August 28th (1988) was a Sunday. 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.
Historical Events for 28th August, 1988
» Ramstein airshow disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
August 28th Famous Deaths for 1988
» Jean Marchand, Canadian union leader and politician (b. 1918)
» Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1919)
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)