August 28

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[edit] Events

• 489 - Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
• 1189 - The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
• 1916 -World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
• 1943 - In Denmark, a general strike against the German occupation is started.
• 1964 - The Philadelphia race riot begins.
• 1979 - An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels.

[edit] Births

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

[edit] Deaths

• 430 - Augustine of Hippo, North African saint and theologian (b. 354)
• 1955 - Emmett Till,Afro American civil rights movement icon (b. 1941)