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  National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour   

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

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

1987  On August - 28 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 August - 28.   

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  Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies on this day in history.   

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  Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies on August - 28.   

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

1993  René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80 on August - 28.   

1994  On August - 28 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  Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorce, ending 15 years of marriage on August - 28.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1476  On this day in history 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  On August - 28 birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)   

1612  Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)   

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0388  On this day in history death of magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed   

0430  Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75 on August - 28.   

0876  On August - 28 louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies   

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

1484  On August - 28 death of diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered   

1539  Death of Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75 on this day in history.