Year 1600
Mughals capture Ahmednagar.
AUGUST 28
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28 August: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 28 August.
Observances & Special Days
National Thoughtful Day: The celebration is meant to bring goodwill in a variety of ways.
National Bow Tie Day: This day is meant to encourage everyone to wear this style of tie with panache!
Year 1709
Meidingnu Pamheiba (Gharib Nawaz) crowned as the king of Manipur.
Year 1833
King William IV gives Royal Assent to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, although slavery remained legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
Year 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.
Year 1879
Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz.
Year 1898
Caleb Bradham’s beverage “Brad’s Drink” was renamed to “Pepsi Cola”.
Year 1901
Silliman University was founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
Year 1904
First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.
Year 1937
Toyota Motors became an independent company.
Year 1972
General Insurance Business was nationalised.
Year 1973
India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.
Year 1976
Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
Year 1993
The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known Asteroid moon.
Year 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.
Year 1997
Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
Year 1997
Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
Year 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.
Born 1749
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet. Founder of modern German literature who led the Romantic Sturm und Drang movement.
Born 1828
Leo Tolstoy, Russian Writer. Regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.
Born 1855
Narayan Guru, Indian social reformer, and spiritual leader.
Born 1863
Ayyankali, Indian social reformer. He worked for the advancement of Untouchables in the princely state of Travancore, British India.
Born 1896
Jhaverchand Meghani, Indian poet and freedom fighter from Gujrat.
Born 1896
Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, critic and Gyanpeeth awardee (d. 1982)
Born 1896
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala.
Born 1906
Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born.
Born 1917
Jack Kirby, American comic book writer, and editor. He and Joe Simon created the highly successful comic book character Captain America.
Born 1919
Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, British founder of the EMI medical scanner and winner of the Nobel Prize for psychology in 1979.
Born 1928
Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer (d. 2004)
Born 1928
Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
Born 1934
Justice Sujata Manohar was born.
Born 1954
Ravi Kanbur, Indian-English economist and academic
Born 1961
Deepak Tijori, Indian actor and director
Born 1966
Priya Dutt, Indian politician.
Born 1969
Jack Black, an American actor, and comedian.
Born 1969
Sheryl Sandberg, American social media executive. She is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook and the founder of Leanin.org.
Died 1667
Sardar Jay Singh I, the famous king- Mirza Raja, a ruler of the kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur) also in Aurangzeb's kingdom, passed away at Barhanpur.
Died 1733
Sekhoji (Jaysingrao) Angre, famous naval officer of Maratha navy, passed away.
Died 1867
Owen Glynne Jones, a British explorer. He became one of the first people to turn rock climbing into a sport. He is credited with the discovery of several routes into a lake district in North West England.
Died 1967
Charles Darrow, American inventor of the board game Monopoly.
Died 1984
Muhammad Naguib, 1st president of Egypt.
Died 1995
Carl Giles, Brutish cartoonist best remembered for his numerous contribution to Daily Express.
Died 2001
G. D. Malgulkar, Indian author, storyteller, and Painter.
Died 2007
Paul MacCready, an American entrepreneur, and engineer. Best remembered as founding the technology company AeroVironment.