On This Day: 28 August

28 August in Indian history

• 2017China–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.India
• 2016The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System is successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.India

28 August in world history

• 2021The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service.
• 2003In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, and a homemade explosive device.
• 1998Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
• 1998Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
• 1996Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in dow
• 1993NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.
• 1963American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
• 1950American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.
• 1924The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
• 1909The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.
• 1850Richard Wagner's Lohengrin premieres at the Staatskapelle Weimar.
• 1830Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, took part in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.
• 1810Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy accepts the surrender of a British Royal Navy fleet at the Battle of Grand Port.
• 1640Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.
• 1619Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.
• 475Orestes took control of Ravenna, the capital of the Western Roman Empire, forcing Emperor Julius Nepos to flee.

Born on 28 August

• 1982Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer
• 1961Deepak Tijori, Indian actor and directorIndia
• 1943Robert Greenwald, American director and producer
• 1928Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer (died 2004)India
• 1913Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 1993)
• 1896Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic (died 1982)India

Died on 28 August

• 2015Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1932)
• 770Kōken, emperor of Japan (born 718)
• 683Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I, ajaw of the city-state of Palenque (born 615)
• 632Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad (born 605)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 28 August in history?

2021: The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service. 2017: 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. 2016: The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System is successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. 2003: In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, and a homemade explosive device.

What happened on 28 August in Indian history?

2017: 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. 2016: The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System is successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

Which famous people were born on 28 August?

Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer (1982); Deepak Tijori, Indian actor and director (1961); Robert Greenwald, American director and producer (1943); Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer (died 2004) (1928).

Which day is observed on 28 August?

National Grandparents Day (Mexico).