August 28: Day Of The Week
August 28, 2013 is the 240th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
| August | ||||||
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| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
August 28 Historical Events
- 1845 –The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
- 1867 –The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll.
- 1901 –Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country.
- 1924 –The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
- 1931 –France and Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
- 1957 –U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
- 1990 –Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
- 1990 –The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people.
- 1991 –Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1996 –Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce.
Who were born on August 28?
- 1908 –Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist (d. 1996)
- 1913 –Jack Dreyfus, American entrepreneur (d. 2009)
- 1930 –Windsor Davies, British actor
- 1940 –Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind)
- 1940 –Roger Pingeon, French cyclist
- 1947 –Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress
- 1950 –Ron Guidry, American baseball player and coach
- 1978 –Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY)
- 1986 –Jeff Green, American basketball player
- 1999 –Prince Nikolai of Denmark, Danish royalty
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