What happend on 28th August

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1990

The Plainfield Tornado: An F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people.

1990

Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.

1988

At an air show in Ramstein, West Germany, three stunt fighters collide; 69 people die.

1986

US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment for espionage for the Soviet Union.

1986

Stage of siege declared in Bolivia.

1981

The National Centers for Disease Control announce a high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men. Soon, these will be recognized as symptoms of an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS.

1979

An IRA bomb explodes on the Great Market in Brussels.

1975

Missionary Armand Doll is imprisoned in Mozambique by Marxist extremists.

1972

During the Olympic Games in Munich, Mark Spitz gets his first of seven gold medals in swimming events.

1971

The dollar is allowed to float against the yen for the first time.