Various events that happened on August 28

Every day's significant events become history over time. Those events take place there, which are good, which are first, which are the curse-blessing of mankind. The agenda of history has always been important to people. Keeping this importance in mind, Bangladesh regularly organizes 'Today's History' for the readers.

Today is 28 August 2024, Wednesday. Take a look at the important events that happened on this day in history, the birth and death dates of prominent people and other important things.

event report

1189 – The Third Crusade begins.

1511 – The Portuguese captured Malacca.

1619 – Ferdinand II is elected Roman Emperor.

1845 – The first issue of Scientific American is published.

1850 – Honolulu gains city status.

1883 – Slavery is abolished throughout the British Empire.

1916 – Germany declares war on Romania.

1919 – General John Smuts becomes Prime Minister of South Africa.

1971 – Decision to name Mukti Bahini by merging Mukti Fouz and Freedom Fighters.

1990 – Iraq officially declares Kuwait its 19th province.

1997 – US congratulates Israel on lifting the siege of Bethlehem.

the birth

1025 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan.

1592 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.

1749 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, novelist, dramatist, philosopher, scientist, painter, diplomat and administrator.

1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer.

1849 – German famous writer and poet Von Gate.

1855 – Swarnakumari Devi, Bengali poet, novelist, musician and social reformer.

1878 – George H. Wippel, American physician and pathologist.

1899 – Charles Boye, was a French actor.

1904 – Atulya Ghosh, one of the figures of the anti-British independence movement in the Indian subcontinent, leader of the Indian National Congress, former member of the Lok Sabha.

1905 – Dinesh Gangopadhyay Bengali poet, novelist and translator. Cyril Walters, famous English cricket star.

1908 – Ayurvedacharya Sivakali Bhattacharya, prominent Bengali Ayurveda specialist who received the Rabindra Award.

1909 – Biren Roy, Indian Bengali aviator and author.

1913 – Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and commentator.

1920 – Mankumar Bose Tagore martyred in naval mutiny in India's independence movement.

1928 – Sheikh Razzak Ali, Bangladeshi politician and former speaker of the National Parliament.

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1961 – Rizvi Mufti – Chief Mufti of Sri Lanka

1962 – David Fincher, American film, television and music video director and producer.

1965 – Shania Twain, Canadian folk and pop singer.

1982 – Thiago Motta, Brazilian-Italian soccer player.

1989 – Cesar Azpilicueta, Spanish soccer player.

death

430 – Aurelius Augustinus, Algerian bishop, perhaps the most important thinker and philosopher in Christianity after Saint Paul, the alleged disciple of Jesus himself.

632 – Fatima, daughter of Muhammad (PBUH).

656 – Hazrat Salman Farsi (RA).

1341 – King Leo V of Armenia.

1481 – Afonso V of Portugal.

1645 – Hugo Grosius, jurist of the Dutch Republic.

1959 – Bengali industrialist Sudhirkumar Sen is one of the pioneers of bicycle manufacturing and development in India.

1973 – Amiya Bagchi Bengali poet and lyricist.

1978 – Robert Shaw, English actor, novelist and playwright.

1980 – Shivram Chakraborty is a famous Indian Bengali novelist.

1987 – John Huston, Irish-American film director, screenwriter and actor.

1990 – Sumitra Devi (actress), Bengali and Hindi film actress.

1992 – Ayurvedacharya Sivakali Bhattacharya Rabindra Awardee Eminent Bengali Ayurveda Specialist.

2006 – Renowned Bengali sculptor Shankh Chowdhury.

2016 – Shaheed Qadri, Bangladeshi poet and writer.

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