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.
- 489 –Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
- 663 –Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1913 –Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
- 1914 –World War I: the Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
- 1916 –World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
- 1916 –World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
- 1917 –Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
- 1924 –The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
- 1944 –World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
- 1955 –Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
- 1957 –U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
- 1963 –Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Manhattan flat, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda Rights.
- 1963 –March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech
- 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.
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