What happened on August 28 ?

1025 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)

1582 (O.S.) - Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)

1592 - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1628)

1612 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)

1714 - Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774)

1749 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832)

1774 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, American-born Catholic saint (d. 1821)

1814 - Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873)

1828 (O.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1910)

1840 - Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant in Japan

1849 - Benjamin Godard, French composer (d. 1895)

1853 - Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer and inventor (d. 1939)

1867 - Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948)

1878 - George Whipple, American scientist, and Nobel laureate (d. 1976)

1894 - Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981)

1894 - Elisha Scott, footballer (d. 1959)

1899 - Charles Boyer, French actor (d. 1978)

1903 - Bruno Bettelheim, American psychologist (d. 1990)

1904 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet engine pioneer (d. 1980)

1906 - John Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984)

1908 - Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and illustrator (d. 1996)

1910 - Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)

1911 - Joseph Luns, Dutch politician (d. 2002)

1913 - Robertson Davies, Canadian writer (d. 1995)

1913 - Richard Tucker, American tenor (d. 1975)

1916 - Jack Vance, American author

1917 - Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 1994)

1919 - Godfrey Hounsfield, English inventor and Nobel Laureate (d. 2004)

1920 - Frits Bernard, pedophile activist

1924 - Janet Frame, New Zealand author

1924 - Peggy Ryan, American actress (d. 2004)

1925 - Donald O'Connor, American singer, dancer, and actor (d. 2003)

1929 - Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)

1930 - Ben Gazzara, American actor

1931 - John Shirley-Quirk, English bass-baritone

1932 - Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player

1938 - Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada

1938 - Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist

1941 - Baroness Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Belgian aristocrat

1942 - Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1995)

1943 - David Soul, American actor

1943 - Lou Piniella, baseball manager

1944 - Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer

1944 - Melvin Dummar, claimed Howard Hughes heir

1947 - Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress

1952 - Rita Dove, former U.S. poet laureate

1952 - Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman

1957 - Daniel Stern, American actor

1957 - Rick Rossovich, American actor

1958 - Scott Hamilton, American figure skater

1960 - Emma Samms, English actress

1961 - Kim Appleby, British singer

1965 - Amanda Tapping, Canadian actress

1965 - Shania Twain, Canadian singer

1966 - René Higuita, Colombian footballer

1968 - Billy Boyd, Scottish actor

1969 - Jason Priestley, Canadian actor

1969 - Jack Black, American actor and musician

1971 - Todd Eldredge, American figure skater

1971 - Janet Evans, American swimmer

1978 - Jess Margera, American drummer

1979 - Robert Hoyzer, German football referee

1979 - Markus Pröll, German footballer

1980 - T.J. Beam, Baseball Player

1981 - Martin Erat, Czech hockey player

1982 - LeAnn Rimes, American singer