What Happened on Aug 28

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

'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... Read more

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.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more