Historical Events In August - 28

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

1981  On this day in history john Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent to attempting to kill US President Ronald Reagan. He is later acquitted by reason of insanity.  

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

1981  On August - 28 sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3 47.33 (since broken)  

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 28.  

1983  Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 on August - 28.  

1985  Launch of Aussat, Australia's first domestic communications satellite on this day in history.  

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

1986  US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying on August - 28.  

1987  On this day in history john Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81  

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

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

1990  Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province on this day in history.  

1990  On August - 28 kuwait declared the 19th province of Iraq, by Saddam Hussein  

1990  On August - 28 willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies  

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

1991  Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher on August - 28.  

1991  Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies on this day in history.  

1992  National Defence sends destroyer HMCS Gatineau to monitor UN embargo against Yugoslavia and moves to NATO standing force in Mediterranean on this day in history.  

1993  On this day in history rené Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80  

1994  On this day in history david Wright, poet, dies at 74  

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

1995  On this day in history agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85  

1996  On August - 28 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 this day in history terrorist wounds 52 at bus station in Beersheba, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history mitt Romney is officially nominated as the United States Republican Party's candidate  

2013  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 on August - 28.  

2017  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1667  On August - 28 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 August - 28 birth of elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1481  Afonso V, King of Portugal, dies on August - 28.  

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

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