August 28 in History

Historical Events on August 28

475 The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.

1849 After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.

1861 American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.

1914 World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.

1931 France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.

1937 Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.

1955 Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent Civil Rights Movement.

1990 Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.

1998 Pakistan'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.

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Famous Birthdays on August 28

1917 Jack Kirby

1957 Ai Weiwei

1962 David Fincher

1965 Shania Twain

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Famous Deaths on August 28

430 Augustine of Hippo

632 Fatimah

1784 Junípero Serra

1987 John Huston

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