About August 28

August 28, 2025 is the 240th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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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 173 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On August 28

  • 475 –
    The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
  • 1189 –
    Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
  • 1609 –
    Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1862 –
    American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas.
  • 1879 –
    Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
  • 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.
  • 1955 –
    Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
  • 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.
  • 1968 –
    Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
  • 1979 –
    An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels.
  • 1990 –
    Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
  • 1991 –
    Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union.

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