About August 28
August 28, 2024 is the 241st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Virgo is the sun 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 154 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 28
- 475 –The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
- 663 –Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.
- 1542 –Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557) – Battle of Wofla: the Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
- 1789 –William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn.
- 1810 –Battle of Grand Port – the French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
- 1830 –The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam’s role in US railroading.
- 1833 –The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire.
- 1849 –After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, 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 away as Japan.
- 1898 –Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called “Pepsi-Cola”.
- 1901 –Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country.
- 1913 –Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
- 1924 –The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
- 1943 –World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
- 1944 –World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
- 1964 –The Philadelphia race riot begins.
- 1979 –An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels.
- 1991 –Collapse of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
- 1991 –Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- 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.
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