Vikash ks
28th August 2009, 09:56 AM
This Day In History - 28th August
475 The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
489 Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
1189 Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
1349 6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz, accused of being the cause of the plague.
1511 The Portuguese conquer Malacca.
1521 The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
1542 Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557) Battle of Wofla: the Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovγo da Gama is captured and afterwards executed.
1565 St. Augustine, Florida, is established. It is the oldest surviving European settlement in the United States.
1609 Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
1619 Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1640 Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
1789 William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn.
1810 Battle of Grand Port the French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
1830 The Tom Thumb presages the first railway service in the United States.
1845 Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue.
1849 After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria.
1859 A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far afield as Japan.
1862 American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the battle of Second Manassas.
1867 The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll.
1879 Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
1898 Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola".
1913 Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
1914 World War I: the Royal Navy beats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
1914 World War I: German troops conquer Namur.
1916 World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
1916 World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
1917 Ten suffragists are arrested when picketing the White House.
1924 Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
1931 France and Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
1937 Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1943 World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
1944 World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
1953 Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
1955 Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
1961 Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.
1964 The Philadelphia race riot begins.
1968 Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
1979 An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels.
1981 The National Centers for Disease Control announce a high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men. Soon, these will be recognized as symptoms of an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS.
1986 United States Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment for espionage for the Soviet Union.
1988 Ramstein airshow disaster: three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. 75 are killed and 346 seriously injured.
1990 Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1990 The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people.
1991 Collapse of the Soviet Union: Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1991 Collapse of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
1996 Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales are divorced.
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.
2003 An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.
475 The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
489 Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
1189 Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
1349 6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz, accused of being the cause of the plague.
1511 The Portuguese conquer Malacca.
1521 The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
1542 Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557) Battle of Wofla: the Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovγo da Gama is captured and afterwards executed.
1565 St. Augustine, Florida, is established. It is the oldest surviving European settlement in the United States.
1609 Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
1619 Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1640 Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
1789 William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn.
1810 Battle of Grand Port the French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
1830 The Tom Thumb presages the first railway service in the United States.
1845 Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue.
1849 After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria.
1859 A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far afield as Japan.
1862 American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the battle of Second Manassas.
1867 The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll.
1879 Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
1898 Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola".
1913 Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
1914 World War I: the Royal Navy beats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
1914 World War I: German troops conquer Namur.
1916 World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
1916 World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
1917 Ten suffragists are arrested when picketing the White House.
1924 Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
1931 France and Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
1937 Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1943 World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
1944 World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
1953 Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
1955 Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
1961 Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.
1964 The Philadelphia race riot begins.
1968 Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
1979 An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels.
1981 The National Centers for Disease Control announce a high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men. Soon, these will be recognized as symptoms of an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS.
1986 United States Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment for espionage for the Soviet Union.
1988 Ramstein airshow disaster: three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. 75 are killed and 346 seriously injured.
1990 Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1990 The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people.
1991 Collapse of the Soviet Union: Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1991 Collapse of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
1996 Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales are divorced.
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.
2003 An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.