What are the important events that happened on August 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 28: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 28 is the 240th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 15, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,272,320 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontagon’ day.
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Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 173 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,633 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 28 Historical Events
- 1189 –Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
- 1830 –The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam’s role in US railroading.
- 1845 –The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
- 1849 –After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
- 1898 –Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called “Pepsi-Cola”.
- 1909 –A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
- 1913 –Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
- 1916 –World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
- 1968 –Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
- 1990 –Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
Who were born on August 28?
- 1667 –Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)
- 1691 –Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)
- 1913 –Robertson Davies, Canadian writer (d. 1995)
- 1925 –Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist (d. 2011)
- 1930 –Ben Gazzara, American actor
- 1932 –Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1952 –Guy Nadon, Canadian actor
- 1959 –Brian Thompson, American actor
- 1974 –Kaori Mizuhashi, Japanese voice actress
- 1982 –LeAnn Rimes, American singer
Who died on August 28?
- 388 –Magnus Maximus, Roman usurper
- 430 –Augustine of Hippo, North African saint and theologian (b. 354)
- 1341 –King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)
- 1784 –Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713)
- 1959 –Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (b. 1890)
- 1991 –Alekos Sakellarios, Greek writer and film director (b. 1913)
- 1995 –Earl Bascom, American rodeo pioneer (b. 1906)
- 2007 –Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1929)
- 2007 –Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913)
- 2010 –William P. Foster, American band director and educator (b. 1919)
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