Did you know
Fatima's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and the first Shia imam.
Notable Deaths on August 28
632 — Fatimah
daughter of Muhammad (born 605)
August 28 has 105 recorded notable deaths across history, from 388 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
105 source records
388 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on August 28
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1917 Ten suffragists, members of the Silent Sentinels, are arrested while picketing the White House in favor of women's suffrage in the United States. Source
- 1993 Singaporean presidential election: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected President of Singapore. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition. Source
- 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. Source
- 1901 Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country. Source
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Ruth Gordon Jones was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and novelist, widely known for a career that spanned seven decades, beginning by performing on Broadway at age 19.
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During his long rule, Pakal was responsible for the construction or extension of some of Palenque's most notable surviving inscriptions and monumental architecture.
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The son of Edward, King of Portugal, and Eleanor of Aragon, Afonso acceded to the throne when he was only six years old.
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Empress Kōken was the 46th and 48th monarch of Japan according to the traditional order of succession.
More major people who died on August 28
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1985
Ruth Gordon
American actress and screenwriter (born 1896)
Ruth Gordon Jones was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and novelist, widely known for a career that spanned seven decades, beginning by performing on Broadway at age 19.
683
Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I
ajaw of the city-state of Palenque (born 615)
Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I, also known as Pacal or Pacal the Great, was ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque in the Late Classic period of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology.
1481
Afonso V
king of Portugal (born 1432)
Afonso V, also known as the African, was King of Portugal from 1438 until he died in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477.
770
Kōken
emperor of Japan (born 718)
Empress Kōken was the 46th and 48th monarch of Japan according to the traditional order of succession.
1959
Bohuslav Martinů
Czech-American composer and educator (born 1890)
Bohuslav Jan Martinů was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores, and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and instrumental works.
1978
Bruce Catton
American historian and journalist (born 1899)
Charles Bruce Catton was an American historian and journalist who wrote books concerning the American Civil War.
2015
Al Arbour
Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1932)
Alger Joseph Arbour was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive. He is seventh for games coached in National Hockey League history and eighth all-time in wins.
2010
William P. Foster
American bandleader and educator (born 1919)
William Patrick Foster, also known as The Law and The Maestro, was the director of the noted Florida A&M University Marching "100". He served as the band's director from 1946 to his retirement in 1998.
1678
John Berkeley
1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1602)
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton of Berkeley House in Westminster and of Twickenham Park in Middlesex, was an English royalist soldier, politician and diplomat, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family.
1995
Earl W. Bascom
American rodeo performer and painter (born 1906)
Earl Wesley Bascom was an American-Canadian painter, printmaker, sculptor, cowboy, rodeo performer, inventor, and Hollywood actor.
1609
Francis Vere
English governor and general
Sergeant Major General Sir Francis Vere was an English army officer and politician who served during the reign of Elizabeth I and fought mainly in the Low Countries during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585–1604 and the…
1972
Prince William of Gloucester (born 1941)
Prince William of Gloucester was a member of the British royal family.
2009
Adam Goldstein
American drummer, DJ, and producer (born 1973)
Adam Michael Goldstein, known professionally as DJ AM, was an American DJ. Born in Philadelphia, Goldstein became interested in deejaying as a child after watching Herbie Hancock perform his 1983 single "Rockit".
876
Louis the German
Frankish king (born 804)
Louis the German, also known as Louis II of Germany, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD.
2008
Phil Hill
American race car driver (born 1927)
Philip Toll Hill Jr. was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1966.
1645
Hugo Grotius
Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (born 1583)
Hugo Grotius, also known as Hugo de Groot or Huig de Groot, was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, statesman, poet and playwright.
1981
Béla Guttmann
Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1899)
Béla Guttmann was a Hungarian footballer and coach, most famously remembered for his manegerial stints at S.L. Benfica.
1987
John Huston
Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1906)
John Marcellus Huston was an American and Irish filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning five decades, he wrote the screenplays for many of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics.
1839
William Smith
English geologist and engineer (born 1769)
William 'Strata' Smith was an English geologist, credited with creating the first detailed, nationwide geological map of any country.