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| Birthday August 28, 1592 George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, royal minister to James I |
| Birthday August 28, 1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust) |
| Birthday August 28, 1774 St. Elizabeth born in New York City |
| Birthday August 28, 1774 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint |
| Birthday August 28, 1828 Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy was born near Tula. |
| Birthday August 28, 1828 Leo Tolstoy, writer, social philosopher (War & Peace) |
| Birthday August 28, 1831 Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, 1st lady |
| Birthday August 28, 1833 Sir Edward Burne-Jones, English Pre-Raphaelite painter, designer |
| Birthday August 28, 1877 Charles S. Rolls born |
| Birthday August 28, 1889 Charles Boyer, American film star |
| Birthday August 28, 1906 Sir John Betjeman, poet laureate of England (Mt. Zion) |
| Birthday August 28, 1913 Robertson Davies is born |
| Birthday August 28, 1921 Nancy Kulp, in Penn |
| Birthday August 28, 1925 Donald O'Connor, comedian, Actor |
| Birthday August 28, 1930 Ben Gazzara, Actor (Run for Your Life) |
| Birthday August 28, 1939 Cassie Mackin, NBC Newswoman |
| Birthday August 28, 1940 Richard Sanders, Actor |
| Birthday August 28, 1940 William Cohen, (Sen-R-Me) |
| Birthday August 28, 1943 David Soul, Actor |
| Birthday August 28, 1943 Lou Piniella, Baseball manager |
| Birthday August 28, 1950 Ron 'Louisana Lightning' Guidry |
| Birthday August 28, 1958 Scott Hamilton Skating, champion |
| Birthday August 28, 1960 Emma Samms (Samuels), (Colby's, General Hospital) |
| History August 28, 1565 St Augustine Fla established |
| History August 28, 1609 Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands |
| History August 28, 1789 William Herschel discovers Enceladus satellite of Saturn |
| History August 28, 1864 Union General Alfred Terry is promoted |
| History August 28, 1867 US occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific |
| History August 28, 1869 Three leave Powell's Grand Canyon expedition |
| History August 28, 1879 Zulu king captured |
| History August 28, 1884 Mickey Welsh strikesout the 1st 9 men he faces |
| History August 28, 1907 United Parcel Service begins service in Seattle |
| History August 28, 1914 Battle of Heligoland Bight |
| History August 28, 1916 Italy's declares war against Germany during WW I |
| History August 28, 1917 10 suffragists were arrested as they picketed the White House |
| History August 28, 1917 President Woodrow Wilson picketed by women suffragists |
| History August 28, 1922 WEAF in NYC aired the 1st radio commercial. Queensboro Realty Company of Jackson Heights paid $100 for 10 minutes of air time |
| History August 28, 1941 Mass slaughter in Ukraine |
| History August 28, 1955 The death of Emmett Till |
| History August 28, 1957 Sen. Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill |
| History August 28, 1963 King speaks to March on Washington |
| History August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr I have a dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial |
| History August 28, 1963 200 000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington D.C |
| History August 28, 1963 Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel, puts her stamp on the March on Washington |
| History August 28, 1965 Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 |
| History August 28, 1966 North Vietnamese pilots being trained in Soviet Union |
| History August 28, 1967 More voices raised against the war |
| History August 28, 1968 Riots in Chicago fracture the Cold War consensus |
| History August 28, 1968 DNC endorses Johnson administration platform on the war in Vietnam |
| History August 28, 1968 Protests at Democratic National Convention in Chicago |
| History August 28, 1968 Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Democratic National Convention - nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president |
| History August 28, 1972 U.S. Air Force gets its first ace since Korean War |
| History August 28, 1973 More than 520 die as a strong earthquake shook central Mexico |
| History August 28, 1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth |
| History August 28, 1977 NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders 2-1 at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore. winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship. |
| History August 28, 1977 Pele leads Cosmos to title |
| History August 28, 1977 Ron Guidry faces just 28 men & beats the Rangers 1-0 |
| History August 28, 1981 John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan |
| History August 28, 1983 Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation |
| History August 28, 1987 John Huston dies |
| History August 28, 1988 Air-show accident burns spectators |
| History August 28, 1990 Murdered students are discovered at the University of Florida |
| History August 28, 2006 Fugitive polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is arrested |