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

  • 1521
    The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
  • 1609
    Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
  • 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.
  • 1849
    After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
  • 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 Atoll.
  • 1901
    Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country.
  • 1909
    A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • 1913
    Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • 1917
    Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
  • 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.
  • 1953
    Nippon Television broadcasts Japan’s first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
  • 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.
  • 1968
    Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
  • 1979
    An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels.
  • 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.
  • 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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