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28 August 2022
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2021 - The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service.Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore
Anniversary
1993 - The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured).First NASA mission to orbit Jupiter (1989–2003)
Anniversary
1993 - The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon.First NASA mission to orbit Jupiter (1989–2003)
Anniversary
1987 - Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.Unfinished skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea
Anniversary
1973 - Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; the hostages had bonded with their captors during the incident, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.1973 bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden
Historical events
History
2022 - 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.Mass shooting in Arizona, U.S.
History
2017 - 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.Military dispute over road construction
History
2016 - 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.Indian national space and aeronautics agency
History
2009 - NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128.Space Shuttle orbiter (1984–2011)
History
2003 - 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.U.S. federal law enforcement agency
History
1999 - 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.1999 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir
History
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.Country in South Asia
History
1998 - Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.1998–2003 war in central Africa
History
1996 - 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.Defendants in a 1969–70 trial
History
1993 - 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.American space and aeronautics agency
Notable births
Born
2004 - Kano Fujihira, Japanese entertainerJapanese singer, dancer, model, and actress (born 2004)
Born
2001 - Kamilla Rakhimova, Russian tennis playerUzbekistani tennis player (born 2001)
Born
1998 - Weston McKennie, American soccer playerAmerican soccer player (born 1998)
Born
1996 - Kim Se-jeong, South Korean actress and singerSouth Korean singer and actress (born 1996)
Born
1994 - Ons Jabeur, Tunisian tennis playerTunisian tennis women player (born 1994)
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Steve Silberman, American writer and journalist (born 1957)American writer and journalist (1957–2024)
Died
2020 - Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (born 1976)American actor (1976–2020)
Died
2017 - Mireille Darc, French actress and model (born 1938)French model and actress (1938-2017)
Died
2016 - Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter (born 1950)Mexican singer and songwriter (1950–2016)
Died
2016 - Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and manager (born 1934)American professional wrestler and manager (1934–2016)
Died
2015 - Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1932)Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive (1932-2015)
Sky
Moon phase
New Moon
1.6% illuminated
Lunar age: 1.2 days
Sun zodiac
Virgo
5.18 degrees
Constellation: Leo
Moon zodiac
Virgo
18.50 degrees
Constellation: Leo
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.