About August 28
August 28, 2021 is the 240th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 157 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 28
- 489 –Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
- 1542 –Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557) – Battle of Wofla: the Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
- 1619 –Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1810 –Battle of Grand Port – the French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
- 1845 –The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
- 1867 –The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll.
- 1898 –Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called “Pepsi-Cola”.
- 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.
- 1916 –World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
- 1931 –France and Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
- 1937 –Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
- 1944 –World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
- 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.
- 1964 –The Philadelphia race riot begins.
- 1988 –Ramstein airshow disaster: three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. 75 are killed and 346 seriously injured.
- 1991 –Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1996 –Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce.
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