What Happened On August 28

What Happened On Aug 28 Events

1620 Aug 28
to 1620 Sep 26
 Reign of Taichang Emperor: The 14th Emperor of the Ming Dynasty
The Taichang Emperor (Zh: 泰昌, Pinyin: Táichàng; 28 August 1582 – 26 September 1620) was the fourteenth Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was born Zhu Changluo (Zh: 朱常洛), the eldest son of E...
1826 Aug 28 Willey Family Catastrophe
During the fall of 1825, Samuel Willey, Jr. of Bartlett moved into a small house in the heart of Crawford Notch with his wife, five children, and two hired men. The first year, the three ...
1845 Aug 28 Scientific American Publishes Its First Issue
Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S., has been bringing its readers unique insights about developments in science and technology for more than 160 y...
1861 Aug 28
to 1861 Aug 29
 Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries - Confederate Forts Captured
The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, sometimes known as the Battle of Forts Hatteras and Clark, was a small but significant engagement in the early days of the American Civil War. Two ...
1862 Aug 28 Battle of Thoroughfare Gap
The Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, also known as Chapman's Mill, took place on August 28, 1862, in Fauquier County and Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the Northern Virginia Campa...
1862 Aug 28 Second Battle of Bull Run - Brawner's Farm (Day 1)
"Our men on the left loaded and fired with the energy of madmen, and the 6th worked with equal desperation. This stopped the rush of the enemy and they halted and fired upon us their deadl..." —Maj. Rufus R. Dawes, 6th Wisconsin
1914 Aug 28 Austria-Hungary Declares War on Belgium
At the outbreak of the First World War, the German army (consisting in the West of Seven Field Armies) executed a modified version of the Schlieffen Plan, designed to quickly attack Franc...
1914 Aug 28 Battle of Heligoland Bight
ADMIRALTY, S. W., 22nd September, 1914 D. 25088/14/ Sir, I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that in the case of each ship which was engaged ...
1916 Aug 28 Italy Declares War on Germany
The Italian campaign refers to a series of battles fought between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Italy, along with their allies, in northern Italy between 1915 and 1918. Italy hoped th...
1917 Aug 28 Ten suffragists Are Arrested As They Picket The White House
Ten suffragists were arrested on August 28, 1917, as they picketed the White House. The protesters were there in an effort to pressure President Woodrow Wilson to support the proposed "An...
1930 Aug 28 Sigmund Freud is Awarded the Goethe Prize
A gifted writer, Freud won the coveted Goethe Prize for literature in 1930. He recieved a stipend of 2,500, of which he gave $250 to his aging friend Lou Andreas-Salome. Why literatur...
1945 Aug 28 Jackie Robinson Signs with Brooklyn Dodgers' Organization
Branch Rickey, president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers signs Jackie Robinson to a contract and assigns him to the team's International League farm club, the Montreal Royals....
1946 Aug 28 The Killers is Released
The Killers is a 1946 American film noir. It is based in part on the short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The film was directed by Robert Siodmak and features Burt Lancaster ...
1955 Aug 28 The Murder of Emmett Till
In August 1955, a fourteen-year-old black boy whistled at a white woman in a grocery store in Money, Mississippi. Emmett Till, a teen from Chicago, didn't understand that he had broken th...
1962 Aug 28 MSW attacks US federal discrimination against gays
First letter from John Macy, Chairman of the US Civil Service Commission refusing Mattachine's request to meet with the Commission.
1963 Aug 28 Martin Luther King, Jr. Delivers "I Have a Dream" Speech
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a D...
1963 Aug 28 The Career Girls Murders
The Career Girls Murders was the name given by the media to the killings of Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie in their apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, USA on Au...
1964 Aug 28
to 1964 Aug 30
 Philadelphia Race Riot of 1964
Philadelphia has worked hard to eliminate friction between Negroes and police. It is one of the few cities with a civilian review board to handle complaints of police brutality. It assign...
1968 Aug 28 'Police Riot' at the Democratic National Convention
August 28, 1968 came to be known as the day a “police riot” took place. The title of “police riot” came out of the Walker Report, which amassed a great deal of information and eyewitness ...
1981 Aug 28 Body Heat is Released
Body Heat is a 1981 neo-noir film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It stars William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston and Mickey Rourke. It may be ci...
1984 Aug 28 Stevie Wonder Releases The Woman in Red
The Woman In Red Soundtrack is the second soundtrack album released by Motown singing great Stevie Wonder on the Tamla (Motown) label. Also featuring Dionne Warwick, the LP was released i...
1985 Aug 28 James Jagger is Born to Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall
The pleasure-seeking Jagger Junior would be lost were it not for the largesse of his reputedly tight-fisted father. For how else would he be able to fund an unremittingly workshy existenc...
1987 Aug 28 "Babette's Feast" Is Released
Babette's Feast (Danish: Babettes gæstebud) is a 1987 Danish film directed by Gabriel Axel . The film's screenplay was written by Gabriel Axel based on the story by Isak Dinesen (Karen Bl...
1988 Aug 28 Ramstein Airshow Disaster
The Ramstein airshow disaster was one of the world's deadliest airshow disasters. It took place in front of an audience of about 300,000 people on August 28, 1988, in Ramstein, state of R...
1990 Aug 28 Financier Norman Hsu Found Riding in Car with Known Gangsters
In the early hours of August 28, 1990, Foster City Police stopped a car for making an illegal turn. In the back seat, they found a frightened Norman Hsu. In the front were Raymond Chow...
1990 Aug 28 Plainfield Tornado of 1990
The 1990 Plainfield tornado was a devastating tornado that occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 28, 1990. The violent tornado killed 29 people and injured 350. It is the only F5 t...
1993 Aug 28 MST3K Ep. 506 - "Eegah"
A giant caveman (Richard Kiel) stumbles across modern civilization, then kidnaps a teenage girl and her father. Catchphrase: "Watch out for snakes!"
1996 Aug 28 Bill Clinton accepts 2nd Presidential Nomination of the Democratic Party
The 1996 Democratic National Convention of the was held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois from August 26 to August 29, 1996. Incumbent Democrat Bill Clinton was renominated for Pr...
1996 Aug 28 Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorce
In the early 1990s, the marriage of Diana and Charles fell apart, an event at first suppressed, then sensationalised, by the world media. Both the Prince and Princess of Wales allegedly s...
2000 Aug 28 Sean Patrick McCabe Dies
Ink & Dagger was a Vampire-themed punk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that was active in the 1990s. The two permanent members throughout the band's career were guitarist Don Devore ...
2001 Aug 28 Slipknot releases Iowa
Iowa is the second album by American alternative metal band Slipknot. Released by Roadrunner Records on August 28, 2001, it was produced by Ross Robinson and Slipknot. The title derives f...
2004 Aug 28 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 5-1
Signs of a fun-loving team on a rapturous roll: Derek Lowe paying a goofy tribute to Red Sox starter Pedro Martinez by donning a Dominican flag do-rag, wrapping David Ortiz's long chain a...
2005 Aug 28 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 11-3
David Ortiz enjoyed a slump-breaking afternoon with three hits yesterday, including his 33d home run, and three RBIs, which drew him even with Manny Ramirez for the American League lead w...
2005 Aug 28 Entourage Season 2 Episode 13 Exodus
Vince is blinded by love, and Eric gets cozy with Sloan. Meanwhile, Ari gets shot down in the war room, and Drama and Turtle use their paparazzi skills on an important spy mission.
2005 Aug 28 Entourage Season 2 Episode 14 - The Abyss
In the Season 2 finale, Vince's despondent mood forces Eric to consider fending for himself. Meanwhile, Ari has meetings at a coffee shop and Drama and Turtle make a vow of silence.
2005 Aug 28 Yacht Rock Episode 3
As everyone grieves Koko's death, Loggins lashes out at McDonald and "smooth music" as a whole, causing a rift between the two. An entertainment executive behind the movie Caddyshack dema...
2006 Aug 28 "A Matter of Life and Death" by Iron Maiden Is Released
A Matter of Life and Death is the 14th studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 25 August 2006 in Italy and in Finland, 28 August worldwide, and 5 Septembe...
2006 Aug 28 Oakland Athletics defeat Boston Red Sox, 9-0
OAKLAND, Calif. -- A season slipping away took another crushing turn last night, even before a ragtag team of Red Sox was beaten, 9-0, by the Oakland Athletics. About 20 minutes before...
2007 Aug 28 New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-3
NEW YORK -- It's the time of year, Joe Torre said, when it doesn't matter whether you're seven games ahead or seven games behind. "You really have to put the blinders on and deal with ...
2007 Aug 28 Tampa Bay Rays defeat Baltimore Orioles, 15-8
More bullpen blues It's becoming a broken record. The Orioles take a lead or a tie into the late innings, only to watch it turn into a sizable deficit because of the bullpen's inabilit...
2008 Aug 28
to 2008 Aug 31
 Chicago Jazz Festival 2008
30th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival, August 28-31, 2008 in Millennium Park and Grant Park The Mayor's Office of Special Events has announced some of the headliners for this year's Jazz F...
2008 Aug 28
to 2008 Sep 7
 Hurricane Hanna (2008)
Hurricane Hanna was the deadliest storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm was the eighth tropical cyclone and fourth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It for...
2008 Aug 28 New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 3-2
NEW YORK - The ball, blasted off the bat of Jason Giambi on a fastball from Hideki Okajima, cleared the center-field fence. With it went the stellar start by Jon Lester, the sweep of t...
2009 Aug 28 Baltimore Orioles defeat Cleveland Indians, 13-4
With another difficult August coming to a close for the Orioles, and a daunting September schedule looming, there is a pertinent question that keeps popping up for the franchise as it win...
2009 Aug 28 Beyonce releases "Broken-Hearted Girl" single
"Broken-Hearted Girl" is a song by American R&B recording artist, Beyoncé Knowles. It is the seventh single released from her third studio album, I Am… Sasha Fierce. It was written by Kno...
2009 Aug 28 Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 6-5
Jason Varitek rooted his left leg in the wet dirt 6 inches to the left of home plate, at the mercy of a 235-pound man sprinting at full speed, and he waited. A catcher’s job description i...
2009 Aug 28 Chicago Cubs defeat New York Mets, 5-2
CHICAGO - Brian Stokes' career-high scoreless-inning streak came to an end Friday. Pat Misch's winless streak in the majors continued as a result. Stokes, who had tossed 12 2/3 straigh...
2009 Aug 28 Milwaukee Brewers defeat Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-6
Manny Parra has the arm. No one is disputing that. He has a mid-90 mph fastball that will merengue its way to the batter. That's evident to any witness of his outings. And to top it...
2009 Aug 28 Minnesota Twins defeat Texas Rangers, 3-2
The way Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has been talking lately, he sounds as if he'd rather trust Bernie Madoff with his next check than trust one of his young starters to eat up innings wh...
2009 Aug 28 Mourners Wait in Line for Hours to View Edward Kennedy Casket at John F. Kennedy Library
They arrived again at dawn on Friday morning, mourners wishing to honor Senator Edward M. Kennedy and his life’s work with a lingering glance, a whispered prayer, a sign of the cross. ...