About August 28
August 28, 2024 is the 241st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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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 154 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.
- 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
- 1640 –Second Bishop’s War: King Charles I’s English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
- 1789 –William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn.
- 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.
- 1859 –A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far away as Japan.
- 1879 –Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
- 1909 –A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
- 1916 –World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
- 1917 –Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
- 1924 –The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
- 1937 –Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
- 1943 –World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
- 1944 –World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
- 1957 –U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
- 1968 –Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
- 1991 –Collapse of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
- 1996 –Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce.
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