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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[475]] &ndash; The [[Roman Empire|Roman]] general [[Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus)|Orestes]] forces western [[Roman Emperors|Roman Emperor]] [[Julius Nepos]] to flee his [[capital city]], [[Ravenna]].
* [[489]] &ndash; [[Theodoric the Great|Theodoric]], king of the [[Ostrogoths]], defeats [[Odoacer]] at the [[Battle of Isonzo (489)|Battle of Isonzo]], forcing his way into Italy.
* [[632]] &ndash; [[Fatimah]], daughter of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]], dies, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the [[Sunni]] Muslims and [[Shia]] Muslims.
* [[663]] &ndash; [[Silla]]–[[Tang dynasty|Tang]] armies crush the [[Baekje]] restoration attempt and force [[Yamato period|Yamato Japan]] to withdraw from Korea in the [[Battle of Baekgang]].
*[[1189]] &ndash; [[Third Crusade]]: The Crusaders begin the [[Siege of Acre (1189–91)|Siege of Acre]] under [[Guy of Lusignan]].
*[[1521]] &ndash; [[Ottoman wars in Europe]]: The [[Ottoman Turks]] occupy [[Belgrade]].
*[[1524]] &ndash; The [[Kaqchikel people|Kaqchikel]] [[Maya civilization|Maya]] rebel against their former Spanish allies during the [[Spanish conquest of Guatemala]].
*[[1542]] &ndash; [[Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–59)|Turkish–Portuguese War]]: [[Battle of Wofla]]: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader [[Christovão da Gama]] is captured and later executed.
*[[1565]] &ndash; [[Pedro Menéndez de Avilés]] sights land near [[St. Augustine, Florida]] and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the [[Contiguous United States|continental United States]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Henry Hudson]] discovers [[Delaware Bay]].
*[[1619]] &ndash; Election of [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]].
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[Bishops' Wars#Second Bishops' War (1640)|Second Bishop's War]]: King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]'s English army loses to a [[Covenanter|Scottish Covenanter]] force at the [[Battle of Newburn]].
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Second English Civil War]]: The [[Siege of Colchester]] ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks.
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Pamheiba|Meidingnu Pamheiba]] is crowned King of [[Manipur]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[William Herschel]] discovers a new [[Moons of Saturn|moon of Saturn]]: [[Enceladus]].
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[French Navy]] accepts the surrender of a British [[Royal Navy]] fleet at the [[Battle of Grand Port]]. 
*[[1830]] &ndash; The [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]'s new ''[[Tom Thumb (locomotive)|Tom Thumb]]'' [[steam locomotive]] races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in U.S. railroads.
*[[1833]] &ndash; The [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833]] receives [[royal assent]], making the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal in the [[British Empire]] with [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833#Exceptions and continuations|exceptions]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (repealed 19.11.1998) |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4/3-4/73/1991-02-01/data.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4/3-4/73/1991-02-01/data.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |access-date=28 August 2022 |website=legislation.gov.uk}}</ref>
*[[1845]] &ndash; The first issue of ''[[Scientific American]]'' magazine is published.
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire]]: After a month-long siege, [[Venice]], which had declared itself independent as the [[Republic of San Marco]], surrenders to Austria.
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Richard Wagner]]’s ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' premieres at the [[Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar|Staatskapelle Weimar]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Abellthe |first=Arthur M. |date=27 August 1950 |title=Turning Point: Tomorrow is the 100th Anniversary of the Premiere of ''Lohengrin'' |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/08/27/archives/turning-point-tomorrow-is-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-premiere-of.html |access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1859]] &ndash; The [[Solar storm of 1859|Carrington event]] is the strongest [[geomagnetic storm]] on record to strike the Earth. [[Electrical telegraph]] service is widely disrupted.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces attack [[Cape Hatteras]], [[North Carolina]] in the [[Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries]] which lasts for two days.
*[[1862]] &ndash; American Civil War: The [[Second Battle of Bull Run]], also known as the Battle of Second Manassas, begins in Virginia.  The battle ends on August 30 with another Union defeat.  
*[[1867]] &ndash; The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) [[Midway Atoll]].
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Zulu War]]: [[Cetshwayo]], last king of the [[Zulu people|Zulu]]s, is captured by the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]].
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Caleb Bradham]]'s beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "[[Pepsi|Pepsi-Cola]]".

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Silliman University]] is founded in the [[Philippines]]. It is the first American [[private school]] in the country.
*[[1909]] &ndash; A group of mid-level [[Greek Army]] officers launches the [[Goudi coup]], seeking wide-ranging reforms.
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands|Queen Wilhelmina]] opens the [[Peace Palace]] in [[The Hague]].
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Royal Navy]] defeats the [[German Empire|German]] fleet in the [[Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)|Battle of Heligoland Bight]].
*[[1916]] &ndash; World War I: Germany declares war on [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]].
*  1916   &ndash; World War I: [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] declares war on Germany.
*[[1917]] &ndash; Ten [[suffragists]], members of the [[Silent Sentinels]], are arrested while picketing the [[White House]] in favor of [[women's suffrage in the United States]].
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Russian Civil War]]: The [[Red Army]] dissolves the [[Makhnovshchina]] after driving the [[Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine|Revolutionary Insurgent Army]] out of [[Ukrainian War of Independence|Ukraine]].
*[[1924]] &ndash; The [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgian]] opposition stages the [[August Uprising]] against the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Nazi Germany]] begins its [[Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germany|mass arrests]] of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], who are interned in [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camps]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1936: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/1936-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}</ref> 
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Toyota|Toyota Motors]] becomes an independent company.
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Denmark in World War II]]: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, [[martial law]] is imposed on Denmark.
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Marseille]] and [[Toulon]] are liberated.
*[[1946]] &ndash; The [[Workers' Party of North Korea]], predecessor of the ruling [[Workers' Party of Korea]], is founded at a [[1st Congress of the Workers' Party of North Korea|congress]] held in [[Pyongyang]], [[Provisional People's Committee of North Korea|North Korea]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Suh |first=Dae-Sook |date=January 1986 |title=North Korea in 1985: A New Era after Forty Years |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2644095 |journal=[[Asian Survey]] |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=78–85 |doi=10.2307/2644095 |jstor=2644095 }}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[African Americans|Black]] teenager [[Emmett Till]] is lynched in [[Mississippi]] for whistling at a white woman, galvanizing the nascent [[civil rights movement]].
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Strom Thurmond]] begins [[Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957|a filibuster]] to prevent the [[United States Senate]] from voting on the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]]; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest [[Filibuster in the United States Senate|filibuster]] ever conducted by a single Senator.
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]]: Rev. Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] gives his ''[[I Have a Dream]]'' speech.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Birch |first1=Jonah |first2=Michael K. |last2=Honey |title=The Second Emancipation |url=https://jacobin.com/2018/05/the-second-emancipation |access-date=6 December 2022 |magazine=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]] |issue=29 |date=23 May 2018 |page=18 |issn=2470-6930}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[1964 Philadelphia race riot|Philadelphia race riot]] begins.
*[[1968]] &ndash; Police and protesters clash during [[1968 Democratic National Convention protests]] as protesters chant "[[The whole world is watching]]".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London |access-date=July 29, 2019|title=The whole world is watching|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/aug/19/the-whole-world-is-watching-chicago-police-riot-vietnam-war-regan}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Norrmalmstorg robbery]]: [[Stockholm]] police secure the surrenders of hostage-takers [[Jan-Erik Olsson]] and [[Clark Olofsson]], defusing the [[Norrmalmstorg robbery|Norrmalmstorg hostage crisis]]. The behaviours of the hostages later give rise to the term ''[[Stockholm syndrome]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kamm |first1=Henry |title=Stockholm Police Seize 2 in Vault, Free 4 Hostages |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/29/archives/stockholm-police-seize-2-in-vault-free-4-hostages-3-women-leave.html |work=The New York Times |issue=42221|volume=122 |date=29 August 1973}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Ramstein air show disaster]]: Three aircraft of the [[Frecce Tricolori]] demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Gulf War]]: [[Iraq]] declares [[Kuwait]] to be its [[Kuwait Governorate|newest]] [[Governorates of Iraq|province]].
*  1990   &ndash; [[1990 Plainfield tornado|An F5 tornado]] strikes the [[Illinois]] cities of [[Plainfield, Illinois|Plainfield]] and [[Joliet, Illinois|Joliet]], killing 29 people.
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[Galileo (spacecraft)|''Galileo'']] probe performs a [[243 Ida#Galileo flyby|flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida]]. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known [[Minor-planet moon|asteroid moon]], in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.
*  1993   &ndash; [[1993 Singaporean presidential election|Singaporean presidential election]]: Former Deputy Prime Minister [[Ong Teng Cheong]] is elected [[President of Singapore]]. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sim |first=Cheryl |title=Singapore's presidents &#124; Infopedia |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_808_2004-12-28.html |access-date=28 August 2022 |website=Infopedia – National Library Board, Singapore – NLB Eresources}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Porter |first=Barry |date=9 July 1999 |title=Lion City plays the polls game |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=http://www.singapore-window.org/sw99/90709sc.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828135936/http://www.singapore-window.org/sw99/90709sc.htm |archive-date=28 August 2011}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] is transformed into the [[Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Klemenčić |first1=Mladen |last2=Pratt |first2=Martin |last3=Schofield |first3=Clive H. |date=1994 |title=Territorial Proposals for the Settlement of the War in Bosnia-Hercegovina |location=Durham |publisher=International Boundaries Research Unit |pages=57–59 |isbn=9781897643150}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; A [[Tajik Air|Tajikistan Airlines]] [[Yakovlev Yak-40]] [[1993 Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crash|crashes]] during takeoff from [[Khorog Airport]] in Tajikistan, killing 82.<ref name="asn">{{cite web |title=Accident description |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930828-2 |accessdate=27 May 2014 |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Chicago Seven]] defendant [[David Dellinger]], antiwar activist [[Bradford Lyttle]], [[Civil Rights Movement]] historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the [[Federal Protective Service (United States)|Federal Protective Service]] while protesting in a demonstration at the [[Kluczynski Federal Building]] in downtown [[Chicago]] during [[1996 Democratic National Convention|that year's Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{Citation|last=|first=|author-link=|last2=|first2=|title= The Federal Protective Service arrested 11 protesters Wednesday in...|newspaper= [[United Press International]]|pages=|date= August 28, 1996|url= https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/08/28/The-Federal-Protective-Service-arrested-11-protesters-Wednesday-in/9884841204800/ |access-date= November 19, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Pakistan]]'s [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] passes a [[Constitution of Pakistan|constitutional]] amendment to make the "[[Quran|Qur'an]] and [[Sunnah]]" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]].
*  1998   &ndash; [[Second Congo War]]: [[Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Loyalist troops]] backed by [[Angola]]n and [[Zimbabwean]] forces repulse the [[Rally for Congolese Democracy|RCD]] and [[Rwanda]]n offensive on [[Kinshasa]].
*[[1999]] &ndash; The Russian space mission [[Soyuz TM-29]] reaches completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the [[space station]] ''[[Mir]]'' as it approaches the end of its life.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harland |first=David M. |title=The Story of Space Station Mir |publisher=Praxis Publishing |year=2005 |isbn=9780387230115 |edition=1st |location=New York|pages=277–295 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the [[FBI]]", [[Death of Brian Wells|Brian Wells]] dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a [[bank robbery]], a [[scavenger hunt]], and a [[Improvised explosive device|homemade explosive device]].<ref>Drew Griffin and David Fitzpatrick (August 8, 2011) [http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/05/pizza.bomb/ New details revealed in 'pizza collar bomb' heist], CNN.com, accessed 13 May 2018</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; NASA's [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] launches on [[STS-128]].<ref name="launch_2">{{cite news |last=Harwood |first=William |date=August 28, 2009 |title=Discovery en route to space station for delivery mission |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts128/090828launch/ |access-date=August 31, 2009 |work=CBS News |publisher= |via=spaceflightnow.com}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; The first experimental mission of [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]]'s Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System is successfully conducted from [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]] SHAR, [[Sriharikota]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Scramjet Engine – TD – ISRO |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/scramjet-engine-td}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[2017 China–India border standoff|China–India border standoff]]: [[China]] and [[India]] both pull their troops out of [[Doklam]], putting an end to a two-month-long stalemate over China's construction of a road in disputed territory.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/world/asia/china-india-standoff-withdrawal.html China and India Agree to Ease Tensions in Border Dispute] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828234241/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/world/asia/china-india-standoff-withdrawal.html  |date=28 August 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', 28 August 2017.</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[2022 Phoenix shooting]]: A man opens fire on pedestrians outside of a hotel in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], resulting in the deaths of 3 people, including the perpetrator.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-09 |title=Phoenix police share chilling video from shooting rampage |url=https://apnews.com/article/shootings-phoenix-9bfe1e54fd882e510d8aa6fb6217528a |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1023]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Reizei|Go-Reizei]], emperor of Japan (d. 1068)
*[[1366]] &ndash; [[Jean Le Maingre]], marshal of France (d. 1421)
*[[1476]] &ndash; [[Kanō Motonobu]], Japanese painter (d. 1559)
*[[1481]] &ndash; [[Francisco de Sá de Miranda]], Portuguese poet (d. 1558)
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Taichang Emperor|Taichang]], emperor of China (d. 1620)
*[[1591]] &ndash; [[John Christian of Brieg]], duke of Brzeg (d. 1639)
*[[1592]] &ndash; [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham]], English courtier and politician (d. 1628)

===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn]], Dutch linguist and scholar (d. 1653)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow]], queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)
*[[1691]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], Holy Roman Empress (d. 1750)
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick|Anthony Ulrich]], duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774)
*[[1728]] &ndash; [[John Stark]], American general (d. 1822)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Stark &#124; American general |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Stark |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=23 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1739]] &ndash; [[Agostino Accorimboni]], Italian composer (d. 1818)
*[[1749]] &ndash; [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (d. 1832)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Ann Seton]], American nun and saint, co-founded the [[Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition]] (d. 1821)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Antoine Augustin Cournot]], French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1877)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Sheridan Le Fanu]], Irish author (d. 1873)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Charles Sladen]], English-Australian politician, 6th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1884)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Graham Berry]], English-Australian politician, 11th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1904)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia|Catherine Mikhailovna]], Russian grand duchess (d. 1894)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Edward Burne-Jones]], English artist of the [[Pre-Raphaelite movement]] (d. 1898)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Francis, Duke of Teck|Francis von Hohenstein]], duke of Teck (d. 1900)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Alexander Cameron Sim]], Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded [[Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club]] (d. 1900)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Shukhov]], Russian architect and engineer, designed the [[Adziogol Lighthouse]] (d. 1939)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Matilda Howell]], American archer (d. 1938)
*  1859   &ndash; [[Vittorio Sella]], Italian mountaineer and photographer (d. 1943)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Umberto Giordano]], Italian composer and academic (d. 1948)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[George Whipple]], American physician and pathologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1976)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Peter Fraser]], Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1950)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Vance Palmer]], Australian author, playwright, and critic (d. 1959)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[August Kippasto]], Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (d. 1973)
*  1887   &ndash; [[István Kühár]], Slovenian priest and politician (d. 1922)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Evadne Price]], Australian actress, astrologer, and author (d. 1985)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Benno Schotz]], Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Karl Böhm]], Austrian conductor and director (d. 1981)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Firaq Gorakhpuri]], Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 1982)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Charlie Grimm]], American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1983)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Charles Boyer]], French-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1978)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Andrei Platonov]], Russian author and poet (d. 1951)
*  1899   &ndash; [[James Wong Howe]], Chinese American cinematographer (d. 1976)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Bruno Bettelheim]], Austrian-American psychologist and author (d. 1990)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Secondo Campini]], Italian-American engineer (d. 1980)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Leho Laurine]], Estonian chess player (d. 1998)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Cyril Walters]], Welsh-English cricketer (d. 1992)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[John Betjeman]], English poet and academic (d. 1984)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Roger Tory Peterson]], American ornithologist and author (d. 1996)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Morris Graves]], American painter and academic (d. 2001)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Tjalling Koopmans]], Dutch-American mathematician and economist [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1985)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Joseph Luns]], Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th [[Secretary General of NATO]] (d. 2002)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Robertson Davies]], Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1995)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Jack Dreyfus]], American businessman, founded the [[Dreyfus Corporation]] (d. 2009)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Lindsay Hassett]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1993)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Robert Irving (conductor)|Robert Irving]], English conductor and director (d. 1991)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Terence Reese]], English bridge player and author (d. 1996)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Richard Tucker (tenor)|Richard Tucker]], American tenor and actor (d. 1975)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Max Robertson]], Bengal-born English sportscaster and author (d. 2009)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Tasha Tudor]], American author and illustrator (d. 2008)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Hélène Baillargeon]], Canadian singer and actress (d. 1997)
*  1916   &ndash; [[C. Wright Mills]] American sociologist and author (d. 1962)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Jack Vance]], American author (d. 2013)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Jack Kirby]], American author and illustrator (d. 1994)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Aug. 28: LeAnn Rimes, Quvenzhane Wallis |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/08/28/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-28-LeAnn-Rimes-Quvenzhane-Wallis/4091661468633/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=27 August 2023 |date=28 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[L. B. Cole]], American illustrator and publisher (d. 1995)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Godfrey Hounsfield]], English biophysicist and engineer [[Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2004)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[John Herbert Chapman]], Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 1979)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Fernando Fernán Gómez]], Spanish actor, director, and playwright (d. 2007)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Nancy Kulp]], American actress and soldier (d. 1991)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Lidia Gueiler Tejada]], the first female President of Bolivia (d. 2011)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Janet Frame]], New Zealand author and poet (d. 2004)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1924   &ndash; [[Tony MacGibbon]], New Zealand cricketer and engineer (d. 2010)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Peggy Ryan]], American actress and dancer (d. 2004)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Zalman Schachter-Shalomi]], Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (d. 2014)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Billy Grammer]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Donald O'Connor]], American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2003)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Philip Purser]], English author and critic (d. 2022)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[F. William Free]], American businessman (d. 2003)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Vilayat Khan]], Indian [[sitar]] player and composer (d. 2004)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[István Kertész (conductor)|István Kertész]], Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Roxie Roker]], American actress (d. 1995)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Windsor Davies]], British actor (d. 2019)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Ben Gazzara]], American actor (d. 2012)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Tito Capobianco]], Argentinian director and producer (d. 2018)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Cristina Deutekom]], Dutch soprano and actress (d. 2014)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Ola L. Mize]], American colonel, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 2014)
*  1931   &ndash; [[John Shirley-Quirk]], English actor, singer, and educator (d. 2014)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Roger Williams (hepatologist)|Roger Williams]], English hepatologist and academic (d. 2020)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Yakir Aharonov]], Israeli academic and educator
*  1932   &ndash; [[Andy Bathgate]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2016)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Philip French]], English journalist, critic, and producer (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Philip French obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/27/philip-french |website=the Guardian |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en |date=27 October 2015}}</ref>
*  1933   &ndash; [[Patrick Kalilombe]], Malawian bishop and theologian (d. 2012) 
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Melvin Charney]], Canadian sculptor and architect (d. 2012)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Gilles Rocheleau]], Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Sonny Shroyer]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Don Denkinger]], American baseball player and umpire (d. 2023)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Warren M. Washington]], American atmospheric scientist 
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Marla Adams]], American actress (d. 2024)<ref name="AP" />
*  1938   &ndash; [[Maurizio Costanzo]], Italian journalist and academic (d. 2023)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Bengt Fahlström]], Swedish journalist (d. 2017)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Marcello Gandini]], Italian automotive designer (d. 2024)<ref name="autmobilemag">{{cite web| title = Marcello Gandini – Automotive Designer| publisher = Automobile Magazine, Robert Cumberford, October 2009| url = http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/0911_marcello_gandini_automotive_designer/index.html| access-date = 2023-08-14| archive-date = 2020-11-11| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201111194459/http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/0911_marcello_gandini_automotive_designer/index.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>
*  1938   &ndash; [[Paul Martin]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st [[Prime Minister of Canada]]
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[John Kingman]], English mathematician and academic
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[William Cohen]], American lawyer and politician, 20th [[United States Secretary of Defense]]
*  1940   &ndash; [[Ken Jenkins]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1940   &ndash; [[Roger Pingeon]], French cyclist (d. 2017)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Michael Craig-Martin]], Irish painter and illustrator
*  1941   &ndash; [[Toomas Leius]], Estonian tennis player and coach
*  1941   &ndash; [[John Stanley Marshall]], English drummer (d. 2023)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Paul Plishka]], American opera singer
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Wendy Davies]], Welsh historian and academic
*  1942   &ndash; [[Jorge Urosa]], Venezuelan cardinal (d. 2021)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Jihad Al-Atrash]], Lebanese actor and voice actor
*  1943   &ndash; [[Surayud Chulanont]], Thai general and politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]]
*  1943   &ndash; [[Robert Greenwald]], American director and producer 
*  1943   &ndash; [[Shuja Khanzada]], Pakistani colonel and politician (d. 2015)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Lou Piniella]], American baseball player and manager<ref name="UPI" />
*  1943   &ndash; [[David Soul]], American actor and singer (d. 2024)<ref name="AP" />
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Marianne Heemskerk]], Dutch swimmer
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Bob Segarini]], American-Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2023)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Emlyn Hughes]], English footballer (d. 2004)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Debra Mooney]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1947   &ndash; [[Liza Wang]], Hong Kong actress and singer
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Vonda N. McIntyre]], American author (d. 2019)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Murray Parker (cricketer)|Murray Parker]], New Zealand cricketer and educator
*  1948   &ndash; [[Heather Reisman]], Canadian publisher and businesswoman
*  1948   &ndash; [[Danny Seraphine]], American drummer and producer 
*  1948   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Wilmshurst]], English academic and jurist
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Hugh Cornwell]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1949   &ndash; [[Svetislav Pešić]], Serbian basketball player and coach
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Ron Guidry]], American baseball player and coach
*  1950   &ndash; [[Tony Husband]], English cartoonist (d. 2023)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Colin McAdam (footballer)|Colin McAdam]], Scottish footballer (d. 2013)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Wayne Osmond]], American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2025)<ref name="AP" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sanders |first=Hank |last2=Lindner |first2=Emmett |date=January 2, 2025 |title=Wayne Osmond, Singer and Guitarist With the Osmonds, Dies at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/arts/music/wayne-osmond-dead.html |access-date=January 5, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Keiichi Suzuki (composer)|Keiichi Suzuki]], Japanese singer-songwriter 
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Jacques Chagnon]], Canadian educator and politician
*  1952   &ndash; [[Rita Dove]], American poet and essayist
*  1952   &ndash; [[Wendelin Wiedeking]], German businessman
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Ditmar Jakobs]], German footballer
*  1953   &ndash; [[Tõnu Kaljuste]], Estonian conductor and journalist
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Katharine Abraham]], American feminist economist
*  1954   &ndash; [[George M. Church]], American geneticist, chemist, and engineer
*  1954   &ndash; [[John Dorahy]], Australian rugby player and coach
*  1954   &ndash; [[Ravi Kanbur]], Indian-English economist and academic
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Luis Guzmán]], Puerto Rican-American actor and producer<ref name="UPI" />
*  1956   &ndash; [[John Long (basketball player)|John Long]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=John Long |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1381/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Steve Whiteman]], American singer-songwriter 
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Greg Clark]], English businessman and politician, [[Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government]]
*  1957   &ndash; [[Ivo Josipović]], Croatian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 3rd [[President of Croatia]]
*  1957   &ndash; [[Daniel Stern (actor)|Daniel Stern]], American actor and director<ref name="AP" />
*  1957   &ndash; [[Ai Weiwei]], Chinese sculptor and activist
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]], American figure skater<ref name="UPI" /> 
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Brian Thompson (actor)|Brian Thompson]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Emma Samms]], English actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Kim Appleby]], English singer-songwriter and actress 
*  1961   &ndash; [[Cliff Benson]], American football player
*  1961   &ndash; [[Jennifer Coolidge]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1961   &ndash; [[Ian Pont]], English cricketer and coach
*  1961   &ndash; [[Deepak Tijori]], Indian actor and director
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Paul Allen (footballer)|Paul Allen]], English footballer
*  1962   &ndash; [[Craig Anton]], American actor and screenwriter
*  1962   &ndash; [[David Fincher]], American director and producer
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Maria Gheorghiu]], Romanian folk singer-songwriter
*  1963   &ndash; [[Regina Jacobs]], American runner
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Lee Janzen]], American golfer
*  1964   &ndash; [[Kaj Leo Johannesen]], Faroese footballer and politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands]]
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Dan Crowley (rugby player)|Dan Crowley]], Australian rugby player
*  1965   &ndash; [[Sonia Kruger]], Australian television host and actress
*  1965   &ndash; [[Satoshi Tajiri]], Japanese video game developer; created ''[[Pokémon]]''
*  1965   &ndash; [[Amanda Tapping]], British-Canadian actress and director<ref name="AP" />
*  1965   &ndash; [[Shania Twain]], Canadian singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 28, 2022 includes celebrities LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-28-2022-includes-celebrities-leann-rimes-shania-twain.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=27 August 2023 |date=28 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Priya Dutt]], Indian social worker and politician
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Jamie Osborne (jockey)|Jamie Osborne]], English jockey and trainer
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Billy Boyd (actor)|Billy Boyd]], Scottish actor and singer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Jack Black]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP" />
*  1969   &ndash; [[Mary McCartney]], English photographer and activist
*  1969   &ndash; [[Jason Priestley]], Canadian actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*  1969   &ndash; [[Sheryl Sandberg]], American business executive<ref name="UPI" />
*  1969   &ndash; [[Pierre Turgeon]], Canadian-American ice hockey player
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Melina Aslanidou]], German-Greek singer-songwriter
*  1970   &ndash; [[Rick Recht]], American singer-songwriter
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Shane Andrews]], American baseball player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Todd Eldredge]], American figure skater and coach<ref name="UPI" />
*  1971   &ndash; [[Janet Evans]], American swimmer<ref name="UPI" />
*  1971   &ndash; [[Daniel Goddard (actor)|Daniel Goddard]], Australian-American actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1971   &ndash; [[Raúl Márquez]], Mexican-American boxer and sportscaster
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Ravindu Shah]], Kenyan cricketer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Jay Witasick]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[J. August Richards]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Johan Andersson (game programmer)|Johan Andersson]], Swedish game designer and programmer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Takahito Eguchi]], Japanese pianist and composer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Carsten Jancker]], German footballer and manager
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Jamie Cureton]], English footballer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Gareth Farrelly]], Irish footballer and manager
*  1975   &ndash; [[Hamish McLachlan]], Australian television personality
*  1975   &ndash; [[Royce Willis]], New Zealand rugby player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Federico Magallanes]], Uruguayan footballer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Karine Turcotte]], Canadian weightlifter<ref>{{cite web |title=Karine Turcotte |url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=3882 |website=m2002.thecgf.com |access-date=23 January 2021 |archive-date=30 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130180132/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=3882 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Shaila Dúrcal]], Spanish singer-songwriter
*  1979   &ndash; [[Robert Hoyzer]], German footballer and referee
*  1979   &ndash; [[Kristen Hughes]], Australian netball player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Markus Pröll]], German footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Ruth Riley]], American basketball player
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Antony Hämäläinen]], Finnish singer-songwriter 
*  1980   &ndash; [[Debra Lafave]], American sex offender and former teacher<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/flyer.jsf?personId=43558|title=FDLE – Sexual Offender and Predator System|website=offender.fdle.state.fl.us}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Ryan Madson]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Madson |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/ryan-madson-425492 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Jaakko Ojaniemi]], Finnish decathlete
*  1980   &ndash; [[Carly Pope]], Canadian actress and producer<ref name="AP" />
*  1980   &ndash; [[Jonathan Reynolds]], English lawyer and politician
*  1981   &ndash; [[Kezia Dugdale]], Scottish politician
*  1981   &ndash; [[Daniel Gygax]], Swiss footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Raphael Matos]], Brazilian race car driver
*  1981   &ndash; [[Jake Owen]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
*  1981   &ndash; [[Ahmed Talbi]], Moroccan footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Agata Wróbel]], Polish weightlifter
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Anderson Silva de França]], Brazilian footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Kevin McNaughton]], Scottish footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Thiago Motta]], Brazilian-Italian footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Carlos Quentin]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlos Quentin |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/carlos-quentin-435041 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[LeAnn Rimes]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Lasith Malinga]], Sri Lankan cricketer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Luke McAlister]], New Zealand rugby player<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Luke McAlister |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/timeline/rugby/player/14845.html |website=ESPN scrum |access-date=23 January 2021 |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129080037/http://en.espn.co.uk/timeline/rugby/player/14845.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Lilli Schwarzkopf]], German heptathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Lilli SCHWARZKOPF &#124; Profile |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/germany/lilli-schwarzkopf-14279763 |website=www.worldathletics.org |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Will Harris (baseball)|Will Harris]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Will Harris |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/will-harris-501789 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Kjetil Jansrud]], Norwegian skier<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Kjetil Jansrud |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/110097 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Jeff Green (basketball)|Jeff Green]], American basketball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Armie Hammer]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1986   &ndash; [[Tommy Hanson]], American baseball player (d. 2015)
*  1986   &ndash; [[Simon Mannering]], New Zealand rugby league player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Gilad Shalit]], Israeli soldier and hostage<ref name="UPI" />  
*  1986   &ndash; [[Florence Welch]], English singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Caleb Moore]], American snowmobile racer (d. 2013)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Shalita Grant]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1988   &ndash; [[Rosie MacLennan]], Canadian trampoline gymnast<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rosie MacLennan|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/rosie-maclennan/|access-date=2021-07-31|website=Team Canada – Official Olympic Team Website|date=5 October 2015 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[César Azpilicueta]], Spanish footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Valtteri Bottas]], Finnish race car driver
*  1989   &ndash; [[Jo Kwon]], South Korean singer and dancer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Cassadee Pope]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Katie Findlay]], Canadian actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1990   &ndash; [[Bojan Krkić]], Spanish footballer
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Felicio Brown Forbes]], German footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Samuel Larsen]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP" />
*  1991   &ndash; [[Kyle Massey]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1991   &ndash; [[Andreja Pejić]], Bosnian model <ref>{{cite web|title=Andrej Pejic model profile|url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/apejic/andrejpejic/|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=2 November 2018|archive-date=11 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511005144/http://nymag.com/fashion/models/apejic/andrejpejic/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Bismack Biyombo]], Congolese basketball player
*  1992   &ndash; [[Max Collins (actress)|Max Collins]], American-Filipino actress and model
*  1992   &ndash; [[Gabriela Drăgoi]], Romanian gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Gabriela Drăgoi |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/117664 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Jakub Sokolík]], Czech footballer
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Manon Arcangioli]], French tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennis Manon Arcangioli |url=http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=2941&src=desktop |website=m.espn.com |access-date=23 January 2021 |language=EN}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Ons Jabeur]], Tunisian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316847/ons-jabeur|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Ons Jabeur|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Kim Se-jeong]], South Korean actress and singer<ref>{{cite web|title=김세정, 생일 맞이 꽃미모 자축..최유정 "우리 언니 정말 소중해" 아이오아이 특급 우정|url=https://www.newsinside.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=1083538|work=뉴스인사이드|date=28 August 2020|access-date=16 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Weston McKennie]], American soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Weston McKennie &#124; USMNT &#124; U.S. Soccer Official Site |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/players/m/weston-mckennie |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.ussoccer.com |language=en}}</ref> 
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Kamilla Rakhimova]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kamilla Rakhimova &#124; Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325936/kamilla-rakhimova |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kamilla Rakhimova – Player Profile – Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/kamilla-rakhimova_prs539779/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Eurosport UK |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Quvenzhané Wallis]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/045640.pdf |title=Beasts of the Southern Wild press kit |access-date=December 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308145337/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/045640.pdf |archive-date=March 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> 
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[388]] &ndash; [[Magnus Maximus]], Roman emperor (b. 335)
* [[430]] &ndash; [[Augustine of Hippo]], Algerian bishop, theologian, and saint (b. 354)
* [[476]] &ndash; [[Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus)|Orestes]], Roman general and politician
* [[632]] &ndash; [[Fatimah]], daughter of [[Muhammad]] (b. 605)
* [[683]] &ndash; [[Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I]], ajaw of the city-state of Palenque (b. 615) 
* [[770]] &ndash; [[Empress Kōken|Kōken]], emperor of Japan (b. 718)
* [[876]] &ndash; [[Louis the German]], Frankish king (b. 804)
* [[919]] &ndash; [[He Gui]], Chinese general (b. 858)
*[[1055]] &ndash; [[Emperor Xingzong of Liao|Xing Zong]], Chinese emperor (b. 1016)
*[[1149]] &ndash; [[Mu'in ad-Din Unur]], Turkish ruler and regent
*[[1231]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark]]
*[[1341]] &ndash; [[Levon IV of Armenia|Levon IV]], king of Armenia (b. 1309)
*[[1406]] &ndash; [[John de Sutton V]], [[Baron Dudley|Baron Sutton of Dudley]] (b. 1380)
*[[1481]] &ndash; [[Afonso V of Portugal|Afonso V]], king of Portugal (b. 1432)
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua|Federico II Gonzaga]], duke of Mantua (b. 1500)

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Francis Vere]], English governor and general
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Hugo Grotius]], Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (b. 1583)
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Johannes Banfi Hunyades]], English-Hungarian alchemist, chemist and metallurgist. (b. 1576)
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Sir George Lisle|George Lisle]], English general (b. 1610)
*  1648   &ndash; [[Charles Lucas]], English general (b. 1613)
*[[1654]] &ndash; [[Axel Oxenstierna]], Swedish lawyer and politician, [[Lord High Chancellor of Sweden]] (b. 1583)
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[Elisabetta Sirani]], Italian painter (b. 1638)
*[[1678]] &ndash; [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1602)
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[Edwin Stead]], English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[David Hartley (philosopher)|David Hartley]], English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Melchor de Navarrete]], Spanish colonial governor of [[Cartagena de Indias]] (Colombia, 1739–1742); of Spanish Florida (1749–1752); and of Yucatán (Mexico, 1754–1758) (b. 1693)<ref name="Vicent1979">{{cite book|author=Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent|title=Caballeros de la Orden de Santiago, siglo XVIII|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNpLb8wdM_EC&pg=PA95|year=1979|publisher=Ediciones Hidalguia|isbn=978-84-00-04412-1|page=95}}</ref> 
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Junípero Serra]], Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine]], French general (b. 1740)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Alexander Carlyle]], Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Jean Baptiste Point du Sable]], American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Andrew Ellicott]], American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Edward Dando]], English thief<ref>{{cite book|last1=Impey|first1=Christopher|title=The House on the Hill. Brixton: London's Oldest Prison|date=2019|publisher=Tangerine Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-9106-9142-7}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]], English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Julius Krohn]], Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Robert Caldwell]], English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Henry Sidgwick]], English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Frederick Law Olmsted]], American journalist and architect, co-designed [[Central Park]] (b. 1822)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Adolf Schmal]], Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Edgeworth David]], Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[George Prendergast]], Australian politician, 28th [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1854)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Georg Hellat]], Estonian architect (b. 1870)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Boris III of Bulgaria]] (b. 1894)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Emmett Till]], African-American kidnapping and lynching victim (b. 1941)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Bohuslav Martinů]], Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Giulio Racah]], Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Dimitris Pikionis]], Greek architect and academic (b. 1887)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Reuvein Margolies]], Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Prince William of Gloucester]] (b. 1941)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Fritz Wotruba]], Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Anissa Jones]], American actress (b. 1958)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Bruce Catton]], American historian and journalist (b. 1899)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]], English actor (b. 1927)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Béla Guttmann]], Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1899)<ref name="books.google.com">David Bolchover (2017). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mdKlDgAAQBAJ&dq=B%C3%A9la+Guttmann+27+January+1899&pg=PT165 ''The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide To Football Glory; The Story of Béla Guttman'']</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Geoff Chubb]], South African cricketer (b. 1911)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Naguib]], Egyptian general and politician, 1st [[President of Egypt]] (b. 1901)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Ruth Gordon]], American actress and screenwriter (b. 1896)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Russell Lee (photographer)|Russell Lee]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1903)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[John Huston]], Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)<!--nationality correct -- renounced US citizenship to become citizen of Republic of Ireland-->
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Jean Marchand]], Canadian union leader and politician, 43rd [[Secretary of State for Canada]] (b. 1918)
*  1988   &ndash; [[Max Shulman]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1919)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[John Steptoe]], American author and illustrator (b. 1950)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Willy Vandersteen]], Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1913)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Alekos Sakellarios]], Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[William Stafford (poet)|William Stafford]], American poet and academic (b. 1914)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Earl W. Bascom]], American rodeo performer and painter (b. 1906)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Michael Ende]], German scientist and author (b. 1929)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Jacques Dufilho]], French actor (b. 1914)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Esther Szekeres]], Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
*  2005   &ndash; [[George Szekeres]], Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1911)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Heino Lipp]], Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1922)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Benoît Sauvageau]], Canadian educator and politician (b. 1963)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Melvin Schwartz]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1932)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Arthur Jones (inventor)|Arthur Jones]], American businessman, founded [[Nautilus, Inc.]] and [[MedX Corporation]] (b. 1926)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Hilly Kristal]], American businessman, founded [[CBGB]] (b. 1932)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Paul MacCready]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[AeroVironment]] (b. 1925)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Francisco Umbral]], Spanish journalist and author (b. 1935)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Miyoshi Umeki]], Japanese-American actress (b. 1929)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Phil Hill]], American race car driver (b. 1927)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[DJ AM|Adam Goldstein]], American drummer, DJ, and producer (b. 1973)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Richard Egan (businessman)|Richard Egan]], US Ambassador, Owner of [[Dell EMC]], Engineer (b. 1936)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[William P. Foster]], American bandleader and educator (b. 1919)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Bernie Gallacher]], English footballer (b. 1967)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Rhodes Boyson]], English educator and politician (b. 1925)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Shulamith Firestone]], Canadian-American activist and author (b. 1945)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Dick McBride (poet)|Dick McBride]], American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1928)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Saul Merin]], Polish-Israeli ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1933)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ramón Sota]], Spanish golfer (b. 1938)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[John Bellany]], Scottish painter and academic (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tributes as legendary Scots artist John Bellany, 71, dies |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13120421.tributes-legendary-scots-artist-john-bellany-71-dies/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=29 August 2013 |access-date=21 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Lorella Cedroni]], Italian political scientist and philosopher (b. 1961)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Edmund B. Fitzgerald]], American businessman (b. 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Frank Pulli]], American baseball player and umpire (b. 1935)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Barry Stobart]], English footballer (b. 1938)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Rafael Díaz Ycaza]], Ecuadorian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1925)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Glenn Cornick]], English bass guitarist (b. 1947)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Hal Finney (computer scientist)|Hal Finney]], American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956)
*  2014   &ndash; [[John Anthony Walker]], American soldier and spy (b. 1937)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Al Arbour]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Mark Krasniqi]], Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (b. 1920)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Nelson Shanks]], American painter and educator (b. 1937)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Juan Gabriel]], Mexican singer and songwriter (b. 1950)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Mr. Fuji]], American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1934)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Mireille Darc]], French actress and model (b. 1938)
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Chadwick Boseman]], American actor and playwright (b. 1976)<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Gharib|first1=Malaka|last2=Nuyen|first2=Suzanne|date=28 August 2020|title='Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Dies Of Cancer At Age 43|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/08/28/907341857/black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-dies-of-cancer-at-age-43|access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – [[Obi Ndefo]], American actor (b. 1972)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zee |first=Michaela |date=2024-09-02 |title=Obi Ndefo, 'Dawson's Creek' Actor Who Lost His Legs After Hit-and-Run Accident, Dies at 51 |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/obi-ndefo-dead-dawsons-creek-1236126971/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Steve Silberman]], American writer and journalist (b. 1957)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-29 |title=Steve Silberman, writer on autism and the Grateful Dead, dies at 66 |url=https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/29/grateful-dead-autism-writer-steve-silberman-dies/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=The San Francisco Standard |language=en}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Alexander of Constantinople]]
**[[Augustine of Hippo]]
**[[Edmund Arrowsmith]]
**[[Saint Hermes|Hermes]]
**[[Moses the Black]] 
**[[August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[National Grandparents Day]] ([[Mexico]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/28 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=28}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/28 |title=Historical Events on August 28 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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