![The ruins of Pozières looking north, 28 August](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Pozieres_view_north_28_August_1916.jpg/100px-Pozieres_view_north_28_August_1916.jpg)
- 1773 – Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, namesake of Brisbane, is born.
- 1916 – Arthur Seaforth Blackburn and John Leak awarded the Victoria Cross for their separate actions at the Battle of Pozières.
- 1938 – Bert Newton, award-winning media personality, is born.
- 1995 – Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke marries his biographer, Blanche d'Alpuget.