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August 28

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"I Have a Dream" Speech

63 years ago

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AD 767

Al-Shafi'i

Died aged 52

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Augustine of Hippo

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Famous births28

AD 767 · 1259 yrs

Al-Shafi'i

Al-Shafi'i (Arabic: الشَّافِعِيّ, romanized: al-Shāfiʿī; IPA:; 767–820 CE; d. AH 204) was a Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith, traditionist, theologian, and ascetic, and the founder and eponym of the Shāfiʿī school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence.

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ReligionDied aged 52

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1878 · 148 yrs

George Whipple

George Hoyt Whipple (August 28, 1878 – February 1, 1976) was an American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator.

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1899 · 127 yrs

Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer (French:; 28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French-American actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in American films during the 1930s.

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1899 · 127 yrs

Chang Myon

Chang Myon (Korean: 장면; August 28, 1899 – June 4, 1966) was a South Korean statesman, educator, diplomat, journalist and social activist as well as a Roman Catholic youth activist. He was the only prime minister of the parliamentary Second Republic.

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1910 · 116 yrs

Tjalling Koopmans

Tjalling Charles Koopmans (August 28, 1910 – February 26, 1985) was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist. He was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the theory of the optimum allocation of resources.

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ScienceWould be 116

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1916 · 110 yrs

C. Wright Mills

Charles Wright Mills (August 28, 1916 – March 20, 1962) was an American sociologist, and a professor of sociology at Columbia University from 1946 until his death in 1962.

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1917 · 109 yrs

Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.

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1930 · 96 yrs

Ben Gazzara

Biagio Anthony "Ben" Gazzara (né Gazzarra; August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012) was an American actor and director of film, stage, and television. He received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Drama Desk Award, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and three Tony Awards.

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1938 · 88 yrs

Paul Martin

Paul Edgar Philippe Martin (French:; born August 28, 1938), also known as Paul Martin Jr., is a Canadian lawyer and retired politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2003 to 2006.

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PoliticsAge 88

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1942 · 84 yrs

José Eduardo dos Santos

José Eduardo Van-Dúnem dos Santos (Portuguese pronunciation:; 28 August 1942 – 8 July 2022) was an Angolan politician and military officer who served as the second president of Angola from 1979 to 2017.

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PoliticsWould be 84

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1957 · 69 yrs

Ivo Josipović

Ivo Josipović (pronounced; born 28 August 1957) is a Croatian academic, jurist, composer, and politician who served as the president of Croatia from 2010 to 2015.

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PoliticsAge 69

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1961 · 65 yrs

Jennifer Coolidge

Jennifer Coolidge (born August 28, 1961) is an American actress. She gained recognition for her comedic roles, including the American Pie (1999–2012) and Legally Blonde (2001–2003) film series.

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FilmAge 65

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AD 430 · 1596 yrs

Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo ( aw-GUST-in, US also AW-gə-steen; Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also well-known as Saint Augustine, was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Thagaste, Numidia Cirtensis and the Bishop of Hippo Regius.

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ReligionDied aged 75

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1481 · 545 yrs

Afonso V of Portugal

Afonso V (European Portuguese:; 15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481), also known as the African (Portuguese: o Africano), was King of Portugal from 1438 until he died in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477.

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RoyaltyDied aged 49

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1645 · 381 yrs

Hugo Grotius

Hugo Grotius ( GROH-shee-əss; 10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Hugo de Groot (Dutch:) or Huig de Groot (Dutch:), was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, statesman, poet and playwright. A teenage prodigy, he was born in Delft and studied at Leiden University.

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LiteratureDied aged 62

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1943 · 83 yrs

Boris III of Bulgaria

Boris III (Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver; 30 January 1894 – 28 August 1943) was Tsar of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death in 1943. The eldest son of Ferdinand I, Boris assumed the throne upon the abdication of his father in the wake of Bulgaria's defeat in World War I.

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1984 · 42 yrs

Mohamed Naguib

Major General Mohamed Bey Naguib Youssef Qutb El-Qashlan (Arabic: محمد بيه نجيب يوسف قطب القشلان; 19 February 1901 – 28 August 1984), known simply as Mohamed Naguib (Arabic: محمد نجيب), was an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who, along with Gamal Abdel Nasser, was one of the two principal leaders of the…

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1985 · 41 yrs

Ruth Gordon

Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and novelist, widely known for a career that spanned seven decades, beginning by performing on Broadway at age 19.

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1987 · 39 yrs

John Huston

John Marcellus Huston ( HEW-stən; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American and Irish filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning five decades, he wrote the screenplays for many of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics.

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1995 · 31 yrs

Michael Ende

Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (German pronunciation:; 12 November 1929 – 28 August 1995) was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction.

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2006 · 20 yrs

Melvin Schwartz

Melvin Schwartz ( SHWORTS; November 2, 1932 – August 28, 2006) was an American physicist. He shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leon M.

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2007 · 19 yrs

Antonio Puerta

Antonio José Puerta Pérez (Spanish pronunciation:; 26 November 1984 – 28 August 2007) was a Spanish professional footballer who played solely for Sevilla.

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2020 · 6 yrs

Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor and playwright.

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2026 · 0 yrs

Harald V of Norway

Harald V (21 February 1937 – 28 August 2026) was King of Norway from 1991 until his death in 2026. Born in Skaugum, Asker, during the reign of his paternal grandfather, King Haakon VII, Harald was the third child and only son of Crown Prince Olav (later King Olav V) and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway.

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Events5

1859 · 167 yrs

Solar storm of 1859

The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking on 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong auroral displays that were reported globally and caused sparking and even fires in telegraph stations.

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Disaster

1945 · 81 yrs

Occupation of Japan

Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on April 28, 1952.

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War

1963 · 63 yrs

"I Have a Dream" Speech

Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his landmark speech during the March on Washington.

Civil Rights

1963 · 63 yrs

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (commonly known as the March on Washington or the Great March on Washington) was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.

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Politics

2024 · 2 yrs

2024 Summer Paralympics

The 2024 Summer Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (French: Jeux paralympiques d'été de Paris 2024), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International…

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