish association football player

*August 28th, 1990, Linyola

289

Valtteri Bottas

Finnish Formula 1 racing driver

*August 28th, 1989, Nastola

310

Billy Boyd

Scottish actor and musician

*August 28th, 1968, Glasgow

312

Christophe Galtier

French association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1966, Marseille

331

Liza Wang

Hong Kong entertainer and politician

*August 28th, 1947, Chongming County

314

Antje Tillmann

German politician

*August 28th, 1964, Düsseldorf

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