Wikipedia: August 28

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*1521: The Turks occupy Belgrade?
*1565: St. Augustine, Florida, established. It is the oldest remaining European occupation in the United States.
*1609: [Henry Hudson]? discovers [Delaware Bay]?.
*1619: [Ferdinand II]? is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
*1830: The Tom Thumb starts the first railway service in the United States.
*1849: After a siege of over one month, Venice?, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria.
*1850: Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin? premieres.
*1867: The United States occupy [Midway Island]?.
*1879: Cetshwayo?, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the English.
*1883: Slavery is abolished throughout the British Empire.
*1884: First known photograph of a tornado? is made.
*1913: [Queen Wilhelmina]? opens the [Peace Palace]? in The Hague.
*1914: The British fleet beats the German in the [Battle of Helgoland]?.
*1916: Germany declares war on Romania.
*1916: Italy declares war on Germany.
*1917: Ten suffragette?s are arrested when picketing the White House.
*1938: The concentration camp Mauthausen? is opened.
*1943: In Denmark, a universal strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
*1944: Marseille? and Toulon? are liberated.
*1955: Black Mississippi boy [Emmett Till]? is murdered for whistling to a white woman and calling her baby.
*1963: During a 200,000 people's civil rights rally in Washington DC, Martin Luther King gives his famous I Have A Dream speech.
*1972: During the Olympic Games of Munich, [Mark Spitz]? gets his first of seven gold medals in swimming events.
*1979: An IRA bomb explodes on the Great Market in Brussels.
*1981: The National Center for Disease Control announces a high incidence of Pneumocystis? and [Kaposi's sarcoma]? in gay men. Soon, these will be considered symptoms of an illness of the immune system, which will be called AIDS.
*1986: [Stage of siege]? called in Bolivia.
*1986: US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment? for espionage? for the Soviet Union.
*1988: At an air show in Ramstein?, West Germany three stunt fighters collide; 70 people die.
*1990: Iraq declares Kuwait to be a province.
*1993: A dam breaks in Qinghai?, West China. 223 die.
*1993: 76 die in an airplane crash in Tajikistan.
*1993: [Teng Cheong]? elected president of Singapore
*1994: First [gay pride march]? in Japan.
*1995: A mortar shell kills 38 people in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The NATO action against Bosnian Serb?s was a reaction to this incident.
*1996: Britain's [prince Charles]? and princess Diana are divorced.
*1998: A new legal system, based on the Koran, is established in Pakistan.
*2001: Dutch prime minister Wim Kok announces that he will not be available for another term as PvdA? party leader or prime minister after the 2002 elections.

*1521: The Turks occupy Belgrade?
*1565: St. Augustine, Florida, established. It is the oldest remaining European occupation in the United States.
*1609: [Henry Hudson]? discovers [Delaware Bay]?.
*1619: [Ferdinand II]? is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
*1830: The Tom Thumb starts the first railway service in the United States.
*1849: After a siege of over one month, Venice?, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria.
*1850: Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin? premieres.
*1867: The United States occupy [Midway Island]?.
*1879: Cetshwayo?, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the English.
*1883: Slavery is abolished throughout the British Empire.
*1884: First known photograph of a tornado? is made.
*1913: [Queen Wilhelmina]? opens the [Peace Palace]? in The Hague.
*1914: The British fleet beats the German in the [Battle of Helgoland]?.
*1916: Germany declares war on Romania.
*1916: Italy declares war on Germany.
*1917: Ten suffragette?s are arrested when picketing the White House.
*1938: The concentration camp Mauthausen? is opened.
*1943: In Denmark, a universal strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
*1944: Marseille? and Toulon? are liberated.
*1955: Black Mississippi boy [Emmett Till]? is murdered for whistling to a white woman and calling her baby.
*1963: During a 200,000 people's civil rights rally in Washington DC, Martin Luther King gives his famous I have a dream speech.
*1972: During the Olympic Games of Munich, [Mark Spitz]? gets his first of seven gold medals in swimming events.
*1979: An IRA bomb explodes on the Great Market in Brussels.
*1981: The [National Center for Disease Control]? announces a high incidence of Pneumocystis? and [Kaposi's sarcoma]? in gay men. Soon, these will be considered symptoms of an illness of the immune system, which will be called AIDS.
*1986: [Stage of siege]? called in Bolivia.
*1986: US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment? for espionage? for the Soviet Union.
*1988: At an air show in Ramstein?, West Germany three stunt fighters collide; 70 people die.
*1990: Iraq declares Kuwait to be a province.
*1993: A dam breaks in Qinghai?, West China. 223 die.
*1993: 76 die in an airplane crash in Tajikistan.
*1993: [Teng Cheong]? elected president of Singapore
*1994: First [gay pride march]? in Japan.
*1995: A mortar shell kills 38 people in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The NATO action against Bosnian Serb?s was a reaction to this incident.
*1996: Britain's [prince Charles]? and princess Diana are divorced.
*1998: A new legal system, based on the Koran, is established in Pakistan.
*2001: Dutch prime minister Wim Kok announces that he will not be available for another term as PvdA? party leader or prime minister after the 2002 elections.

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*1749: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (author)
*1774: [Elizabeth Ann Seton]? (first American-born saint)
*1828: [Leo Tolstoi]? (author) (birthday according to the Julian calendar, it was September 9 according to the Gregorian calendar)
*1831: [Lucy Hayes]? (1st lady: wife of Rutherford B. Hayes)
*1911: [Joseph Luns]? (Dutch foreign minister and secretary-general of NATO)
*1930: [Ben Gazzara]? (actor)
*1957: [Daniel Stern]? (actor)
*1961: [Kim Appleby]? (singer) ([[Mel & Kim]])
*1965: Shania Twain (singer)
*1969: [Jason Priestley]? (actor)

*1749: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (author)
*1774: [Elizabeth Ann Seton]? (first American-born saint)
*1828: [Leo Tolstoi]? (author) (birthday according to the Julian calendar, it was September 9 according to the Gregorian calendar)
*1831: [Lucy Hayes]? (1st lady: wife of Rutherford B. Hayes)
*1911: [Joseph Luns]? (Dutch foreign minister and secretary-general of NATO)
*1930: [Ben Gazzara]? (actor)
*1957: [Daniel Stern]? (actor)
*1961: [Kim Appleby]? ([[singer) ([[Mel & Kim]])
*1965: Shania Twain (singer?)
*1969: [Jason Priestley]? (actor)

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*1481: Alphonso V (king of Portugal)
*1818: [Jean Baptiste Point du Sable]? (founder of Chicago)
*1900: [Henry Sidgwick]? (philosopher)
*1919: [Louis Botha]? (leader of the Boer?s in South Africa)
*1943: [Boris III]? (king of Bulgaria)
*1990: [Willy Vandersteen]? (cartoonist) ([[Suske & Wiske]])
*1995: [Michael Ende]? (author) (Neverending Story)

*430 : Augustine of Hippo
*1481: Alphonso V (king of Portugal)
*1818: [Jean Baptiste Point du Sable]? (founder of Chicago)
*1900: [Henry Sidgwick]? (philosopher)
*1919: [Louis Botha]? (leader of the Boer?s in South Africa)
*1943: [Boris III]? (king of Bulgaria)
*1990: [Willy Vandersteen]? (cartoonist) ([[Suske & Wiske]])
*1995: [Michael Ende]? (author) (Neverending Story)

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August 28th is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining.

Events:

1521: The Turks occupy Belgrade?
1565: St. Augustine, Florida, established. It is the oldest remaining European occupation in the United States.
1609: [Henry Hudson]? discovers [Delaware Bay]?.
1619: [Ferdinand II]? is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1830: The Tom Thumb starts the first railway service in the United States.
1849: After a siege of over one month, Venice?, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria.
1850: Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin? premieres.
1867: The United States occupy [Midway Island]?.
1879: Cetshwayo?, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the English.
1883: Slavery is abolished throughout the British Empire.
1884: First known photograph of a tornado? is made.
1913: [Queen Wilhelmina]? opens the [Peace Palace]? in The Hague.
1914: The British fleet beats the German in the [Battle of Helgoland]?.
1916: Germany declares war on Romania.
1916: Italy declares war on Germany.
1917: Ten suffragette?s are arrested when picketing the White House.
1938: The concentration camp Mauthausen? is opened.
1943: In Denmark, a universal strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
1944: Marseille? and Toulon? are liberated.
1955: Black Mississippi boy [Emmett Till]? is murdered for whistling to a white woman and calling her baby.
1963: During a 200,000 people's civil rights rally in Washington DC, Martin Luther King gives his famous I have a dream speech.
1972: During the Olympic Games of Munich, [Mark Spitz]? gets his first of seven gold medals in swimming events.
1979: An IRA bomb explodes on the Great Market in Brussels.
1981: The [National Center for Disease Control]? announces a high incidence of Pneumocystis? and [Kaposi's sarcoma]? in gay men. Soon, these will be considered symptoms of an illness of the immune system, which will be called AIDS.
1986: [Stage of siege]? called in Bolivia.
1986: US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment? for espionage? for the Soviet Union.
1988: At an air show in Ramstein?, West Germany three stunt fighters collide; 70 people die.
1990: Iraq declares Kuwait to be a province.
1993: A dam breaks in Qinghai?, West China. 223 die.
1993: 76 die in an airplane crash in Tajikistan.
1993: [Teng Cheong]? elected president of Singapore
1994: First [gay pride march]? in Japan.
1995: A mortar shell kills 38 people in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The NATO action against Bosnian Serb?s was a reaction to this incident.
1996: Britain's [prince Charles]? and princess Diana are divorced.
1998: A new legal system, based on the Koran, is established in Pakistan.
2001: Dutch prime minister Wim Kok announces that he will not be available for another term as PvdA? party leader or prime minister after the 2002 elections.

Births:

1749: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (author)
1774: [Elizabeth Ann Seton]? (first American-born saint)
1828: [Leo Tolstoi]? (author) (birthday according to the Julian calendar, it was September 9 according to the Gregorian calendar)
1831: [Lucy Hayes]? (1st lady: wife of Rutherford B. Hayes)
1911: [Joseph Luns]? (Dutch foreign minister and secretary-general of NATO)
1930: [Ben Gazzara]? (actor)
1957: [Daniel Stern]? (actor)
1961: [Kim Appleby]? ([[singer) ([[Mel & Kim]])
1965: Shania Twain (singer?)
1969: [Jason Priestley]? (actor)

Deaths:

430 : Augustine of Hippo
1481: Alphonso V (king of Portugal)
1818: [Jean Baptiste Point du Sable]? (founder of Chicago)
1900: [Henry Sidgwick]? (philosopher)
1919: [Louis Botha]? (leader of the Boer?s in South Africa)
1943: [Boris III]? (king of Bulgaria)
1990: [Willy Vandersteen]? (cartoonist) ([[Suske & Wiske]])
1995: [Michael Ende]? (author) (Neverending Story)

Holidays etc.:

Hong Kong: Liberation Day (1945)
Catholic? and other churches: feast day of Saint Augustine of Hippo.

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