EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
August 28
Friday, August 28, 2026
Day 239 of 2026 | Week 35 | 120 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
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.
ChinaβIndia 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.
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.
NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128.
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.
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.
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.
Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
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.
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.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
born in Newark
American swimmer (Olympic gold 400m
Mexican-American boxer (Olympic-92)
infielder (Montreal Expos)
Jewish-American rock singer-songwriter ("Tear Down The Walls")
American actor (High Fidelity; Kung Fu Panda)
Canadian-American actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210)
British photographer and daughter of Beatle Paul and Linda McCartney
Scottish actor (Seed of Chucky)
American ice hockey right wing (NY Islanders
Philippine-born Australian poet
Irish drummer (Hothouse Flowers - "Don't Go"; "Thing Of Beauty")
Indian social worker and politician
Japanese video game designer (Game Freak
American golfer (US Open 1993
π― yow.com Connection
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