August 28th (1818) was a Friday. It's the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days left to the end of the year.
August 28th Famous Deaths for 1818
» Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
August 28th Holidays in History
» Assumption of Mary (Eastern Orthodox Church, a public holiday in the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Georgia (country) known as Georgia)
» Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
» Augustine of Hippo
» Saint Hermes
» Moses the Black (Episcopal Church (USA), Lutheran Church)