Top Historical Events That Happened on August 28 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1924  Janet Frame, NZ, novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry).   

1925  Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island.   

1925  Arkadi N Strugazki, USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika)   

1926  Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)   

1928  James Wild, music teacher   

1929  Frank Woolley scores his 100th inaugural-class hundred   

1929  Rokie Roker, Miami Fla, actress (Helen-Jeffersons).   

1930  Ben Gazzara, NYC, actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII)   

1930  Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies.   

1931  John Perkins, rocker (Crew Cuts)   

1932  Andy Bathgate, Canada, NY Ranger (1958 NHL MVP)   

1937  Toyota Motors is recorded as becoming an independent company.   

1938  Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria.   

1939  "Monty" is recorded as becoming commandant of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division.   

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

1941  The Dominion Observatory time is recorded as becoming Canada's official time at 1 pm on this day.   

1941  8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98203)   

1942  Reigner cable is sent to Stephen S. Wise - specifying Nazi plans to exterminate almost 4 million Jews.   

1942  9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101100).   

1943  Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers   

1943  Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies   

1944  Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared   

1944  Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald.   

1949  38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)   

1950  Earle and Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr.   

1951  Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50000   

1951  Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32   

1952  inaugural guided missile launched from ship during Korean Conflict.   

1952  German and Israeli reach accord about recovery payments.   

1953  "Me and Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances   

1955  1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17   

1955  Emmett Till, kidnapped and lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi.   

1956  England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series   

1957  Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill   

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