What happend on 28th August

27.08
29.08
2005

A mandatory evacuation is ordered by New Orleans, Louisiana mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco as Hurricane Katrina moved nearer to Louisiana.

2001

Dutch prime minister Wim Kok announces that he will not be available for another term as PvdA party leader or prime minister after the 2002 elections.

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.

1996

Britain's Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, are divorced.

1995

A mortar shell kills 38 people in Sarajevo, Bosnia.

1994

First Japanese gay pride march.

1993

Ong Teng Cheong elected president of Singapore

1993

A dam breaks in Qinghai, China. 223 die.

1993

76 die in an airplane crash in Tajikistan.

1991

A drunk motorman speeds into the Union Square station on the No. 4 line in New York City. The train derails on the curve, killing six passengers and injuring dozens.