At A Glance

28 August 2018 at a glance

Day of the week
28 August 2018 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “In My Feelings” by Drake.
Top Film of 2018
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2018 was Avengers: Infinity War.
Top-Rated TV Show
“Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2018–19 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 28 August is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 28 August 2018 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for August is Peridot.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 28 August 2018 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 28 August

  • 1998 Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
  • 1999 The Russian space mission Soyuz TM-29 reaches completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the space station Mir as it approaches the end of its life.
  • 2009 NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128.
  • 2016 The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System is successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
  • 2017 China–India border standoff: China and India both pull their troops out of Doklam, putting an end to a two-month-long stalemate over China's construction of a road in disputed territory.

Famous people born on August 28

  • 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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Events of 2018 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2018 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 13 – The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency sends a false alarm warning of an incoming ballistic missile attack, causing widespread panic across the state.
  • February 6 – SpaceX successfully launches its Falcon Heavy rocket from LC39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center.
  • February 16 – Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler, is released by Marvel Studios as the 18th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Life in the US in 2018

President

Donald Trump

Gas (per gallon)

$2.72

Loaf of Bread

$2.20

Average House

$347,800

Weekly Wage

$898

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