Page 7: Historical Events In August - 28

1981  John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan on August - 28.   

1981  John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent to attempting to kill US President Ronald Reagan. He is later acquitted by reason of insanity on August - 28.   

1981  On August - 28 national Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men   

1981  Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3 47.33 (since broken) on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken)   

1982  G W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies on August - 28.   

1983  On August - 28 israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation   

1983  Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour on this day in history.   

1983  On August - 28 jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66   

1985  On this day in history launch of Aussat, Australia's first domestic communications satellite   

1985  On this day in history ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88   

1986  On August - 28 uS Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying   

1987  On August - 28 john Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81   

1988  On this day in history 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany   

1988  Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98 on this day in history.   

1990  Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province on August - 28.   

1990  On this day in history kuwait declared the 19th province of Iraq, by Saddam Hussein   

1990  Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies on August - 28.   

1991  On this day in history 5 die in a NYC subway's 3rd worst accident   

1991  Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies   

1992  National Defence sends destroyer HMCS Gatineau to monitor UN embargo against Yugoslavia and moves to NATO standing force in Mediterranean on August - 28.   

1993  On August - 28 rené Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80   

1994  On August - 28 david Wright, poet, dies at 74   

1995  On this day in history chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank announce plans for a $10 billion merger to become the largest bank in the US.   

1995  On August - 28 agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85   

1996  On this day in history britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorce, ending 15 years of marriage.   

1996  Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50 on August - 28.   

2005  On August - 28 terrorist wounds 52 at bus station in Beersheba, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.   

2006  On August - 28 a Greyhound Lines bus from New York City to Montreal, carrying 52 people, crashes at mile 115 on Interstate 87 near Elizabethtown killing 5 people including the driver and several are seriously injured.   

2007  Abdullah Gül is elected as the eleventh President of Turkey by the Turkish Parliament, after secularist concerns delayed his initial candidacy on August - 28.   

2012  On August - 28 mitt Romney is officially nominated as the United States Republican Party's candidate   

2013  On this day in history china and Russia walk out of a UN Security Council meeting after the US pushes for immediate action against Syria's use of chemical weapons   

2017  On August - 28 kenya brings in world's toughest ban on plastic bags with possible US$38,000 fine and four years in jail   

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1025  Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) was born on August - 28.   

1476  On August - 28 birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

1582  Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) was born on this day in history.   

1592  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28) was born on this day in history.   

1612  Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) was born on August - 28.   

1667  On August - 28 birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)   

1673  On August - 28 birth of conrad Michael Schneider, composer   

1691  Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.   

0388  Death of Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed on this day in history.   

0430  On this day in history aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75   

0876  Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies on this day in history.   

1065  On August - 28 death of frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65)   

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

1481  On this day in history afonso V, King of Portugal, dies   

1484  Death of Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered on this day in history.   

1539  On this day in history death of lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75