Page 5: Historical Events In August - 28

1924  Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history janet Frame, NZ, novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry)   

1925  On August - 28 meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island   

1925  On this day in history arkadi N Strugazki, USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika)   

1926  On August - 28 indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)   

1928  On this day in history james Wild, music teacher   

1929  Frank Woolley scores his 100th first-class hundred on August - 28.   

1929  On August - 28 rokie Roker, Miami Fla, actress (Helen-Jeffersons)   

1930  On this day in history ben Gazzara, NYC, actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII)   

1930  Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies on August - 28.   

1931  John Perkins, rocker (Crew Cuts) on August - 28.   

1932  On this day in history andy Bathgate, Canada, NY Ranger (1958 NHL MVP)   

1937  Toyota Motors becomes an independent company on this day in history.   

1938  Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria on this day in history.   

1939  "Monty" becomes commandant of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division on this day in history.   

1940  French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle on August - 28.   

1941  On this day in history the Dominion Observatory time becomes Canada's official time at 1 pm on this day.   

1941  On this day in history 8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98,203)   

1942  On this day in history reigner cable is sent to Stephen S. Wise - specifying Nazi plans to exterminate almost 4 million Jews.   

1942  On August - 28 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101,100)   

1943  Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers on August - 28.   

1943  Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies on this day in history.   

1944  Last German troops in Marseille surrendered & Toulon cleared on August - 28.   

1944  Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald on August - 28.   

1949  38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) on this day in history.   

1950  Earle & Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000   

1951  Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32 on August - 28.   

1952  On August - 28 first guided missile launched from ship during Korean Conflict   

1952  On August - 28 german & Israeli reach accord about recovery payments   

1953  On this day in history "Me & Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances   

1955  1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17 on this day in history.   

1955  Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history england retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series   

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1025  On August - 28 birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)   

1476  On this day in history birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

1582  On this day in history birth of taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)   

1592  On August - 28 birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)   

1612  On this day in history birth of marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)   

1667  On this day in history birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)   

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on August - 28.   

1691  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)   

0388  On this day in history death of magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed   

0430  Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75 on August - 28.   

0876  On this day in history louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies   

1065  Death of Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65) on August - 28.   

1341  On August - 28 death of king Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)   

1481  On August - 28 afonso V, King of Portugal, dies   

1484  Death of Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered on August - 28.   

1539  On August - 28 death of lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75