Thursday, August 28, 3721 is a Thursday. It is day 240 of 3721 (65.8% through the year), ISO week 35, in Q3.
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On August 28, 3721, we mark day 240 of the year, with the moon in its Last Quarter phase and the zodiac sign being Virgo. Today is also a day to commemorate several historical figures, including Alexander of Constantinople, Augustine of Hippo, Edmund Arrowsmith, Florentina, and Hermes. Looking back at historical events on this day, in 2021, the second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service, while in 1993, the NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida, capturing photographs that revealed the first known asteroid moon. Additionally, 1987 saw the beginning of construction on the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, and in 1973, a hostage situation in Stockholm ended with the use of gas bombs by Swedish police, giving rise to...
On August 28, 3721, we mark day 240 of the year, with the moon in its Last Quarter phase and the zodiac sign being Virgo.
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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
Thursday, August 28, 3721 falls on a Thursday.
in 619,032 days (in 1694 years, 10 months, 7 days). It is day 240 of 3721 with 125 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Thursday, August 28, 3721 is written as XXVIII.VIII.MMMDCCXXI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Last Quarter (approx. 52% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Virgo.