August 28
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1898 — Caleb Bradham names his soft drink Pepsi-Cola .
1952 — Guy Nadon (Canadian French voice of Optimus Prime , Ironhide , Scourge and Grimlock ) is born.
1955 — Michitaka Kobayashi (Japanese voice of Bruticus , Bumblebee , Highbrow and more in The Headmasters ) is born.
1973 — Kirby Morrow (voice of Armada Rad and Hot Shot in Cybertron ) is born.
1974 — Leonardo García (Mexican voice of Midnight Express , Soundwave , Hardcore Eddie and more) is born.
1987 — The Headmasters episode "The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery " premieres in Japan .
1987 — The Headmasters for the Famicom Disk System is released in Japan .
1993 — The very first episode of the long running Power Rangers franchise broadcasts onto television .
1997 — Werner Abrolat (German voice of Devastator and Unicron in The Transformers : The Movie and a few other roles) dies.
2002 — Armada #2 is released by Dreamwave Productions .
2003 — Takara releases Legends of the Microns MC-11 Grap Super Mode , MM-16 Adventure Micron , and MS-07 Grap Super Mode & Adventure Micron .
2005 — Christoph Lindert (German voice actor for much of G1 and G2 ) passes away.
2006 — The 22nd show in the Kiss Players radio drama series airs in Japan on the "Lyrian Moe-tchao" program.
2010 — Animated Rodimus Minor , Samurai Prowl , Sunstorm , Swindle , Waspinator and the Cybertron Megatron & Cybertron Optimus Prime 2-pack are released in Japan .
2010 — The Animated episode "Swindle's Scheme " premieres in Japan .
2012 — The Japanese Collection — Victory DVD set is released in the U.S. by Shout! Studios .
2013 — Beast Hunters #4 , More than Meets the Eye #20 , Regeneration One #94 and The Transformers Classics , Vol. 5 are released by IDW Publishing .
2014 — TakaraTomy releases Cloud TFC-A02 Brawn and TFC-D02 Starscream .
2015 — Nintendo of America hosts the Splatoon "Autobots vs. Decepticons" Splatfest online event, starting at 9pm Pacific Time.
2016 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Bumblebee's Night Off " premieres in Japan .
2019 — Transformers #11 is released by IDW Publishing .
2021 — Go! Go! Warriors' Day Off is first released.
2021 — The Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel uploaded the entire first season of The Transformers for free streaming. The remainder of the show was subsequently added to the channel at a rate of one season per week.
2024 — Void Rivals #12 and Transformers #1 40th Anniversary Edition are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment .