NASA'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. Date: August 28, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This…
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 while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago during that year's Democratic National Convention. Date: August 28, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa. Date: August 28, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: August 28, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: August 28, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: August 28, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on…
NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128. Date: August 28, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: August 28, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: August 28, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On This Day…
Phoenix shooting: A man opens fire on pedestrians outside of a hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, resulting in the deaths of three people, including the perpetrator. Date: August 28, 2022 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 2022 📅 On This Day (Today)