Historical Events In August - 28

1981  On this day in history john Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan   

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 this day in history 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 August - 28.   

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  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  On this day in history jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66   

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

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

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

1987  John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 on August - 28.   

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

1988  On August - 28 hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98   

1990  On this day in history iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province   

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  5 die in a NYC subway's 3rd worst accident on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history national Defence sends destroyer HMCS Gatineau to monitor UN embargo against Yugoslavia and moves to NATO standing force in Mediterranean   

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

1994  David Wright, poet, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 August - 28.   

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

1996  On August - 28 lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50   

2005  On this day in history terrorist wounds 52 at bus station in Beersheba, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.   

2006  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

0430  On August - 28 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 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 August - 28 afonso V, King of Portugal, dies   

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

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