28 August, 1600
Mughals capture Ahmednagar.
28 August, 1709
Meidingnu Pamheiba (Gharib Nawaz) crowned as the king of Manipur.
28 August, 1845
The first issue of Scientific American magazine was published. American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein, have contributed articles to it. It is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States.
28 August, 1879
Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo’s Zuluz.
28 August, 1898
Caleb Bradham’s beverage “Brad’s Drink” was renamed to “Pepsi Cola”.
28 August, 1901
Silliman University was founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
28 August, 1904
First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.
28 August, 1937
Toyota Motors became an independent company.
28 August, 1972
General Insurance Business was nationalised.
28 August, 1973
India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.
28 August, 1976
Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
28 August, 1993
President’s rule in J&K extended for another six months.
28 August, 1993
The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known Asteroid moon.
28 August, 1994
Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
28 August, 1997
Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.
28 August, 1997
Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
28 August, 1997
Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
28 August, 1998
India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on August 28
28 August, 1749
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet. Founder of modern German literature who led the Romantic Sturm und Drang movement, was born.
28 August, 1828
Leo Tolstoy, Russian Writer. Regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time, was born
28 August, 1855
Narayan Guru, Indian social reformer, and spiritual leader, was born.
28 August, 1863
Ayyankali, Indian social reformer, was born. He worked for the advancement of Untouchables in the princely state of Travancore, British India.
28 August, 1896
Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
28 August, 1896
Jhaverchand Meghani, was born. He was an Indian poet and freedom fighter from Gujrat.
28 August, 1896
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala.
28 August, 1906
Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born.
28 August, 1917
Jack Kirby, American comic book writer, and editor. He and Joe Simon created the highly successful comic book character Captain America.
28 August, 1919
Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, British founder of the EMI medical scanner and winner of the Nobel Prize for psychology in 1979.
28 August, 1928
Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
28 August, 1928
Ustad Vilayat Khan, was born. He was an Indian classical sitar player.
28 August, 1966
Priya Dutt, an Indian politician, was born.
28 August, 1969
Jack Black, an American actor, and comedian, was born.
28 August, 1969
Sheryl Sandberg, was born. She is an American social media executive. She is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook and founder of Leanin.org.
Death Anniversaries of famous people on August 28
28 August, 1667
Sardar Jay Singh, the famous king- Mirza Raja, a ruler of the kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur) also in Aurangzeb’s kingdom, passed away at Barhanpur.
28 August, 1733
Sekhoji (Jaysingrao) Angre, famous naval officer of Maratha navy, passed away.
28 August, 1867
Owen Glynne Jones, a British explorer, has passed away. He became one of the first people to turn rock climbing into a sport. He is credited with a discovery of several routes into a lake district in North West England.
28 August, 1967
Charles Darrow, American inventor of board game Monopoly, has passed away.
28 August, 1984
Muhammad Naguib, 1st president of Egypt, has passed away.
28 August, 1995
Carl Giles, Brutish cartoonist best remembered for his numerous contribution to Daily Express, has passed away.
28 August, 2001
G. D. Malgulkar, Indian author, storyteller, and Painter, has passed away.
28 August, 2007
Paul MacCready, an American entrepreneur, and engineer. Best remembered as founding the technology company AeroVironment.
