Births on August 28

Tony MacGibbon

Born on August 28, 1924

Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer (d. 2010)

Anthony Roy MacGibbon, (28 August 1924 – 6 April 2010) was a cricketer who played 26 Tests for New Zealand.

MacGibbon was a useful lower-order right-hand batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler who led the attack for his country for most of the 1950s. Tall and able to move the ball off the seam, MacGibbon was known as a wholehearted cricketer in what was, for most of his career, one of the weakest teams in international cricket.

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Events on 1924

12 Feb

Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
25 Mar

Second Hellenic Republic
On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
8 Apr

Atatürk's Reforms
Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
4 Aug

Soviet Union
Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
23 Nov

Andromeda Galaxy
Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.

Births on August 28

Tony MacGibbon

Born on August 28, 1924

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Events on 1924

Rhapsody in Blue

Second Hellenic Republic

Atatürk's Reforms

Soviet Union

Andromeda Galaxy