March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar (88th in
Leap years). There are 278 days remaining.
- 845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collect a huge ransom in exchange for leaving
- 1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
- 1834 - The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in defunding the Second Bank of the United States
- 1854 - Crimean War: United Kingdom and France declare war on Russia
- 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass - In New Mexico Union forces succeed in stoping the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.
- 1910 - Henri Fabre[?] becomes the first person to fly a seaplane[?] after taking off from a water runway near Martinques[?], France.
- 1930 - Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara
- 1939 - Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid, ending the war
- 1942 - World War II: In occupied France, United Kingdom naval forces raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire[?].
- 1964 - The first pirate radio station, Radio Caroline, is established.
- 1979 - In Pennsylvania, a pump in the reactor cooling system fails at Three Mile Island, resulting in the evaporation of some contaminated water and almost causing a nuclear meltdown.
- 1990 - President George H. W. Bush presents Jesse Owens with the Congressional Gold Medal.
- 1994 - In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg killing 18.
- 2002 - The exhibit "The Italians: Three Centuries of Italian Art" opens at the National Gallery of Australia.
- 1609 - King Frederick III of Denmark (+ 1670)
- 1862 - Aristide Briand, politician, winner of the Nobel Prize in peace 1926 (+ 1932)
- 1868 - Maxim Gorky, author (+ 1936)
- 1890 - Paul Whiteman, bandleader
- 1897 - Sepp Herberger[?], football coach (+ 1977)
- 1902 - Dame Flora Robson, actress (+ 1984)
- 1904 - Werner Bahlsen[?], biscuit[?] producer (+ 1985)
- 1905 - Marlin Perkins[?], naturalist, television host (+ 1986)
- 1921 - Dirk Bogarde, actor (+ 1999)
- 1924 - Freddie Bartholomew[?], actor (+ 1992)
- 1928 - Zbigniew Brzezinski, National security advisor[?]
- 1936 - Mario Vargas Llosa, author and politician
- 1955 - Reba McEntire, country music singer, actress
- 1970 - Vince Vaughn[?], actor
- 193 - Pertinax, Roman Emperor (assassination)
- 1794 - Marquis de Condorcet, mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist
- 1814 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin[?], inventor of the guillotine
- 1868 - James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, British military leader
- 1870 - George Henry Thomas, American general
- 1881 - Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer
- 1914 - Edmund Muskie[?], United States politician (+ 1996)
- 1941 - Virginia Woolf, writer
- 1943 - Sergei Rachmaninov, composer and pianist
- 1944 - Rick Barry[?], basketball star
- 1948 - Dianne Wiest[?], actress
- 1953 - Jim Thorpe, athlete
- 1958 - W.C. Handy - Blues composer
- 1969 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, US General of the Army, 34th President of the United States
- 1979 - Emmett Kelly, clown
- 1987 - Maria von Trapp[?], singer
- 1994 - Eugène Ionesco, playwright
- 2000 - Anthony Powell, British novelist
See Also:
March 27 - March 29 - February 28 - April 28 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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