Historical Events In August - 28

1981  John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan on this day in history.   

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  National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men on August - 28.   

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

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

1982  On August - 28 g W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies   

1983  Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation on this day in history.   

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

1983  On this day in history 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  Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 on August - 28.   

1986  On this day in history uS Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying   

1987  John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1988  On August - 28 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany   

1988  On this day in history hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98   

1990  On August - 28 iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province   

1990  Kuwait declared the 19th province of Iraq, by Saddam Hussein on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies   

1991  On August - 28 5 die in a NYC subway's 3rd worst accident   

1991  On August - 28 red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher   

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  René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1995  On August - 28 chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank announce plans for a $10 billion merger to become the largest bank in the US.   

1995  Agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1996  On this day in history lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50   

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

2006  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 on August - 28.   

2007  Abdullah Gül is elected as the eleventh President of Turkey by the Turkish Parliament, after secularist concerns delayed his initial candidacy on this day in history.   

2012  Mitt Romney is officially nominated as the United States Republican Party's candidate on August - 28.   

2013  On August - 28 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  Kenya brings in world's toughest ban on plastic bags with possible US$38,000 fine and four years in jail on August - 28.   

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1025  Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) was born on this day in history.   

1476  Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school) was born on August - 28.   

1582  Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) was born on August - 28.   

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

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

1667  Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) was born on August - 28.   

1673  On this day in history 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  Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75 on August - 28.   

0876  Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies on August - 28.   

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

1341  On this day in history death of king Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)   

1481  Afonso V, King of Portugal, dies on this day in history.   

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

1539  Death of Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75 on August - 28.