About August 28
August 28, 2023 is the 240th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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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 166 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 28
- 1189 –Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
- 1619 –Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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.
- 1845 –The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
- 1862 –American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas.
- 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.
- 1914 –World War I: German troops conquer Namur.
- 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.
- 1924 –The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
- 1937 –Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
- 1953 –Nippon Television broadcasts Japan’s first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
- 1955 –Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
- 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
- 1964 –The Philadelphia race riot begins.
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