{"id":23056,"date":"2020-08-28T04:06:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T22:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=23056"},"modified":"2020-08-27T16:17:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T10:47:28","slug":"history-of-28-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-28-august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 28 August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1990 &#8211; Iraq declared Kuwait to be\nits 19th province and renamed Kuwait City al-Kadhima.<\/li><li>1995 &#8211; The biggest bank in the U.S.\nwas created when Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank announced their $10 billion\ndeal.<\/li><li>1996 &#8211; A divorce decree was issued\nfor Britain&#8217;s Charles and Princess Diana. This was the official end to the\n15-year marriage.<\/li><li>1998 &#8211; The Pakistani prime minister\ncreated new Islamic order and legal system based on the Koran.<\/li><li>2004 &#8211; George Brunstad, at age 70,\nbecame the oldest person to swim the English Channel. The swim from Dover,\nEngland, to Sangatte, France, took 15 hours and 59 minutes.<\/li><li>2008 &#8211; In China, the Shanghai World\nFinancial Center officially opened. The observation decks opened on August 30.<\/li><li>2014 &#8211; Google announced its Project\nWing. The project was aimed at delivering products across a city using unmanned\nflying vehicles. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrating Birthday Today <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1981\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Matt Alrich, American lacrosse player<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Kezia Dugdale, Scottish politician<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Martin Erat, Czech ice hockey player<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Daniel Gygax, Swiss footballer<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Raphael Matos, Brazilian race car driver<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Jake Owen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Ahmed Talbi, Moroccan footballer<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Agata Wr\u00f3bel, Polish weightlifter<\/li><li>1982\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Anderson Silva de Fran\u00e7a, Brazilian footballer<\/li><li>1982 \u2013\u00a0Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer<\/li><li>1982 \u2013\u00a0Thiago Motta, Brazilian-Italian footballer<\/li><li>1982 \u2013\u00a0LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter and actress<\/li><li>1983\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer<\/li><li>1983 \u2013\u00a0Luke McAlister, New Zealand rugby player<\/li><li>1983 \u2013\u00a0Lilli Schwarzkopf, German heptathlete<\/li><li>1985\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kjetil Jansrud, Norwegian skier<\/li><li>1986\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jeff Green, American basketball player<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Armie Hammer, American actor<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Tommy Hanson, American baseball player (d. 2015)<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Simon Mannering, New Zealand rugby league player<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier and hostage<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Florence Welch, English singer-songwriter<\/li><li>1987\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Caleb Moore, American snowmobile racer (d. 2013)<\/li><li>1989\u00a0\u2013\u00a0C\u00e9sar Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer<\/li><li>1989 \u2013\u00a0Valtteri Bottas, Finnish race car driver<\/li><li>1989 \u2013\u00a0Jo Kwon, South Korean singer and dancer<\/li><li>1989 \u2013\u00a0Cassadee Pope, American singer-songwriter<\/li><li>1990\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bojan Krki\u0107, Spanish footballer<\/li><li>1991\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer<\/li><li>1991 \u2013\u00a0Andreja Peji\u0107\u00a0Bosnian model\u00a0<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_28#cite_note-4\">[<\/a><\/sup><\/li><li>1992\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gabriela Dr\u0103goi, Romanian gymnast<\/li><li>1992 \u2013\u00a0Bismack Biyombo, Congolese basketball player<\/li><li>1992 \u2013\u00a0Max Collins, American-Filipino actress and model<\/li><li>1993\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jakub Sokol\u00edk, Czech footballer<\/li><li>1994\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bobby Andonov, Australian singer<\/li><li>1994 \u2013\u00a0Manon Arcangioli, French tennis player<\/li><li>1994 \u2013\u00a0Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)<\/li><li>1995\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joshua Kalu, American football player<\/li><li>2003\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Quvenzhan\u00e9 Wallis, American actress<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1990 &#8211; Iraq declared Kuwait to be its 19th province and renamed Kuwait City al-Kadhima. 1995 &#8211; The biggest bank in the U.S. was created when Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank announced their $10 billion deal. 1996 &#8211; A divorce decree was issued for Britain&#8217;s Charles and Princess Diana. 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