Sunday, August 28, 3701 is a Sunday. It is day 240 of 3701 (65.8% through the year), ISO week 34, in Q3.
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On August 28, 3701, we mark the 1,730th anniversary of notable events in history. In 1993, the NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida, capturing photographs that revealed the first known asteroid moon. This significant discovery expanded our understanding of the asteroid belt and its celestial bodies. Additionally, on this day in 1987, construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, which would become the tallest building in North Korea. Today is also a day to commemorate several historical figures, including Alexander of Constantinople, Augustine of Hippo, Edmund Arrowsmith, Florentina, and Hermes. The moon is in a Waxing Gibbous phase, and the zodiac sign is Virgo, marking a period of attention to detail and practicality. As w...
On August 28, 3701, we mark the 1,730th anniversary of notable events in history.
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Historical Milestones
The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service.
Thomson–East Coast Line →The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured).
Galileo (spacecraft) →The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon.
Galileo (spacecraft) →Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.
Ryugyong Hotel →Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; the hostages had bonded with their captors during the incident, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.
Norrmalmstorg robbery →American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
Martin Luther King Jr. →African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.
Emmett Till →American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.
Althea Gibson →A confrontation at Blargies prison camp in France led to a charge of mutiny for New Zealand private John Braithwaite, for which he was later executed.
Blargies prison camp →The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.
1909 Monterrey hurricane →Tom Thumb (replica pictured), the first American-built steam locomotive, took part in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.
Tom Thumb (locomotive) →With the first use of his 1.2-metre (3.9 ft) telescope, then the largest in the world, William Herschel discovered a new moon of Saturn, later named Enceladus (pictured).
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Questions & Answers
Sunday, August 28, 3701 falls on a Sunday.
in 611,727 days (in 1674 years, 10 months, 7 days). It is day 240 of 3701 with 125 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Sunday, August 28, 3701 is written as XXVIII.VIII.MMMDCCI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waxing Gibbous (approx. 85% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Virgo.