Famous birthdays, deaths and events of August 28
Birthdays 1582 - Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) 1667 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) 1691 - Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) 1789 - Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (d. 1860) 1814 - Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873) 1827 - Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, (d. 1894) 1828 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (birthdate according to O.S.) (d. 1910) 1840 - Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900) 1867 - Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948) 1885 - Vance Palmer, Australian author (d. 1959) 1898 - Charlie Grimm, American baseball player (d. 1983) 1899 - Charles Boyer, French actor (d. 1978) 1903 - Bruno Bettelheim, American psychologist (d. 1990) 1905 - Cyril Walters, England cricketer (d. 1992) 1906 - John Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984) 1913 - Robertson Davies, Canadian writer (d. 1995) 1913 - Terence Reese, British bridge player (d. 1996) 1913 - Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer 1913 - Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (d. 1993) 1915 - Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (d. 2008) 1916 - Jack Vance, American author 1921 - Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor 1921 - Nancy Kulp, American actress (d. 1991) 1924 - Janet Frame, New Zealand author (d. 2004) 1924 - Peggy Ryan, American actress (d. 2004) 1924 - Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer 1925 - Donald O'Connor , American singer 1925 - Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist 1929 - Ken Gampu, South African actor (d. 2003) 1930 - Windsor Davies, British actor 1930 - Ben Gazzara, American actor 1931 - John Shirley-Quirk, English bass-baritone 1931 - Tito Capobianco, Argentinian stage impresario 1932 - Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player 1936 - Don Denkinger, American baseball umpire 1940 - Ken Jenkins, American actor 1940 - Roger Pingeon, French cylist 1940 - Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind) 1941 - Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Belgian aristocrat 1941 - Paul Plishka, American bass 1942 - Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1995) 1943 - David Soul, American actor 1944 - Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer 1945 - Robert Greenwald, American film director/producer 1945 - Bob Segarini, Musician and radio personality 1944 - Melvin Dummar, American claimant to the Howard Hughes estate 1947 - Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress 1948 - Danny Seraphine, American musician (Chicago) 1948 - Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer 1949 - Hugh Cornwell, British musician (The Stranglers) 1951 - Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer 1951 - Wayne Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds) 1952 - Rita Dove, American poet 1952 - Guy Nadon, Canadian actor 1956 - Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor 1957 - Daniel Stern, American actor 1957 - Rick Rossovich, American actor 1958 - Scott Hamilton, American figure skater 1960 - Emma Samms , English actress 1961 - Kim Appleby, English singer 1961 - Cliff Benson, American football player 1962 - Paul Allen, English footballer 1962 - David Fincher, American music video and film director 1963 - Jennifer Coolidge , American actress 1963 - Regina Jacobs, American athlete 1965 - Amanda Tapping , Canadian actress 1965 - Shania Twain , Canadian singer 1967 - Frederick Kesner, Philippine-born Australian poet 1968 - Billy Boyd , Scottish actor 1969 - Jason Priestley , Canadian-born actor 1969 - Jack Black , American actor 1969 - Pierre Turgeon, French Canadian ice hockey player 1970 - Sherrié Austin, Australian actress/singer 1970 - Rick Recht, Jewish singer 1971 - Todd Eldredge, American figure skater 1971 - Janet Evans, American swimmer 1971 - Raul Marquez, Mexican-born American boxer 1971 - Shane Andrews, American baseball player 1972 - Jay Witasick, American baseball player 1972 - Ravindu Shah, Kenyan cricketer 1973 - Matthew John Armstrong, American actor 1973 - DJ Assault, American musician 1974 - Johan Andersson, Swedish game programmer 1974 - Carsten Jancker, German footballer 1974 - Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer 1975 - Jamie Cureton, English footballer 1975 - Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer 1975 - Vera Jordanova , Finnish actress and model 1976 - Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan footballer 1978 - Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY) 1978 - Shaniqua, American wrestling valet 1979 - Robert Hoyzer, German football referee 1979 - Shaila Durcal, Spanish singer 1979 - Kristen Hughes, Australian netballer 1979 - Markus Pröll, German footballer 1979 - Ruth Riley, American basketball player 1980 - T.J. Beam, American baseball player 1981 - Martin Erat, Czech hockey player 1981 - Daniel Gygax, Swiss footballer 1981 - Vaggelis Moras, Greek footballer 1981 - Agata Wróbel, Polish weightlifter 1981 - Raphael Matos, Brazilian racing driver 1982 - Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer 1982 - LeAnn Rimes , American singer 1982 - Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer 1982 - Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer 1983 - Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer 1983 - Alfonso Herrera, Actor 1985 - Ralph Woolfolk IV, American actor 1986 - Gilad Shalit, Israeli corporal 1988 - Ray Jones, English footballer (d. 2007) 1990 - Bojan Krkić, Serbian-Spanish footballer 1991 - Kyle Massey, American actor 1991 - Sarah Jane Santos, Filipino singer
Deaths 388 - Magnus Maximus, Roman usurper 1654 - Axel Oxenstierna, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583) 1678 - John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton 1784 - Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713) 1793 - Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine 1820 - Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754) 1933 - Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863) 1955 - Emmett Till, American civil rights movement icon (b. 1941) 1959 - Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (b. 1890) 1976 - Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958) 1978 - Robert Shaw, English actor and writer (b. 1927) 1981 - Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900) 1982 - Geoff Chubb, South African cricketer (b. 1911) 1985 - Ruth Gordon, American actress (b. 1896) 1987 - John Huston, American movie director (b. 1906) 1993 - William Stafford, American poet (b. 1914) 2005 - Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914) 2007 - Paul B. MacCready, Jr. 2007 - Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984) 2007 - Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1929) 2007 - Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913) 2008 - Phil Hill, American race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (b. 1927)
Events 489 - Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy. 1189 - Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan 1349 - 6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz, accused of being the cause of the plague. 1511 - The Portuguese conquer Malacca. 1521 - The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade. 1542 - Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557) 1565 - St. Augustine, Florida, is established. It is the oldest surviving European settlement in the United States. 1609 - Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay. 1640 - Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn 1777 - American Revolutionary War 1789 - William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn. 1830 - The Tom Thumb presages the first railway service in the United States. 1845 - Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue. 1849 - After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria. 1859 - A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far afield as Japan. 1862 - American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the battle of Second Manassas. 1867 - The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Island. 1879 - Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British. 1898 - Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola". 1907 - UPS is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington. 1913 - Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague. 1914 - World War I: the Royal Navy beats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. 1914 - World War I: German troops conquer Namur. 1916 - World War I: Germany declares war on Romania. 1916 - World War I: Italy declares war on Germany. 1917 - Ten suffragists are arrested when picketing the White House. 1924 - Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union. 1931 - France and Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression. 1937 - Toyota Motors becomes an independent company. 1943 - World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started. 1944 - World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated. 1953 - Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement. 1961 - Motown releases what would be its first number one hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes. 1963 - March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech. 1964 - The Philadelphia race riot begins. 1968 - Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention. 1971 - The dollar is allowed to float against the yen for the first time. 1979 - An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels. 1981 - The National Centers for Disease Control announce a high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men. Soon, these will be recognized as symptoms of an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS. 1986 - United States Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment for espionage for the Soviet Union. 1988 - Ramstein airshow disaster: three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. 75 are killed and 346 seriously injured. 1990 - Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province. 1990 - The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people. 1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union. 1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union 1996 - Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales are divorced. 1998 - Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate. 2003 - An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.
