On August 26, 1791, John Fitch was granted a united states patent for the steamboat.
Day: August 28, 2022
Bansi Lal (26 August 1927 – 28 March 2006) was an Indian independence activist, senior Congress leader, former Chief Minister of Haryana.
James Franck (26 August 1882 – 21 May 1964) was a German physicist who won the 1925 Nobel Prize for Physics with Gustav Hertz.
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (6 January 1745 – 2 August 1799) – were aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers.
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi (born 26 August 1956) is an animal rights activist, politician, and environmentalist.
Madhur Bhandarkar (born 26 August 1968) is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer.
Neha Dhupia (born 27 August 1980) is an Indian actress who works predominantly known for her work in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films.
Sir Donald George ‘Don’ Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), was an Australian cricketer.
Dalip Singh Rana (born 27 August 1972), better known by his ring name The Great Khali, is an Indian professional wrestler, and actor.
The Henkel He 178 was the world’s first aircraft to fly under turbojet power. Its first flew on 27 August 1939.
Carl Bosch (27 August 1874 – 26 April 1940) was a German chemist and engineer and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
Charles Stewart Rolls(27 August 1877 – 12 July 1910) was a British motoring and aviation pioneer. With Henry Royce, he co-founded the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing firm.
