Wednesday August 28, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

August 28: Day of the Week

August 28, 2024 is the 241st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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 Event(s)

1640
Second Bishop’s War: King Charles I’s English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
1789
William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn.
1849
After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
1913
Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
1914
World War I: German troops conquer Namur.
1924
The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
1944
World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
1955
Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
1964
The Philadelphia race riot begins.
1968
Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.

Who were born on August 28?

1814
Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873)
1898
Charlie Grimm, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1930
Windsor Davies, British actor
1943
David Soul, American actor
1943
Surayud Chulanont, Thai 24th Prime Minister (former)
1962
David Fincher, American music video and film director
1965
Amanda Tapping, Canadian actress, director and producer
1976
Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan footballer
1978
Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY)
1980
Carly Pope, Canadian actress

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