Page 8: Historical Events In August - 28

2017  Investigation into German nurse Niels Högel, a serving life sentence for killing two patients, concludes he probably killed 86 more.   

2017  Matt Vogel makes his debut as the voice of Kermit the Frog in "Muppet Thought of the Week" video   

2018  Chinese ride-sharing firm Didi Chuxing issues public apology after second Hitch passenger killed within three months.   

2018  Aretha Franklin lies in state at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detriot in a 24 carat coffin.   

2018  Puerto Rico raises official death toll of 2017 Hurricane Maria from 64 to 2975   

2019  Climate change activist Greta Thunberg arrives in New York after sailing across the Atlantic in an emissions-free voyage   

2020  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Japan, announces his resignation from office, citing ill health.   

2023  " Barbie " is recorded as becoming Warner Bros' highest-grossing global release, overtaking "Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows Part 2" taking $1.34 billion [1].   

2024  September 8 - The Summer Paralympics are held in Paris, France   

2025  Mexican passenger train derails near Nizanda, Oaxaca, and partially plummets down an embankment, killing at least 13, and injuring 100 of the 250 passengers and crew members aboard.   

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

1592  On August - 28 birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)   

1612  On this day in history birth of marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)   

1667  Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 28.   

0388  On August - 28 death of magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed   

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 August - 28.   

1065  On this day in history death of frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65)   

1341  Death of King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309) on this day in history.   

1481  On August - 28 afonso V, King of Portugal, dies   

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

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