Portal:History of science/Selected anniversaries/August 28
- 1749 - Birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832)
- 1789 - William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn
- 1801 - Birth of Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician (d. 1877)
- 1839 - Death of William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769)
- 1859 - A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far afield as Japan
- 1878 - Birth of George Whipple, American scientist and Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
- 1908 - Birth of Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist (d. 1996)
- 1965 - Death of Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)
- 2005 - Death of Esther Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1910)
- 2005 - Death of George Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1911)
- 2006 - Death of Melvin Schwartz, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1932)