Historical Events on August 28

1238 battle between Icelandic clans

Battle during the Eighty Years' War

1640 battle in Newburn, Northumberland, England

1651 battle that took place during the Third English Civil War

1656 military engagement of the Deluge in Greater Poland

1797 treaty between the United States and the Beylik of Tunis

Battle during the Finnish War

Battle on August 28, 1862, in Fauquier County

Engagement during the 1891 Chilean Civil War

1914 first naval battle of World War I

Combat and other actions in World War II from August 20–26, 1944

Longest U.S. Senate filibuster

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — 1963 demonstration of the civil rights movement

I Have a Dream — 1963 speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington D.C. to 250.000 people of the civil rights movement, regarded as one of the most important speeches in US history

Earthquake in central Mexico

1975 plane bombing in Argentina

1977 Dutch Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1977

1983 Dutch Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1983

1988 Belgian Grand Prix — Formula One race

Ramstein air show disaster — aviation accident

1994 Belgian Grand Prix — Formula One race

2000 riots in Abuja, Nigeria

Battle between the Mahdi and Iraqi Armies in 2006

2014 battle for the al-Tabqa Airbase during the Syrian Civil War

Unrest after a suicide incident