Born on 28 August 1973

At A Glance

28 August 1973 at a glance

Day of the week

28 August 1973 was a Tuesday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Delta Dawn” by Helen Reddy was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1973

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1973 was The Exorcist.

Star sign

The star sign for 28 August is Virgo.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 28 August 1973 fell in the Year of the Ox.

Birthstone

The birthstone for August is Peridot.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 28 August 1973 was New Moon.

On this day: 28 August

• 1957 U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the United States Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later. This would remain the longest speech ever conducted by a single Senator until Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and five minutes, beginning on March 31, 2025.
• 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.
• 1968 Police and protesters clash during 1968 Democratic National Convention protests as protesters chant "The whole world is watching".
• 1990 Gulf War: Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
• 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.

Famous people born on 28 August

• David Fincher, American director and producer (born 1962)
• Shania Twain, Grammy Award-winning Canadian Country Singer-Songwriter (born 1965)
• Jack Kirby, Comic Book Artist and Writer (1917–1994)
• Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor (born 1956)

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