About August 28
August 28, 2025 is the 240th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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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 173 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.
- 1189 –Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
- 1542 –Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557) – Battle of Wofla: the Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
- 1609 –Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
- 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.
- 1867 –The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll.
- 1879 –Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
- 1909 –A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
- 1914 –World War I: the Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
- 1916 –World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
- 1931 –France and Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
- 1943 –World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
- 1955 –Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
- 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.
- 1990 –The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people.
- 1991 –Collapse of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
- 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.
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