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| August 28th, 2008 (August 28 2008) | Event | Senator Barack Obama, the first major African American to be nominated for president by a major political party, plans on accepting the Democratic Party s nomination in Denver. | Barack Obama Quotes |
| August 28th, 1998 (August 28 1998) | Event | 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. | |
| August 28th, 1988 (August 28 1988) | Event | Ramstein airshow disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and fall into the crowdied in 75 are killed, 346 seriously injured. | |
| August 28th, 1988 (August 28 1988) | Birth | Ray Jones, English footballer (died in 2007) | |
| August 28th, 1988 (August 28 1988) | Death | Jean Marchand, French Canadian union leader and politician (born in 1918) | |
| August 28th, 1978 (August 28 1978) | Birth | Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY) | |
| August 28th, 1978 (August 28 1978) | Birth | Shaniqua, American wrestling valet | |
| August 28th, 1978 (August 28 1978) | Death | Robert Shaw, English actor and writer (born in 1927) | |
| August 28th, 1968 (August 28 1968) | Event | Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention. | |
| August 28th, 1968 (August 28 1968) | Birth | Billy Boyd, Scottish actor | |
| August 28th, 1958 (August 28 1958) | Birth | Scott Hamilton, American figure skater | |
| August 28th, 1948 (August 28 1948) | Birth | Danny Seraphine, American musician (Chicago) | |
| August 28th, 1938 (August 28 1938) | Birth | Paul Martin, Canadaian politician | Paul Martin Quotes |
| August 28th, 1938 (August 28 1938) | Birth | Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist | |
| August 28th, 1928 (August 28 1928) | Birth | F. William Free, American advertising executive (died in 2003) | |
| August 28th, 1908 (August 28 1908) | Birth | Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist (died in 1996) | |
| August 28th, 1898 (August 28 1898) | Event | Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola". | |
| August 28th, 1898 (August 28 1898) | Birth | Charlie Grimm, baseball player (died in 1983) | |
| August 28th, 1878 (August 28 1878) | Birth | George Whipple, American scientist and Nobel laureate (died in 1976) | |
| August 28th, 1818 (August 28 1818) | Death | Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, founder of Chicago | |
| August 28th, 1678 (August 28 1678) | Death | John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (born in 1602) | |
| August 28th, 0388 (August 28 0388) | Death | Magnus Maximus, Roman usurper | |
