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475 — Battle of Ravenna (475)

The Battle of Ravenna was fought between supporters of Orestes and supporters of Julius Nepos for control of the Western Roman Empire. In prelude to the battle, Orestes had been ordered to raise a large army to confront tribal rulers in Gaul. Instead he led his force against emperor Julius Nepos in the capital Ravenna. Nepos was defeated and deposed, but managed to flee to Dalmatia.

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

Julius Nepos (died 9 May 480), or simply Nepos, ruled as Roman emperor of the West from 24 June 474 to 28 August 475. After losing power in Italy, Nepos retreated to his home province of Dalmatia, from which he continued to claim the western imperial title, with recognition from the Eastern Roman Empire, until he was murdered in 480.

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489 — Battle of Isonzo (489)

The Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of the Aesontius, or the Battle of the Isontius is the name given to the battle fought on August 28, 489 on the banks of the Isontius River, not far away from Aquileia. This river is now known as the Isonzo in Italian, and Soča in Slovene. This battle should not be confused with the 12 Battles of the Isonzo during World War I. Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, in 489 opened his first campaign against Odoacer to wrest Italy from him. On 28 August, the two armies met on the banks of the Isontius.

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923 — Sack of Basra (923)

The Sack of Basra was the capture and looting of the Abbasid city of Basra by the Qarmatians of Bahrayn, and took place in August 923. It was the first of a series of Qarmatian attacks, that culminated in an invasion of Iraq in 927–928.

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1189 — Siege of Acre (1189–1191)

The siege of Acre was the first significant counterattack by Guy of Jerusalem against Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria. This pivotal siege formed part of what later became known as the Third Crusade. The siege lasted from August 1189 until July 1191, at which time the city's coastal position meant the attacking Latin forces were unable to fully capture the city and Saladin was unable to fully relieve it, with both sides receiving supplies and resources by sea.

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1221 — Battle of Mansurah (1221)

The battle of Mansurah took place from 26–28 August 1221 near the Egyptian city of Mansurah and was the final battle in the Fifth Crusade (1217–1221). It pitted the Crusader forces under papal legate Pelagius Galvani and John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem, against the Ayyubid forces of the sultan al-Kamil. The result was a decisive victory for the Egyptians and forced the surrender of the Crusaders and their departure from Egypt.

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1413 — Cabochien revolt

The Cabochien revolt was an episode in the civil war between the Armagnacs and the Burgundians which was in turn a part of the Hundred Years' War. It involved a riot, in the spring of 1413 by a faction of butchers known as Cabochiens after their leader Simon Caboche. After a few months of Cabochien power in Paris the revolt was put down.

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1471 — Portuguese conquest of Tangier

The Portuguese conquest of Tangier (Portuguese: Conquista de Tânger) from the Wattasid dynasty, was a campaign that took place on 28 August 1471 by Portuguese forces under the order of King Afonso V, surnamed the African.

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1542 — Battle of Wofla

The Battle of Wofla was fought on August 28, 1542 near Lake Ashenge in Wofla (or Ofla) in the modern Ethiopian Region of Tigray (previously part of Wollo; its incorporation into Tigray instead of Amhara is therefore disputed), between the Portuguese under Cristóvão da Gama and the forces of Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi. Reinforced with a superiority not only in numbers but in firearms, Imam Ahmad was victorious and forced the Portuguese, along with Queen Sabla Wengel and her retinue, to flee their fortified encampment and leave their weapons behind.

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1547 — Expedition to Mostaganem (1547)

The Expedition to Mostaganem of 1547 was a failed Spanish expedition mounted against Mostaganem by the Spanish forces of Count Alcaudete.

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1573 — Capture of Geertruidenberg (1573)

The Capture of Geertruidenberg was a military event that took place on August 28, 1573 during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. The capture was by a English, French Huguenot and Flemings, force led by Colonel de Poyet. A small assault force led by Walter Morgan captured the main gate which enabled complete surprise on the garrison and most were put to the sword.

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1597 — Battle of Chilcheollyang

The Battle of Chilcheollyang was a naval engagement fought during the night of 28 August 1597, as part of the Imjin War. In this battle, the Japanese fleet decisively defeated the Joseon navy, destroying nearly the entire Korean fleet.

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1609 — Henry Hudson’s Half Moon reaches Delaware Bay

Henry Hudson’s crew sighted the entrance to Delaware Bay while sailing north along the Atlantic coast. The Half Moon took soundings but turned back from the shoals and anchored offshore.

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1619 — Accession of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria, who were devout Catholics. In 1590, when Ferdinand was 11 years old, they sent him to study at the Jesuits' college in Ingolstadt because they wanted to isolate him from the Lutheran nobles.

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1624 — Siege of Breda (1624)

The siege of Breda of 1624–1625 occurred during the Eighty Years' War and was carried out by the Army of Flanders. The siege resulted in the fortified city of Breda passing from the control of the Dutch Republic to that of the Habsburg Netherlands.

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1640 — Battle of Newburn

The Battle of Newburn, sometimes known as Newburn Ford, was fought on 28 August 1640 during the Second Bishops' War between a Scottish Covenanter army led by General Alexander Leslie and English forces commanded by Edward, Lord Conway. Conway, heavily outnumbered, was defeated, and the Scots went on to occupy the town of Newcastle, obtaining a stranglehold on London's coal supply. Charles I had no choice but to agree to a truce, under which the Scottish army in northern England would be paid daily expenses, pending a final treaty of peace.

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1648 — Siege of Colchester

The siege of Colchester occurred in the summer of 1648 when the Second English Civil War reignited in several areas of Britain. Colchester found itself in the thick of the unrest when a Royalist army on its way through East Anglia to raise support for the King, was attacked by Lord-General Thomas Fairfax at the head of a Parliamentary force.

Second English Civil War: The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalist Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks.

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1651 — Battle of Upton

The Battle of Upton was fought on 28 August 1651 when a New Model Armydetachment under the command of Colonel John Lambert made a surprise attack on Royalists defending the river Severn crossing at Upton-Upon-Severn, 6 miles (9.7 km) below Worcester. In the action which followed the Royalist commander Major General Edward Massey was severely wounded and the surviving Royalists were driven out of the town and north along the Worcester Road. The successful attack allowed Parliamentary forces to approach Worcester from the west and was an important action in completing Cromwell's investment of Worcester as a prelude to his assault and capture of the city.

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1652 — Battle of Elba

The naval Battle of Elba (or Battle of Monte Cristo) was a naval battle which took place on 28 August 1652 during the First Anglo-Dutch War, between a Dutch squadron under Johan van Galen and an English squadron under Captain Richard Badiley.

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1656 — Battle of Lubrze

The Battle of Lubrze was a night battle which took place during the Deluge (part of the Second Northern War) in August 1656 between Polish forces under voivode of Kalisz Andrzej Karol Grudziński and a Swedish-Brandenburg force under Jan Wejhard von Wrzesowicz. The Swedish-Brandenburg forces were coming to provide relief to the besieged town of Kalisz, invested by a Polish army under voivode of Malbork Jakub Wejher, brother of Ludwik Wejher.

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1667 — Siege of Lille (1667)

The siege of Lille took place during the War of Devolution. Louis XIV's forces besieged Lille from 28 August to 26 September 1667. It was the only major engagement of the war. Lille was the first major victory for Vauban’s siege techniques. Louis XIV, arguing that the Spanish dowry of his wife Maria Theresa of Spain had not been paid, began to expand French borders to the north and east, invading the Spanish Netherlands.

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1677 — Battle of Uddevalla

The Battle of Uddevalla took place at Uddevalla on August 28, 1677 as part of the Scanian War.

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1677 — Battle of Buzhyn (1677)

Battle of Buzhyn (battles near Buzhyn Carriage) was a battle of 27–28 August 1677 between the Russian-Ukrainian army under the command of Prince Grigory Romodanovsky and Hetman Ivan Samoilovich, and the Ottoman-Crimean troops of Ibrahim Pasha ("Shaitan") and Khan Selim-Girey during the Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681). It took place on the coastal bridgehead near Buzhyn, near the Dnieper crossing and 20 kilometers north of Chyhyryn.

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1705 — Siege of Tunis (1705)

The Siege of Tunis (1705) was a military engagement fought between the Regency of Algiers and the Beylik of Tunis, and was the final major engagement of the Tunisian–Algerian War (1705).

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1757 — Evacuation of Ny Sjælland

The evacuation of Ny Sjælland (Danish: Rømningen af Ny Sjælland, lit. 'New Zealand') was a Danish evacuation of a newly established colony on Camorta, Nicobar Islands due to native threats and raids.

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1788 — Battle of Mehadia

The battle of Mehadia broke out during the Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791. It took place in August 1788 during the offensive of the Ottoman army of Yusuf Pasha in Banat. The Ottomans managed to capture the Habsburg position and force them to retreat.

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1789 — Discovery of Enceladus

Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn and the 18th largest in the Solar System. It is about 500 kilometres (310 miles) in diameter, about a tenth of that of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. It is covered by clean, freshly deposited snow hundreds of meters thick, making it one of the most reflective bodies of the Solar System.

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1808 — Battle of Nummijärvi

The Battle of Nummijärvi was fought between Swedish and Russian forces at Nummijärvi in Finland on 28 August 1808 during the Finnish War.

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1815 — August 1815 French legislative election

Legislative elections were held in France on 18 and 28 August 1815 to elect members of the first Chamber of Deputies of the Bourbon Restoration.

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1820 — 1820 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1820 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on August 28, 1820, in order to elect the first lieutenant governor of Missouri upon Missouri acquiring statehood on August 10, 1821. Democratic-Republican nominee William H. Ashley won the election as he ran unopposed. The exact results of the election are unknown.

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1820 — 1820 Missouri gubernatorial election

The 1820 Missouri gubernatorial election was Missouri's first gubernatorial election due to it becoming a state. In the election, which was held on August 28, 1820, territorial governor William Clark was defeated by Alexander McNair.

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1826 — Battle of Delanggu

The Battle of Delanggu took place on 28 August 1826 during the Java War between the forces of Prince Diponegoro and the Dutch garrison at the town of Delanggu. Diponegoro successfully took the town after a brief assault, although Dutch forces managed to retreat in good order.

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1826 — Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani

The Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani was a campaign during the Greek War of Independence that consisted of three battles. The Maniots fought against a combined Egyptian and Ottoman army under the command of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt. On March 17, 1821, the Maniots (residents of the central peninsula on the southern part of the Peloponnese) declared war on the Ottoman Empire, preceding the rest of Greece in joining the revolution by about a week.

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1830 — The Tom Thumb carries railroad directors on a demonstration run

Peter Cooper’s experimental steam locomotive pulled a passenger car carrying Baltimore and Ohio Railroad directors to Ellicott’s Mills. A story that it raced a horse-drawn car on the return leg became part of railroad lore.

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1833 — Britain’s Slavery Abolition Act receives royal assent

The British Slavery Abolition Act received royal assent. It provided for the abolition of slavery in much of the British Empire, with exemptions and a transitional system of compulsory apprenticeship.

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1845 — The first issue of Scientific American is published

The first issue of Scientific American appeared on 28 August 1845 as a four-page weekly newspaper in New York. Its publisher’s anniversary timeline highlights an article about Morse code and the telegraph in that issue.

This is the date of the first issue, rather than the magazine’s later changes in format or ownership.

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1850 — Richard Wagner's Lohengrin premieres at the Staatskapelle Weimar

Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( VAHG-nər; German: [ˈvɪlˌhɛlm ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈvaːɡnɐ] ; 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas, although his mature works are often referred to as music dramas. Unlike most composers, Wagner wrote both the libretti and the music for all of his stage works.

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1861 — Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries

The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries (August 28–29, 1861) was the first combined operation of the Union Army and Navy in the American Civil War, resulting in Union domination of the strategically important North Carolina Sounds. Two forts on the Outer Banks, Fort Clark and Fort Hatteras, had been built by the Confederates to protect their commerce-raiding activity.

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1862 — Battle of Thoroughfare Gap

The Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, also known as Chapman's Mill, took place on August 28, 1862, in Fauquier County and Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War. Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. James Longstreet successfully drove back Union forces under Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts and Col. Percy Wyndham, allowing his corps to unite with that of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson prior to the Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas).

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1862 — Second Battle of Bull Run

The Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862 in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of an offensive campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run (or First Manassas) fought on July 21, 1861 on the same ground.

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1879 — Second Battle of Antofagasta

The Second Battle of Antofagasta took place during the Naval campaign of the War of the Pacific between the Peruvian ironclad Huáscar against the Chilean corvettes Abtao and Magallanes as well as the land defenses at Antofagasta.

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1890 — A severe storm strikes southern Finland

A powerful storm swept across southern Finland, damaging coastal and inland areas, including parts of Uusimaa, Häme and Kymenlaakso.

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1891 — Battle of Placilla

The Battle of Placilla was an engagement fought during the 1891 Chilean Civil War between Balmacedist and Congressional forces on 28 August 1891. The Congressist victory in the battle essentially decided the fate of the war. Congressist troops entered Santiago on August 30. President José Manuel Balmaceda committed suicide inside the Argentine embassy of Santiago in September 19.

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1897 — Construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway is inaugurated

The Chinese Eastern Railway’s construction bureau held a groundbreaking ceremony near Sanchakou in present-day Dongning, Heilongjiang. Construction expanded along the route the following year.

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1901 — Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country

Silliman University (also referred to as Silliman or SU) is a private Protestant research university in Dumaguete City, Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it is the first Protestant institution of higher education in the Philippines and in Asia. The university was named after Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman, a retired businessman and philanthropist from Cohoes, New York who provided the initial sum of $10,000 for the establishment of the school.

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1902 — Birth of Zhou Peiyuan

On 28 August 1902, Zhou Peiyuan, a theoretical physicist, was born.

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1907 — Raphael Morgan is ordained an Orthodox priest in Constantinople

Raphael Morgan, who was born in Jamaica and had lived and served in the United States, was ordained a priest in Constantinople, now Istanbul. He became the first known Black Orthodox priest from the Americas and later returned to Philadelphia.

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1909 — Wakefield by-election, 1909

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wakefield on 28 August 1909. This was triggered by the death of the Speaker of the House, Sir Frederick Holder. The by-election was won by Liberal candidate Richard Foster.

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1909 — Goudi coup

The Goudi coup (Greek: κίνημα στο Γουδί, romanized: kinima sto Goudi) was a military coup d'état by a group of military officers that took place on the night of 28 August [O.S. 15 August] 1909, at the barracks in Goudi, located on the eastern outskirts of Athens, Greece. The coup was pivotal in modern Greek history, ending the old political system and ushering in a new period for Greece.

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

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1910 — Portuguese legislative election, 1910

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 28 August 1910. However, before the results were confirmed, a coup d'état overthrew the monarchy on 5 October. In 1911 a Constituent Assembly was elected the following year.

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1913 — The Peace Palace opens in The Hague

The Peace Palace opened in The Hague in the presence of Queen Wilhelmina and Andrew Carnegie. It was built to house the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

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1914 — Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)

The Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first Anglo-German naval battle of the First World War, fought on 28 August 1914, between ships of the United Kingdom and Germany. The battle took place in the south-eastern North Sea, when the British attacked German patrols off the north-west German coast. The German High Seas Fleet was in harbour on the north German coast while the British Grand Fleet was out in the northern North Sea.

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1915 — Vistula–Bug offensive

The Vistula–Bug offensive from July 13 to August 28, 1915, was a major Central Powers offensive with the decisive role of the German Imperial Army during World War I on the Eastern Front to defeat the forces of the Russian army in South Poland and Galicia.

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1915 — Riga–Šiauliai offensive

The Riga–Šiauliai offensive (German: Offensive in Kurland; Russian: Риго-Шавельская операция) was a major Imperial German Army offensive, launched by Paul von Hindenburg with his Army of the Niemen, to divert Russian forces from the direction of the main German blow of the summer offensive on Narew. However, it gradually changed into an offensive of two German armies to capture the Kaunas Fortress and reach the Daugava.

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1916 — Battle of Florina

The Battle of Lerin or Battle of Florina or Chegan offensive was an offensive operation of the Bulgarian army fought between 17–28 August 1916, during the First World War, in which they conquered the city of Florina (in present-day Greece, but known in Bulgaria as Lerin) but failed to take Chegan.

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1917 — Mahenge offensive

The Mahenge offensive (French: Offensive sur Mahenge) was a military action which occurred around the Morogoro Region in the east of German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania) during World War I. The combat formed part of the East Africa Campaign and ended with the capture of Mahenge by the Belgian forces on 9 October 1917.

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1919 — 1919 Victorian local elections

The 1919 Victorian local elections were held on 28 August 1919 to elect the councils of 42 of the local government areas in Victoria, Australia. Two councils also held mayoral elections. Until the 1994 reforms introduced by the Kennett state government, all local elections were staggered, with not all councillors up for election each year. Labor gained several council seats, with the vast majority of their candidates running as Caucus Labor candidates.

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1923 — Smith and Richter complete an aerial-refueling endurance record

Lowell Smith and John Richter completed a flight of more than 37 hours over San Diego in a DH-4B. Other aircraft refueled them in flight.

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1924 — August Uprising

The August Uprising (Georgian: აგვისტოს აჯანყება, romanized: agvist'os ajanq'eba) was an unsuccessful insurrection against Soviet rule in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic from late August to early September 1924. Aimed at restoring the independence of Georgia from the Soviet Union, the uprising was led by the Committee for Independence of Georgia, a bloc of anti-Soviet political organisations chaired by the Georgian Social Democratic (Menshevik) Party.

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

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1931 — 1931 Labour Party leadership election

The 1931 Labour Party leadership election took place on 28 August 1931 following the expulsion of incumbent Leader Ramsay MacDonald from the Party.

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1936 — Battle of Monte Pelado

The Battle of Monte Pelado ("Bald Mountain") was an engagement of the Spanish Civil War fought on 28 August 1936. It was notable as the first major engagement of the Italian Republican volunteers of the Matteotti Battalion. Monte Pelado, in Aragon, between Huesca and Almudévar, was the site of a Francoist gun emplacement and a concentration of around five hundred Nationalist troops. In bitter fighting from five until nine in the morning, Italians and the Spanish anarchists of the Francisco Ascaso column seized the Nationalist position while suffering heavy losses.

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1936 — 1936 Soviet Cup final

The Soviet Cup final was a football match that took place at the Dynamo Stadium, Moscow on August 28, 1936. The match was the first Soviet Cup final and it was contested by Lokomotiv Moscow and Dinamo Tbilisi. At one point the competition was decided to be the Soviet championship by the Olympic system of elimination, but later it was decided to keep the already existing championship and create a new one called the Cup of the Supreme Council of Fitness and Sport.

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1937 — Establishment of Toyota

Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社, Hepburn: Toyota Jidōsha kabushiki gaisha; IPA: [toꜜjota], English: , commonly known as simply Toyota) is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota is the largest automobile manufacturer in the world, producing about 10 million vehicles per year.

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1942 — Convoys SG-6/LN-6

Convoy SG-6 was a supply convoy of merchant and troop ships during the Second World War. It was one of the numbered SG Convoys from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Greenland. The convoy was split into two groups, with Chatham being escorted by USCG Mojave in a formation coded SG-6F, while the remainder were with SG-6S.

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1944 — Battle of Marseille

The Battle of Marseille was an urban battle of World War II that took place August 21–28, 1944, and led to the liberation of Marseille by Free French forces under the command of General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. The groundwork was laid by the Allied invasion of southern France in Operation Dragoon on 15 August 1944 by the United States Seventh Army, with major support from the French First Army.

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1944 — Kaunas offensive

The Kaunas offensive (Russian: Каунасская наступательная операция) was part of the third phase of the Byelorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944, commonly known as Operation Bagration. The Kaunas offensive was executed by the 3rd Belorussian Front on July 28 – August 28, 1944, with the aim of destroying the German concentration on the western bank of the Neman river, the occupation of Kaunas, and reaching the boundaries of East Prussia.

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1944 — Siegfried Line campaign

The Siegfried Line campaign was a phase in the Western European campaign of World War II, which involved engagements near the German defensive Siegfried Line. This campaign spanned from the end of Operation Overlord and the push across northern France, which ended on 15 September 1944, and concluded with the opening of the German Ardennes counteroffensive, better known as the Battle of the Bulge.

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1945 — Siege of Hutou Fortress

In the closing stages of the Soviet–Japanese War during August 1945, the Japanese Kwantung Army maintained strong resistance at the Hutou Fortress. Despite fierce and suicidal Japanese resistance, the Red Army, with the support of local Chinese fighters, captured the fortress on August 26, 1945. This marked the end of one of the final campaigns of the Second World War.

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1946 — 1st Congress of the Workers' Party of North Korea

The 1st Congress of the Workers' Party of North Korea (WPNK) was held in Pyongyang, North Korea, from 28–30 August 1946, and established the WPNK (the forerunner to the Workers' Party of Korea). The congress is the highest organ of the party, and is stipulated to be held every four years. A total of 801 delegates represented the party's 336,399 members. The 1st Central Committee, elected by the congress, elected Kim Tu-bong as WPNK Chairman, Kim Il-sung and Chu Yong-ha as deputy chairmen.

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1947 — Birth of Liza Wang

On 28 August 1947, Liza Wang, an actor, was born.

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1953 — Nippon Television begins regular broadcasting

Nippon Television began regular broadcasting from Tokyo. It was Japan's first commercial television broadcaster.

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1955 — 1955 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final

The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 23rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1955 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland. This final is regarded as one of the greatest in camogie history. Cork took an early lead, but trailed 3–2 to 1–4 at half-time. Dublin powered through to win by eight points.

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1963 — March on Washington

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. At the march, several popular singers of the time, including Mahalia Jackson and Marian Anderson, performed and many of the movement's leaders gave speeches.

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1965 — Battle of Haji Pir Pass

The Battle of Haji Pir pass was a military engagement from 26 to 28 August 1965, during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and resulted in India capturing the entire Haji Pir bulge including the 8,652 feet high Haji Pir pass in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

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1970 — 1st Vietnam Film Festival

The 1st Vietnam Film Festival was held from August 17 to August 28, 1970, in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the slogan "For the Fatherland - For Socialism" (Vietnamese: "Vì Tổ quốc - Vì chủ nghĩa xã hội").

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1973 — Police free the hostages in Stockholm’s Norrmalmstorg bank siege

On August 28, 1973, Swedish police freed four hostages held at a bank on Stockholm’s Norrmalmstorg square. The siege had started five days earlier during an attempted robbery.

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1973 — A powerful earthquake strikes Puebla and Veracruz

A strong earthquake hit southeastern Mexico before dawn. Puebla and Veracruz suffered serious damage, and the shaking was also felt in Mexico City.

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1976 — Soccer Bowl '76

Soccer Bowl '76 was the championship final of the 1976 NASL season, between the Toronto Metros-Croatia and the Minnesota Kicks. The match was played on August 28, 1976, at the Kingdome, in Seattle, Washington. The Toronto Metros-Croatia won the match, 3–0, to claim their first North American championship.

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1977 — Soccer Bowl '77

Soccer Bowl '77 was the championship final of the 1977 NASL season. The New York Cosmos (who had dropped "New York" from their name in the off-season to simply "Cosmos") took on the Seattle Sounders. The match was played on August 28, 1977 at Civic Stadium, in Portland, Oregon. The game was also noteworthy as the final competitive match for Pelé, the Brazilian star widely acknowledged as the sport's greatest player.

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1979 — 11th Moscow International Film Festival

The 11th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 14 to 28 August 1979. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian-French film Christ Stopped at Eboli directed by Francesco Rosi, the Spanish film Siete días de enero directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and the Polish film Camera Buff directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski.

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1985 — Palauan presidential election, 1985

Presidential elections were held in Palau on 28 August 1985 to elect a President and Vice-President, following the assassination of Haruo Remeliik on 30 June. Lazarus Salii won the election for President, defeating interim President Alfonso Oiterong, whilst Thomas Remengesau, Sr. was elected Vice-President. Voter turnout was 79.1%.

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1986 — The Big Event

The Big Event was a professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on August 28, 1986, at the Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario. It drew a crowd of over 64,000 fans, which was an outdoor attendance record at the time. This stood as an attendance record for a wrestling show until WrestleMania III drew a reported 93,173 fans just seven months later to the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. A VHS tape of the event was released later by Coliseum Home Video, with commentary by Gorilla Monsoon, Johnny Valiant and Ernie Ladd.

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1987 — Battle of Aouzou

The Battle of Aouzou refers to a pair of battles fought between Chad and Libya in and around the town of Aouzou (Chad) in August 1987, as part of the Toyota War, the last phase of the larger Chadian–Libyan conflict. The first battle resulted in a Chadian victory, while the second battle, a Libyan counteroffensive, is deemed to have been won by Libya.

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1988 — Ramstein air show disaster

On 28 August 1988, three aircraft of the Italian Air Force display team collided during the Flugtag '88 airshow at USAF Ramstein Air Base near Kaiserslautern, West Germany. They crashed to the ground in front of a crowd of about 30,000 people, causing 70 fatalities (67 spectators and 3 pilots); 346 spectators sustained serious injuries in the resulting explosion and fire. Hundreds more had minor injuries.

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1989 — SummerSlam (1989)

SummerSlam 1989 was the second annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on August 28, 1989, in the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The main event was a tag team match between the team of WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake (who would later be known as The Mega-Maniacs in the 1990s) and the team of Randy Savage and Zeus. The main matches on the undercard were Ted DiBiase versus Jimmy Snuka, Ultimate Warrior versus Rick Rude for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and Jim Duggan and Demolition (Ax and Smash) versus André the Giant and The Twin Towers (Akeem and Big Boss Man).

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1990 — 1990 Plainfield tornado

The 1990 Plainfield tornado was a devastating tornado that struck Plainfield, Illinois in the Chicago metropolitan area during the afternoon of August 28, 1990. The violent tornado killed 29 people and injured 353. It is the only F5/EF5 rated tornado officially recorded in August in the United States (the 1883 Rochester, Minnesota tornado is unofficially considered an F5), and the only F5 tornado to strike the Chicago area.

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1992 — Death of Tan Qixiang

On 28 August 1992, Tan Qixiang, a historical geographer, died.

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1993 — Singaporean presidential election, 1993

The Singaporean presidential election of 1993 was the first presidential election held in Singapore. Polling day was 28 August 1993. Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong became Singapore's first directly elected President. He defeated former Accountant-General Chua Kim Yeow, with a vote share of 58.69% to 41.31%.

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1993 — 1993 Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crash

On 28 August 1993 a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Tajikistan Airlines and served by a Yakovlev Yak-40 crashed during takeoff at Khorog Airport, killing 82 people on board (including 14 children). Militants during the civil war in Tajikistan forced the crew to take more passengers than the aircraft was able to carry, which led to an excess takeoff weight.

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1993 — 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

Ong Teng Cheong (22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002) was a Singaporean architect and politician who served as the fifth president of Singapore between 1993 and 1999 after winning the 1993 presidential election. Born when Singapore was part of the Straits Settlements, Ong was educated at the University of Adelaide, where he studied architecture.

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1993 — The Galileo spacecraft flies past the asteroid Ida

NASA’s Galileo spacecraft passed the asteroid 243 Ida on its way to Jupiter. Scientists later found Ida’s small moon, Dactyl, in images from the flyby. It was the first moon identified around an asteroid.

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1994 — Summer Spectacular (1994)

Summer Spectacular (1994) was the third Summer Spectacular professional wrestling event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). The event took place on August 28, 1994 at the Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka, Japan. Eleven matches were contested at the event. The main event featured Atsushi Onita taking on his longtime rival Masashi Aoyagi in a no ropes electrified explosive barbed wire barricade double hell match.

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1994 — 1994 Supercoppa Italiana

The 1994 Supercoppa Italiana was a match played by the 1993–94 Serie A winners AC Milan and 1993–94 Coppa Italia winners Sampdoria. It took place on 28 August 1994 at the San Siro in Milan, Italy. AC Milan won the match 4–3 on penalties to earn their fourth Supercoppa.

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1998 — 1998 UEFA Super Cup

The 1998 UEFA Super Cup was a football match that was played on 28 August 1998 at Stade Louis II, Monaco, contested between Champions League winners Real Madrid and Cup Winners' Cup holders Chelsea. Neither team had previously won the trophy. Chelsea won the match 1–0 with a late goal from Di Matteo. This was the first Super Cup to be played as a one-off match at a neutral venue. Previously it was played over two legs, although on some occasions, only one match was played, due to special circumstances.

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1999 — NJPW Jingu Climax

Jingu Climax: Battle of Last Summer (stylized as GIngu CLIMAX～BATTLE OF LAST SUMMER) was a major professional wrestling television special event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on August 28, 1999, at the Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo, Japan and was televised live on TV Asahi.

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1999 — Soyuz TM-29

Soyuz TM-29 was a Russian Soyuz spaceflight launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz 11A511U rocket. It docked with Mir on February 22, 1999 at 05:36 GMT with cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev of Russia, Jean-Pierre Haigneré of France, and Ivan Bella of Slovakia aboard. Since two crew seats had been sold (to Slovakia and France), Afanasyev was the only Russian cosmonaut aboard.

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.

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2002 — Pride Shockwave

Pride Shockwave Dynamite! is the international PPV broadcast name for the mixed martial arts and kickboxing event co-promoted by the PRIDE Fighting Championships and K-1 on August 28, 2002. It was held at the Tokyo National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. The proper name for the event was Dynamite! Biggest Mixed Martial Arts World Cup - Summer Night Fever in the National Stadium, also known shortly as Dynamite!

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2003 — 2003 Egyptian Super Cup

The 2003–04 Egyptian Super Cup was the third Egyptian Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Egyptian Premier League and Egypt Cup. It was played at Cairo Military Academy Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, on 28 August 2003, contested by Al Ahly and Zamalek. Al Ahly defeated Zamalek and won the match 3–1 on penalties after being tied 0–0.

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2003 — A collar bomb kills Brian Wells near Erie

Brian Wells, a pizza delivery driver, died when an explosive device fastened around his neck detonated after a bank robbery near Erie, Pennsylvania.

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2004 — 2004 Kuala Berang by-election

The 2004 Kuala Berang by-election is a by-election for the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly state seat of Kuala Berang, Malaysia that were held on 28 August 2004. It was called following the death of the incumbent, Komaruddin Abdul Rahman on 30 July 2004.

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2005 — 2005 Iranian Super Cup

The 2005 Iranian Super Cup was the first Iranian Super Cup, held on 28 August 2005 between the 2004–05 Iran Pro League champions Foolad and the 2004–05 Hazfi Cup winners Saba.

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2006 — Battle of Diwaniya

The Battle of Diwaniya took place in Diwaniyah, 180 kilometers south of Baghdad, on 28 August 2006 between the Mahdi Army and the Iraqi Army. The fighting erupted after coalition troops arrested a Sadr militia leader. The militia engaged in heavy street fighting with Iraqi soldiers which lasted late into the night. Militia fighters were entrenched in residential areas during the fighting. The Iraqi Army claims that most of its casualties occurred when Mahdi militiamen captured and executed a group of soldiers who had run out of ammunition. By next morning a ceasefire was in place with 23 Iraqi soldiers, 20 militiamen and 7 civilians killed.

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2006 — Guyanese general election, 2006

General elections were held in Guyana on 28 August 2006. The result was a victory for the ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP), which won 36 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.

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2006 — Battle of Sampur

The Battle of Sampur was fought in 2006 for the town of Sampur during the Sri Lankan civil war.

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2007 — 2007 Montgomery mayoral election

The 2007 Montgomery mayoral election took place on August 28, 2007, to elect the Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Bobby Bright. The election was officially nonpartisan. Had no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff election would have been held between the top two candidates.

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2009 — 2009 UEFA Super Cup

The 2009 UEFA Super Cup was the 34th UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions. The match was contested by 2008–09 UEFA Champions League winners, Barcelona, and 2008–09 UEFA Cup winners, Shakhtar Donetsk at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 28 August 2009, following the UEFA Champions League and Europa League draws at the Grimaldi Forum.

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2009 — STS-128

STS-128 (ISS assembly flight 17A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on August 28, 2009. Space Shuttle Discovery carried the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo as its primary payload. It was Discovery's 37th flight. Leonardo contained a collection of experiments for studying the physics and chemistry of microgravity.

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2010 — UFC 118

UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 28, 2010 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The third UFC Fan Expo coincided with the event. This event was the first the UFC held in Massachusetts.

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2011 — IWRG La Jaula de la Muerte

La Jaula de la Muerte (Spanish for "The Cage of Death") was a special professional wrestling event produced by the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), that took place on August 28, 2011, at Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. The focal point of the show and the inspiration for the event name was the main event steel cage match between four trios teams with each group "betting" something on the outcome of the match. Under the rules of the match the last wrestler in the cage would be deemed the loser along with his partners, losing their "bet", while the second to last person in the ring would be declared the winners of the same bet.

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2011 — Donegal v Dublin (2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship)

The Donegal vs Dublin football match that took place on 28 August 2011 at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, was the second semi-final match of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Both teams reached the stage with an undefeated record in the competition. The game was administered by Laois officials led by Stradbally referee Maurice Deegan. The result was a scoreline unprecedented in recent Championship history; Donegal led 0–04 - 0-02 at half time, Dublin won the second half 0–06 - 0-02 and the game by a scoreline of 0–08 - 0-06. The match was played in front of a sell-out crowd.

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2011 — Battle of Tripoli (2011)

The Battle of Tripoli (Arabic: ﻣﻌﺮﻛﺔ ﻃﺮﺍﺑﻠﺲ ma'arakat Ṭarābulis), sometimes referred to as the Fall of Tripoli (Arabic: سقوط طرابلس suqūt Ṭarābulis), was a military confrontation in Tripoli, Libya, between loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi, the longtime leader of Libya, and the National Transitional Council, which was attempting to overthrow Gaddafi and take control of the capital.

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2011 — 2011 Libyan rebel coastal offensive

The 2011 Libyan rebel coastal offensive was a major rebel offensive of the Libyan Civil War. It was mounted by anti-Gaddafi forces with the intention of cutting off the supply route from Tunisia for pro-Gaddafi loyalist forces in Tripoli.

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2011 — Operación Escorpión

Operación Escorpión (Operation Scorpion), was a military operation conducted by the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense, from August 28 to October 31, 2011, in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí. The prime objective was to weaken the Zetas and Gulf cartels. During the operation, 75 attacks from the criminals were prevented and repelled.

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2011 — Manchester United F.C. 8–2 Arsenal F.C.

The first fixture between Manchester United and Arsenal in the 2011–12 Premier League season was played on 28 August 2011 at Old Trafford in Manchester. Manchester United won the match 8–2, making it Arsenal's heaviest league defeat since 1927, 84 years earlier, when they lost 7–0 to West Ham United in the old Football League First Division.

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2012 — 2012 Glendale, Arizona, mayoral election

Glendale, Arizona, held an election for mayor on August 28, 2012. It saw the election of Jerry Weiers.

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2012 — Tommy Battle is re-elected mayor of Huntsville

Tommy Battle won a second term as mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. He defeated former mayor Loretta Spencer and candidate Jackie Reed.

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2013 — UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2

UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 27) was a mixed martial arts event held on August 28, 2013 at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The event was broadcast live on Fox Sports 1.

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2014 — 2014 Eastern Syria offensive

The 2014 Eastern Syria offensive was launched by the Islamic State (ISIL or IS) against government-held military installations in eastern Syria during the Syrian Civil War, after the group has expelled the Syrian rebels from the region. The offensive is considered to be the largest military attack against the Syrian government launched by ISIL since its establishment.

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2014 — Battle of Tabqa Airbase

The Battle of Tabqa Airbase refers to a series of clashes between the Islamic State (IS) and the Syrian Arab Armed Forces in August 2014, during the Syrian Civil War. Tabqa was the last bastion for Syrian military forces in Raqqa province, which at the end of the battle came fully under the control of the Islamic State.

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2014 — Battle of Novoazovsk

Insurgents affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), backed by Russian troops, opened a new front in the war in Donbas on 25 August 2014, when they attacked the Ukrainian government-controlled city of Novoazovsk in southern Donetsk. Government forces were forced to retreat from Novoazovsk, leaving DPR forces in control.

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2015 — Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015)

The al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015) was an offensive launched by rebels during the Syrian Civil War to capture areas surrounding Jisr al-Shughur, and to establish a foothold in the al-Ghab plain, in northwestern Syria's Idlib and Hama governorates.

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2015 — The 2015 Battle of Los Angeles wrestling tournament opens

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla began its three-night tournament at American Legion Post 308 in Reseda. Matt Sydal and Will Ospreay were among the wrestlers who advanced from the first round.

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2016 — Triplemanía XXIV

Triplemanía XXIV was a professional wrestling event produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion AAA or Triple A. The event took place on August 28, 2016, and was held in the Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event Was the 24th year in a row that AAA had held a Triplemanía show, and was the 31st show held under the Triplemanía banner since 1993. The annual Triplemanía show is AAA's biggest show of the year, serving as the culmination of major storylines and feature wrestlers from all over the world competing in what has been described as AAA's version of WrestleMania or their Super Bowl event.

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2016 — Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016

Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016: World's Hottest Summer (両国ピーターパン2016〜世界でいちばん熱い夏〜, Ryōgoku Pītā Pan 2016: Sekai de Ichiban Atsui Natsu) was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on August 28, 2016, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event featured twelve matches, six of which were contested for championships. The event aired on Fighting TV Samurai.

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2016 — India flight-tests its first scramjet technology demonstrator

The Indian Space Research Organisation launched an experimental rocket from Sriharikota. The flight demonstrated ignition and operation of air-breathing scramjet engines at supersonic speed.

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2017 — 2017 China–India border standoff

The 2017 China–India border standoff or Doklam standoff was a military border standoff between the Indian Armed Forces and the People's Liberation Army of China over Chinese construction of a road in Doklam, near a trijunction border area known in Chinese as Donglang, or Donglang Caochang (meaning Donglang pasture or grazing field).

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2018 — 2018 Orange County, Florida mayoral election

The 2018 Orange County, Florida, mayoral election took place on August 28, 2018. Incumbent Mayor Teresa Jacobs was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings, a Democrat, ran to succeed Jacobs. He faced two Republican opponents in the nonpartisan primary election: County Commissioner Pete Clarke and business consultant Rob Panepinto.

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2018 — 2018 Tallahassee mayoral election

The 2018 Tallahassee mayoral election took place on August 28 and November 6, 2018, to elect the mayor of Tallahassee, Florida. Incumbent mayor Andrew Gillum decided to focus his campaign on the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election instead of seeking re-election which opened up a new seat for the mayor's office. A blanket primary was held on August 28 with both John E. Dailey and Dustin R. Daniels receiving the most votes.

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2019 — 2019 Montgomery mayoral election

The 2019 Montgomery mayoral election took place on August 28 and October 8, 2019, to elect the Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama. Incumbent Republican Mayor Todd Strange, who had been elected to a partial term and two full terms as mayor, did not seek re-election to a fourth full term in office. The election was officially nonpartisan.

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2021 — 2021 Northern Territory local elections

The 2021 Northern Territory local elections were held on 28 August 2021 to elect the councils of the 17 local government areas (LGAs) in the Northern Territory, Australia. Six councils also held mayoral elections. 303 candidates contested the elections to fill a total of 159 council and mayoral positions. Two councils did not have enough nominations to fill all vacancies, causing supplementary elections to be held.

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2021 — UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Chikadze

UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Chikadze (also known as UFC on ESPN 30 and UFC Vegas 35) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 28, 2021, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.

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2021 — 2021 Alice Springs Town Council election

The 2021 Alice Springs Town Council election were held on 28 August 2021 to elect a mayor and eight councillors to the Town of Alice Springs. The election was held as part of the local government elections held throughout the Northern Territory. Matt Paterson was elected mayor with a two-candidate-preferred margin of just two votes. It was the closest-ever result in an election conducted by the Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC).

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2021 — 2021 Darwin City Council election

The 2021 Darwin City Council election was held on 28 August 2021 to elect a lord mayor and twelve councillors to the City of Darwin. The election was held as part of the local government elections held throughout the Northern Territory.

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2021 — Results of the 2021 Northern Territory local elections

This is a list of local government area (LGA) results for the 2021 Northern Territory local elections.

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2021 — 2021 Albanian Supercup

The 2021 Albanian Supercup was the 28th edition of the Albanian Supercup, an annual Albanian football match. The teams were decided by taking the previous season's Kategoria Superiore champions and the winners of the Albanian Cup. The match was contested by Teuta, champions of the 2020–21 Kategoria Superiore, and Vllaznia, the 2020–21 Albanian Cup winners.

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2021 — 2021 Zambian Charity Shield

The 2021 Zambian Charity Shield (also known as The Atlas Mara Samuel ‘Zoom’ Ndhlovu Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 56th Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Super League Zesco United and ABSA Cup Lusaka Dynamos. The match was set to be played on 21 August and was later postponed to 28 August at Woodlands stadium.

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2022 — 2022 Phoenix shooting

On August 28, 2022, a mass shooting occurred outside of a Days Inn motel in Phoenix, Arizona. The perpetrator, 24-year-old Isaiah Steven Williams, wearing tactical equipment and armed with a rifle and explosive weapons, killed two people and wounded five others, including two police officers. A brief shootout ensued between the perpetrator and law enforcement before the incident ended when Williams committed suicide.

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2022 — 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup final

The 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup final was the final match of the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica. The match was played at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José on 28 August 2022 and was contested by Spain and Japan.

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2022 — 2022 Kagawa gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held on 28 August 2022 to elect the next governor of Kagawa (香川県, Kagawa-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the north of the island of Shikoku. Keizo Hamada, the incumbent governor since 2010 and a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat, is not seeking reelection.

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2022 — 2022 Trophée des Championnes

The 2022 Trophée des Championnes was the 2nd edition of the French Super Cup. The match was contested by the 2021–22 Division 1 Féminine champions, Lyon, and the 2021–22 Coupe de France Féminine winners, Paris Saint-Germain. The match was played at the Stade Marcel-Tribut in Dunkirk on 28 August 2022.

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2022 — EBS International Documentary Festival

EBS International Documentary Festival also known as EIDF, is an annual film festival hosted by the Educational Broadcasting System of South Korea since 2004. It is "Asia’s prestigious documentary festival", with focus on highlighting documentary films on Asia or made in Asia. It is open to countries from around the world.

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2025 — Death of Lai Xuan

On 28 August 2025, Lai Xuan, an actor, died.

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