History Events on August 28

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

#World_War_I

William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.

#William_Herschel

King William IV gives Royal Assent to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, although slavery remained legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.

#Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833

The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.

#Galileo_(spacecraft)

U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.

#United_States_Senate

World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.

#Kingdom_of_Romania

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

#Venice

Battle of Grand Port: The French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.

#Battle_of_Grand_Port

The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the Second English Civil War.

#Siege_of_Colchester

The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.

#Kaqchikel_people

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.

#Denmark_in_World_War_II

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in U.S. railroads.

#Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad

The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.

#Midway_Atoll

Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".

#Caleb_Bradham

Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.

#Second_Congo_War

Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.

#Theodoric_the_Great

Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.

#Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands

Silla-Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.

#Silla

Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.

#Ferdinand_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.

#Henry_Hudson

Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.

#Bishops'_Wars

The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.

#Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.

#March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom

Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, dies, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims.

#Fatimah

Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.

#Iraq

World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.

#Kingdom_of_Italy

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.

#Ramstein_air_show_disaster

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.

#Pedro_Menéndez_de_Avilés

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

#Roman_Empire

Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.

#Third_Crusade

World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.

#Marseille

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

#American_Civil_War

American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.

#Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run

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.

#Pakistan

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.

An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.

The police rioted during the Democratic National Convention, beating up anti-war protesters, peaceful demonstrators, innocent bystanders, and members of the press.

The Philadelphia race riot begins.

Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.

Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.

Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.

World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.

A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.

Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.

Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.

The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted.

The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.

Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.

Turkish-Portuguese War: Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.

The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.