Today is Wednesday, August 28: day 241 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 125 days.
The sun will rise at 5:28 Moscow time, and will set at 19:36. At 12:32 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 14 hours 7 minutes, and darkness will last 9 hours 53 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 10 after Pentecost. Fast day. Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of Our Lord and the Virgin Mary.
Name day: Maria.
Secular holidays
The world celebrates Dream Day today. Montenegro celebrates Kingdom Day on August 28, and Venice (Italy) is hosting the 81st Film Festival, which will run until September 7.
Events of August 28
In 1937, the independent history of the Toyota company began, with Kiichiro Toyoda at its head.
In 1976, in Massachusetts (USA), an artificial gene was synthesized for the first time.
In 1990, Iraq annexed Kuwait.
In 1991, the last government of the USSR was dismissed.
In 2014, Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially became the President of Turkey for the first time.
Who was born on August 28
In 1749, the scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.
In 1899, the writer Andrei Platonov was born.
In 1925, writers Arkady Strugatsky and Yuri Trifonov were born.
In 1948, People's Artist of the RSFSR, actress Natalya Gundareva was born.
In 1949, People's Artist of the RSFSR, singer Lyudmila Ryumina was born.
In 1962, director David Fincher was born.
Folk omens
If it is warm and sunny on the Assumption, then there will be no heat during the Indian summer.
A rainbow appears – autumn will be warm and sunny.
If it rains, there will be no good weather until the end of September.
Fog foretells a good mushroom harvest.
