August 28

Events

 * - The   forces western   to flee his  of  and appoints his own son  in his place.
 * -, king of the defeats  at the , forcing his way into.
 * - The Crusaders begin the under
 * - The occupy.
 * - Reinforced with at least 600 arquebusiers and,  attacks the   in the . The Portuguese are scattered, their leader  captured and afterwards executed.
 * -, established. It is the oldest surviving an settlement in the.
 * - discovers.
 * - is elected  of the.
 * - King 's English army loses to a force at the
 * - The  presages the first railway service in the.
 * -  publishes its first issue.
 * - After a month-long siege,, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to.
 * - A geomagnetic storm causes the to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as further afield as Japan.
 * -, also known as the battle of.
 * - The occupies.
 * -, last king of the s, is captured by the.
 * - First known of a  is made.
 * - renames his carbonated soft drink "".
 * - is founded by  in.
 * - opens the  in.
 * - The beats the  fleet in the.
 * - declares war on.
 * 1916  -  declares war on.
 * - Ten are arrested when picketing the.
 * - opposition stages the  against the.
 * - becomes an independent company.
 * - In, a against the  occupation is started.
 * - and  are liberated.
 * - broadcasts 's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
 * - releases what would be its first number one hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by.
 * - During a 200,000-person rally in at the  in,  gives his famous  speech.
 * 1964  - The  begins.
 * - s in, during the.
 * - The is allowed to float against the  for the first time.
 * - An bomb explodes on the  in.
 * - The announce a high incidence of  and  in gay men. Soon, these will be recognized as symptoms of an  disorder, which will be called.
 * - declared in.
 * 1986  -    is sentenced to 365 years  for  for the.
 * - : Three aircraft of the demonstration team collide and fall into the crowd. 69 are killed.
 * - declares  to be its newest.
 * 1990  - The : An F5 tornado hits in, and , killing 28 people.
 * - A dam breaks in, . 223 die.
 * 1993  - 76 die in an airplane crash in.
 * - A mortar shell kills 38 people in,.
 * - s, and , are divorced.
 * - 's passes a   to make the " and " the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the.
 * - upgraded to Category 5 storm; city of  put under its first mandatory evacuation order

Births

 * - of Japan (d. )
 * (O.S.) -, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. )
 * -, English statesman (d. )
 * -, Dutch scholar (d. )
 * -, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, German writer and scientist (d. )
 * -, American-born Catholic saint (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, Irish writer (d. )
 * (O.S.) -, Russian writer (d. )
 * -, Scottish merchant (d. )
 * -, Russian engineer and inventor (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, American scientist and (d. )
 * -, Austrian conductor (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, French actor (d. )
 * -, American psychologist (d. )
 * -, Italian jet engine pioneer (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, American ornithologist (d. )
 * -, laureate (d. )
 * -, Dutch politician (d. )
 * -, Canadian writer (d. )
 * 1913  -, American tenor (d. )
 * 1913  -, British bridge player (d. )
 * 1913  -, Slovenian writer
 * -, British sports commentator
 * -, American author
 * 1916  -, Quebec singer and folklorist (d. )
 * -, American comic book artist (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, pedophile activist (d. )
 * -, Spanish actor and playwright
 * 1921  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, New Zealand author (d. )
 * 1924  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American singer, dancer, and actor (d. )
 * 1925  -, American country music singer and guitarist
 * -, American advertising executive (d. )
 * -, Hungarian conductor (d. )
 * 1929  -, South African actor (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, English bass-baritone
 * 1931 - , Argentinian stage impresario
 * -, Canadian player
 * -, French Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, American baseball umpire
 * -, Canadaian politician
 * 1938  -, Italian television journalist
 * -, American actor
 * 1940  -, French cylist
 * 1940  -, English musician
 * -, Belgian aristocrat
 * 1941 - , American bass
 * -, American guitarist (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * 1943  -, American baseball manager
 * -, Dutch swimmer
 * -, American film director/producer
 * 1944  -, American claimant to the  estate
 * -, Hong Kong actress
 * 1947  -, Japanese martial artist
 * -, American musician
 * -, British musician
 * -, Japanese composer
 * 1951  -, American singer
 * -, American poet
 * 1952  -, German businessman
 * 1952  -, Quebec actor
 * 1952  -, Quebec politician
 * -, American actor
 * 1957  -, American actor
 * -, American figure skater
 * -, English actress
 * -, British singer
 * -, American music video and film director
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian actress
 * 1965  -, Canadian singer
 * -, Indian social worker and politician
 * -, Philippine-born n poet
 * -, Scottish actor
 * -, Canadian-born actor
 * 1969  -, American actor
 * 1969  -, English photographer
 * 1969  -, French Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Australian actress/singer
 * 1970  -, Jewish singer
 * -, American figure skater
 * 1971  -, American swimmer
 * 1971  -, Mexican-born American boxer
 * 1971  -, American baseball player
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American actor
 * 1973  -, American musician
 * -, Swedish game programmer
 * 1974  -, German footballer
 * 1974  -, Japanese composer
 * -, Irish footballer
 * -, American drummer
 * 1978  -, American wrestling valet
 * -, German football referee
 * 1979  -, Spanish singer
 * 1979  -, Australian netballer
 * 1979  -, German footballer
 * 1979  -, American basketball player
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Czech hockey player
 * 1981  -, Greek footballer
 * 1981  -, Brazilian racing driver
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * 1982  -, American singer
 * 1982  -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, Sri Lankan cricketer
 * 1983  -, Mexican actor and singer
 * -, American singer
 * 1985  -, American actor
 * -, Israeli corporal
 * -, English footballer (d. )
 * -, Serbian-Spanish footballer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Filipino singer

Deaths

 * -, Roman usurper
 * -, North African saint and theologian (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. )
 * -, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. )
 * -, English soldier (b. )
 * -, English philosopher (b. )
 * -, Spanish missionary (b. )
 * -, French sculptor (b. )
 * -, French general (executed) (b. )
 * -, Scottish church leader (b. )
 * -, founder of Chicago
 * -, American surveyor (b. )
 * -, English geologist (b. )
 * -, English philosopher (b. )
 * -, American landscape architect (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Spanish bullfighter (b. )
 * -, American civil rights movement icon (b. )
 * -, Czech composer (b. )
 * -, Israeli physicist (b. )
 * -, Austrian sculptor (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, English actor and writer (b. )
 * -, Hungarian footballer (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American movie director (b. )
 * -, French Canadian union leader and politician (b. )
 * -, Belgian cartoonist (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American rodeo pioneer (b. )
 * -, American criminal (failed) (b. )
 * -, French actor (b. )
 * 2005  -, Hungarian mathematician (b. )
 * 2005  -, Hungarian mathematician (b. )
 * -, French Canadian politician (b. )
 * 2006  -, American physicist,  (b. )
 * -, American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines (b. )
 * 2007  -, American Founder of  (b. )
 * 2007  -, American aeronautical engineer (b. )
 * 2007  -, Spanish footballer (b. )
 * 2007  -, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. )
 * 2007  -, Japanese-born American actress (b. )
 * 2007  -, New Zealand winemaker (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * In using the : Feast day of the, the mother of , public holiday in the ,
 * Many churches: feast day of Saint.
 * National Heroes Day
 * National Heroes Day