📅 August 28 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on August 28? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1789Astronomer William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn
- 1830The locomotive "Tom Thumb" raced a horse-drawn railcar in Maryland
- 1845The first issue of Scientific American magazine was published
- 1963Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C.
- 1993The Galileo spacecraft flew past the asteroid Ida and found it has a tiny moon, Dactyl
🎂 Born on August 28
- ⚡ Satoshi Tajiri (1965) — creator of Pokémon
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August 28 quiz
In what year? 🌙 Astronomer William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn
In what year? 🚂 The locomotive "Tom Thumb" raced a horse-drawn railcar in Maryland
In what year? 📰 The first issue of Scientific American magazine was published
Which famous person was born on August 28?