Historical Events In August - 28

1981  John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan on August - 28.   

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

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

1983  Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation on August - 28.   

1983  On August - 28 joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour   

1983  On August - 28 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 this day in history.   

1986  On August - 28 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 August - 28.   

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

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

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 August - 28.   

1991  On this day in history christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies   

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

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

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

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

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

2006  On August - 28 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  On this day in history abdullah Gül is elected as the eleventh President of Turkey by the Turkish Parliament, after secularist concerns delayed his initial candidacy.   

2012  Mitt Romney is officially nominated as the United States Republican Party's candidate on this day in history.   

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

1476  On August - 28 birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

1582  On August - 28 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1341  On August - 28 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 this day in history.   

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