About August 28
August 28, 2022 is the 240th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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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 147 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 28
- 663 –Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.
- 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.
- 1810 –Battle of Grand Port – the French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
- 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.
- 1879 –Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
- 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.
- 1914 –World War I: German troops conquer Namur.
- 1916 –World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
- 1916 –World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
- 1924 –The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
- 1931 –France and Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
- 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.
- 1964 –The Philadelphia race riot begins.
- 1968 –Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
- 1990 –The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people.
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