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March 28th, 2037 (March 28 2037) | Event | Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. | |
March 28th, 2006 (March 28 2006) | Event | At least 1 million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government s proposed First Employment Contract law. | |
March 28th, 2006 (March 28 2006) | Death | Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (born in 1917) | |
March 28th, 2006 (March 28 2006) | Death | Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (born in 1912) | |
March 28th, 2006 (March 28 2006) | Death | Kevin Pro Hart, Australian artist (born in 1928) | |
March 28th, 2006 (March 28 2006) | Death | Proinsias O Maonaigh, Irish musician (born in 1922) | |
March 28th, 2005 (March 28 2005) | Event | The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1960. | |
March 28th, 2005 (March 28 2005) | Death | Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (born in 1916) | |
March 28th, 2004 (March 28 2004) | Death | Art James, American game show host (born in 1929) | |
March 28th, 2004 (March 28 2004) | Death | Peter Ustinov, British actor (born in 1921) | Peter Ustinov Quotes |
March 28th, 2003 (March 28 2003) | Event | In a "friendly fire" incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard s 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull. | |
March 28th, 2003 (March 28 2003) | Death | Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (born in 1923) | |
March 28th, 2001 (March 28 2001) | Death | Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (born in 1928) | |
March 28th, 2000 (March 28 2000) | Event | A Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train (3 children die in this accident). | |
March 28th, 2000 (March 28 2000) | Death | Anthony Powell, British novelist (born in 1905) | Anthony Powell Quotes |
March 28th, 1999 (March 28 1999) | Death | Freaky Tah, American rapper (Lost Boyz) (born in 1971) | |
March 28th, 1995 (March 28 1995) | Death | Hugh O Connor, American actor (born in 1962) | |
March 28th, 1994 (March 28 1994) | Event | In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths. | |
March 28th, 1994 (March 28 1994) | Event | BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts for first time in United Kingdom | |
March 28th, 1994 (March 28 1994) | Death | Eugene Ionesco, Romanian-born French playwright (born in 1909) | Eugene Ionesco Quotes |
March 28th, 1993 (March 28 1993) | Death | Scott Cunningham, Occult author (born in 1956) | |
March 28th, 1991 (March 28 1991) | Birth | Amy Bruckner, American actress | |
March 28th, 1990 (March 28 1990) | Event | President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal. | Jesse Owens Quotes |
March 28th, 1989 (March 28 1989) | Birth | Marek Suchy, Czech footballer | |
March 28th, 1989 (March 28 1989) | Birth | Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer | |
March 28th, 1989 (March 28 1989) | Birth | Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater | |
March 28th, 1989 (March 28 1989) | Birth | Afrikan Boy, a Nigerian rapper | |
March 28th, 1988 (March 28 1988) | Birth | Lacey Turner, British soap actress | |
March 28th, 1987 (March 28 1987) | Death | Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (born in 1905) | |
March 28th, 1987 (March 28 1987) | Death | Patrick Troughton, British actor (born in 1920) | |
March 28th, 1986 (March 28 1986) | Birth | J-Kwon, American rapper | |
March 28th, 1986 (March 28 1986) | Birth | Barbora Strycova, Czech tennis player | |
March 28th, 1986 (March 28 1986) | Death | Virginia Gilmore. American actress (born in 1919) | |
March 28th, 1985 (March 28 1985) | Death | Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (born in 1887) | |
March 28th, 1984 (March 28 1984) | Birth | Christopher Samba, French-born footballer | |
March 28th, 1984 (March 28 1984) | Birth | Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model | |
March 28th, 1984 (March 28 1984) | Birth | Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer | |
March 28th, 1984 (March 28 1984) | Death | Carmen Dragon, American conductor, composer and arranger (born in 1914) | |
March 28th, 1983 (March 28 1983) | Birth | Ryan Ashington, English footballer | |
March 28th, 1982 (March 28 1982) | Birth | Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress | |
March 28th, 1982 (March 28 1982) | Death | William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1895) | |
March 28th, 1981 (March 28 1981) | Birth | Julia Stiles, American actress | |
March 28th, 1981 (March 28 1981) | Birth | Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh Actor | |
March 28th, 1981 (March 28 1981) | Birth | Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player | |
March 28th, 1981 (March 28 1981) | Birth | Lindsay Frimodt, American model | |
March 28th, 1980 (March 28 1980) | Birth | Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper | |
March 28th, 1980 (March 28 1980) | Birth | Luke Walton, American basketball player | |
March 28th, 1980 (March 28 1980) | Death | Dick Haymes, Argentine-born singer and actor (born in 1918) | |
March 28th, 1979 (March 28 1979) | Event | In Pennsylvania, a pump in the reactor cooling system fails in the Three Mile Island accident, resulting in the evaporation of some contaminated water causing a nuclear meltdown. | |
March 28th, 1979 (March 28 1979) | Event | British Prime Minister James Callaghan, is defeated by one vote in a Motion of No Confidence. This results in Parliament being dissolved to make way for a General Election. | James Callaghan Quotes |
March 28th, 1979 (March 28 1979) | Birth | Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress | |
March 28th, 1979 (March 28 1979) | Death | Emmett Kelly, American clown (born in 1898) | |
March 28th, 1978 (March 28 1978) | Event | The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity. | |
March 28th, 1978 (March 28 1978) | Death | Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (died in 1941) | |
March 28th, 1977 (March 28 1977) | Birth | Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player | |
March 28th, 1977 (March 28 1977) | Birth | Lauren Weisberger, American novelist | Ric Berger Quotes |
March 28th, 1976 (March 28 1976) | Birth | David Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers) | |
March 28th, 1976 (March 28 1976) | Death | Arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist (born in 1905) | |
March 28th, 1976 (March 28 1976) | Death | Richard Arlen, American actor (born in 1898) | |
March 28th, 1975 (March 28 1975) | Birth | Shanna Moakler, former beauty queen | |
March 28th, 1975 (March 28 1975) | Birth | Ivan Helguera, Spanish footballer | |
March 28th, 1975 (March 28 1975) | Birth | Matt Reis, American soccer goalkeeper | |
March 28th, 1975 (March 28 1975) | Birth | Richard Kelly, American film director | |
March 28th, 1975 (March 28 1975) | Birth | Derek Hill, American racing driver | |
March 28th, 1974 (March 28 1974) | Birth | Mark King, English snooker player | |
March 28th, 1974 (March 28 1974) | Birth | Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey | |
March 28th, 1974 (March 28 1974) | Death | Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (born in 1905) | |
March 28th, 1973 (March 28 1973) | Birth | Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler | |
March 28th, 1973 (March 28 1973) | Birth | Matt Nathanson, American singer-songwriter | |
March 28th, 1972 (March 28 1972) | Birth | Nick Frost, English comedian and actor | |
March 28th, 1972 (March 28 1972) | Birth | Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player | |
March 28th, 1971 (March 28 1971) | Birth | Mr. Cheeks, American rapper | |
March 28th, 1970 (March 28 1970) | Birth | Vince Vaughn, American actor | |
March 28th, 1970 (March 28 1970) | Birth | Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician | |
March 28th, 1969 (March 28 1969) | Event | Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece. | |
March 28th, 1969 (March 28 1969) | Event | The McGill francais movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal s history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill s Roddick Gates. This led to the majority of the protesters getting arrested. | |
March 28th, 1969 (March 28 1969) | Birth | Brett Ratner, American film director | |
March 28th, 1969 (March 28 1969) | Birth | Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter | |
March 28th, 1969 (March 28 1969) | Death | Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (born in 1890) | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
March 28th, 1968 (March 28 1968) | Birth | Iris Chang, American author (died in 2004) | |
March 28th, 1968 (March 28 1968) | Birth | Nasser Hussain, English cricketer | |
March 28th, 1968 (March 28 1968) | Birth | Jon Lee, British drummer (died in 2002) | |
March 28th, 1968 (March 28 1968) | Birth | Tim Lovejoy, British television presenter | |
March 28th, 1968 (March 28 1968) | Birth | Max Perlich, American actor | |
March 28th, 1965 (March 28 1965) | Birth | Steve Bull, English footballer | |
March 28th, 1965 (March 28 1965) | Death | Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (born in 1885) | |
March 28th, 1965 (March 28 1965) | Death | Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (born in 1888) | |
March 28th, 1962 (March 28 1962) | Birth | Jure Franko, Slovenian skier | |
March 28th, 1962 (March 28 1962) | Birth | Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler | |
March 28th, 1962 (March 28 1962) | Death | Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (born in 1883) | |
March 28th, 1961 (March 28 1961) | Birth | Orla Brady, Irish actress | |
March 28th, 1961 (March 28 1961) | Birth | Byron Scott, American basketball player | |
March 28th, 1960 (March 28 1960) | Birth | Chris Barrie, British actor | |
March 28th, 1960 (March 28 1960) | Birth | Jose Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician | |
March 28th, 1960 (March 28 1960) | Birth | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author and dramatist | |
March 28th, 1959 (March 28 1959) | Birth | Chris Myers, American sportscaster | |
March 28th, 1958 (March 28 1958) | Birth | Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (died in 2003) | |
March 28th, 1958 (March 28 1958) | Death | W.C. Handy, American composer (born in 1873) | |
March 28th, 1956 (March 28 1956) | Birth | April Margera, Bam Margera s mother | |
March 28th, 1955 (March 28 1955) | Birth | John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician | |
March 28th, 1955 (March 28 1955) | Birth | Reba McEntire, American singer and actress | |
March 28th, 1954 (March 28 1954) | Birth | Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (died in 1985) | |
March 28th, 1953 (March 28 1953) | Birth | Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician (died in 1993) | |
March 28th, 1953 (March 28 1953) | Death | Jim Thorpe, American athlete (born in 1887) | |
March 28th, 1952 (March 28 1952) | Birth | Tony Brise, racing driver (died in 1975) | |
March 28th, 1951 (March 28 1951) | Birth | Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina | |
March 28th, 1951 (March 28 1951) | Birth | Matti Pellonpaa, Finnish actor and musician (died in 1995) | |
March 28th, 1949 (March 28 1949) | Death | Grigoras Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (born in 1889) | |
March 28th, 1948 (March 28 1948) | Birth | Dianne Wiest, American actress | |
March 28th, 1948 (March 28 1948) | Birth | Gerry House, American radio personality | |
March 28th, 1948 (March 28 1948) | Birth | John Evan, British musician (Jethro Tull) | |
March 28th, 1948 (March 28 1948) | Birth | Milan Williams, American musician The Commodores (died in 2006) | |
March 28th, 1948 (March 28 1948) | Birth | Matthew Corbett, English retired actor | |
March 28th, 1947 (March 28 1947) | Birth | John Landecker, American disk jockey | |
March 28th, 1947 (March 28 1947) | Death | Karol Swierczewski, Polish general (born in 1897) | |
March 28th, 1946 (March 28 1946) | Event | Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power. | |
March 28th, 1946 (March 28 1946) | Birth | Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru | |
March 28th, 1946 (March 28 1946) | Birth | Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut | |
March 28th, 1946 (March 28 1946) | Death | Chick Fullis, baseball player (born in 1904) | |
March 28th, 1945 (March 28 1945) | Birth | Count Bjorn Hamilton, Swedish politician | |
March 28th, 1944 (March 28 1944) | Birth | Rick Barry, American basketball player | |
March 28th, 1944 (March 28 1944) | Birth | Ken Howard, American actor | |
March 28th, 1944 (March 28 1944) | Death | Stephen Leacock, Canadian humorist (born in 1869) | Stephen Leacock Quotes |
March 28th, 1943 (March 28 1943) | Birth | Conchata Ferrell, American actress | |
March 28th, 1943 (March 28 1943) | Death | Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist (born in 1873) | |
March 28th, 1942 (March 28 1942) | Event | World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire. | |
March 28th, 1942 (March 28 1942) | Birth | Daniel Dennett, American philosopher | Philo Quotes |
March 28th, 1942 (March 28 1942) | Birth | Neil Kinnock, British politician | |
March 28th, 1942 (March 28 1942) | Birth | Mike Newell, English film director | |
March 28th, 1942 (March 28 1942) | Birth | Samuel Ramey, American opera singer | |
March 28th, 1942 (March 28 1942) | Birth | Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (died in 1998) | |
March 28th, 1942 (March 28 1942) | Birth | Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and head coach | |
March 28th, 1942 (March 28 1942) | Death | Miguel Hernandez, Spanish poet, death in prison (born in 1910) | |
March 28th, 1941 (March 28 1941) | Event | World War II: Battle of Cape Matapanin the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers. | |
March 28th, 1941 (March 28 1941) | Birth | Alf Clausen, orchestra conductor (The Simpsons) | |
March 28th, 1941 (March 28 1941) | Birth | Jim Turner, American football player | |
March 28th, 1941 (March 28 1941) | Death | Virginia Woolf, English feminist writer (born in 1882) | Virginia Woolf Quotes |
March 28th, 1940 (March 28 1940) | Event | Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair. | |
March 28th, 1940 (March 28 1940) | Birth | Tony Barber, Australian television personality | |
March 28th, 1939 (March 28 1939) | Event | Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid. | |
March 28th, 1939 (March 28 1939) | Death | Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (born in 1903) | |
March 28th, 1936 (March 28 1936) | Birth | Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and politician | |
March 28th, 1935 (March 28 1935) | Birth | Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster | |
March 28th, 1933 (March 28 1933) | Birth | Tete Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist (died in 1997) | |
March 28th, 1933 (March 28 1933) | Birth | Frank Murkowski, American politician | |
March 28th, 1930 (March 28 1930) | Event | Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara. | |
March 28th, 1930 (March 28 1930) | Birth | Robert Ashley, American composer | Robert Ley Quotes |
March 28th, 1930 (March 28 1930) | Birth | Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer | |
March 28th, 1930 (March 28 1930) | Birth | Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel laureate | |
March 28th, 1929 (March 28 1929) | Birth | Paul England, Australian racing driver | |
March 28th, 1929 (March 28 1929) | Death | Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (born in 1861) | |
March 28th, 1928 (March 28 1928) | Birth | Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. National Security Advisor | |
March 28th, 1928 (March 28 1928) | Birth | Alexander Grothendieck, German mathematician | |
March 28th, 1927 (March 28 1927) | Birth | Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (died in 2007) | |
March 28th, 1926 (March 28 1926) | Birth | Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba | |
March 28th, 1925 (March 28 1925) | Birth | Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress | |
March 28th, 1924 (March 28 1924) | Birth | Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (died in 1992) | |
March 28th, 1922 (March 28 1922) | Birth | Neville Bonner, Australian politician (died in 1999) | |
March 28th, 1922 (March 28 1922) | Birth | Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (died in 1990) | |
March 28th, 1922 (March 28 1922) | Birth | Joey Maxim, American boxer (died in 2001) | |
March 28th, 1921 (March 28 1921) | Birth | Dirk Bogarde, English actor (died in 1999) | |
March 28th, 1921 (March 28 1921) | Birth | Herschel Grynszpan, German political assassin (died in between 1943 and 1945) | |
March 28th, 1920 (March 28 1920) | Event | Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states. | |
March 28th, 1919 (March 28 1919) | Birth | Vic Raschi, American baseball player (died in 1988) | |
March 28th, 1915 (March 28 1915) | Birth | Jay Livingston, American composer and songwriter (died in 2001) | |
March 28th, 1914 (March 28 1914) | Birth | Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (died in 2000) | |
March 28th, 1914 (March 28 1914) | Birth | Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (died in 1997) | |
March 28th, 1914 (March 28 1914) | Birth | Edmund Muskie, American politician (died in 1996) | |
March 28th, 1914 (March 28 1914) | Birth | Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist (died in 2003) | |
March 28th, 1913 (March 28 1913) | Event | Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. | |
March 28th, 1912 (March 28 1912) | Birth | A. Bertram Chandler Australian author (died in 1984) | |
March 28th, 1912 (March 28 1912) | Birth | Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (died in 1943) | |
March 28th, 1911 (March 28 1911) | Birth | J. L. Austin, British philosopher of language (died in 1960) | J. L. Austin Quotes |
March 28th, 1910 (March 28 1910) | Event | Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France. | |
March 28th, 1910 (March 28 1910) | Birth | Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American Librarian (died in 2001) | |
March 28th, 1910 (March 28 1910) | Birth | Jimmie Dodd, American actor (died in 1964) | |
March 28th, 1910 (March 28 1910) | Birth | Queen Ingrid of Denmark (died in 2000) | |
March 28th, 1910 (March 28 1910) | Death | David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (born in 1837) | |
March 28th, 1910 (March 28 1910) | Death | Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (born in 1838) | |
March 28th, 1909 (March 28 1909) | Birth | Nelson Algren, American writer (died in 1981) | |
March 28th, 1907 (March 28 1907) | Birth | "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (died in 1993) | |
March 28th, 1905 (March 28 1905) | Birth | Marlin Perkins, American naturalist and television host (died in 1986) | |
March 28th, 1905 (March 28 1905) | Birth | Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (died in 1996) | |
March 28th, 1903 (March 28 1903) | Birth | Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (died in 1991) | |
March 28th, 1903 (March 28 1903) | Birth | Charles Starrett, American actor (died in 1986) | |
March 28th, 1902 (March 28 1902) | Birth | Dame Flora Robson, English actress (died in 1984) | |
March 28th, 1902 (March 28 1902) | Birth | Jaromir Vejvoda, Czech composer (died in 1988) | |
March 28th, 1900 (March 28 1900) | Birth | Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (died in 2004) | |
March 28th, 1899 (March 28 1899) | Birth | Harold B. Lee, American religious leader (died in 1973) | |
March 28th, 1899 (March 28 1899) | Birth | August Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing magnate and American baseball executive (died in 1989) | |
March 28th, 1899 (March 28 1899) | Birth | Ernst Lindemann, German naval officer (died in 1941) | |
March 28th, 1899 (March 28 1899) | Birth | Buck Shaw, American football coach (died in 1977) | |
March 28th, 1897 (March 28 1897) | Birth | Sepp Herberger, German football coach (died in 1977) | |
March 28th, 1895 (March 28 1895) | Birth | Christian Herter, 59th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1966) | |
March 28th, 1895 (March 28 1895) | Birth | Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader (died in 1985) | |
March 28th, 1893 (March 28 1893) | Birth | Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (died in 1971) | |
March 28th, 1892 (March 28 1892) | Birth | Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1968) | |
March 28th, 1892 (March 28 1892) | Birth | Tom Maguire, Irish republican (died in 1993) | |
March 28th, 1890 (March 28 1890) | Birth | Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (died in 1967) | |
March 28th, 1881 (March 28 1881) | Death | Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer (born in 1839) | Modest Mussorgsky Quotes |
March 28th, 1874 (March 28 1874) | Death | Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (born in 1795) | |
March 28th, 1871 (March 28 1871) | Event | The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris. | |
March 28th, 1871 (March 28 1871) | Birth | Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (died in 1951) | |
March 28th, 1870 (March 28 1870) | Death | George Henry Thomas, American general (born in 1816) | |
March 28th, 1868 (March 28 1868) | Birth | Maxim Gorky, Russian author (died in 1936) | Maxim Gorky Quotes |
March 28th, 1868 (March 28 1868) | Death | James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, British military leader (born in 1797) | |
March 28th, 1866 (March 28 1866) | Birth | Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (died in 1902) | |
March 28th, 1866 (March 28 1866) | Death | Solomon Foot, American politician (born in 1802) | Solomon Quotes |
March 28th, 1862 (March 28 1862) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Passin New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26. | |
March 28th, 1862 (March 28 1862) | Birth | Aristide Briand, French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1932) | |
March 28th, 1860 (March 28 1860) | Event | First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins. | |
March 28th, 1854 (March 28 1854) | Event | Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia. | |
March 28th, 1851 (March 28 1851) | Birth | Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (died in 1944) | |
March 28th, 1850 (March 28 1850) | Death | Gerard C. Brandon, American politician (born in 1788) | |
March 28th, 1849 (March 28 1849) | Birth | James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (died in 1894) | |
March 28th, 1842 (March 28 1842) | Birth | William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officier (died in 1908) | William Harvey Quotes |
March 28th, 1840 (March 28 1840) | Birth | Emin Pasha, Equatorian politician (died in 1892) | |
March 28th, 1836 (March 28 1836) | Birth | Frederick Pabst, American brewer (died in 1904) | |
March 28th, 1834 (March 28 1834) | Event | The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in de-funding the Second Bank of the United States. | Andrew Jackson Quotes |
March 28th, 1819 (March 28 1819) | Birth | Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (died in 1891) | |
March 28th, 1818 (March 28 1818) | Birth | Wade Hampton III, American soldier and politician (died in 1902) | |
March 28th, 1815 (March 28 1815) | Birth | Arsene Houssaye, French novelist (died in 1896) | |
March 28th, 1809 (March 28 1809) | Event | Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin. | |
March 28th, 1806 (March 28 1806) | Birth | Thomas Hare, English barrister (died in 1891) | |
March 28th, 1802 (March 28 1802) | Event | Heinrich Wilhelm Matthaus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man. | |
March 28th, 1795 (March 28 1795) | Event | Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia. | |
March 28th, 1795 (March 28 1795) | Birth | Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (died in 1876) | |
March 28th, 1794 (March 28 1794) | Event | Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau. | |
March 28th, 1794 (March 28 1794) | Death | Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (born in 1743) | Philo Quotes |
March 28th, 1793 (March 28 1793) | Birth | Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist (died in 1864) | |
March 28th, 1776 (March 28 1776) | Event | Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco. | |
March 28th, 1773 (March 28 1773) | Birth | Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (died in 1844) | |
March 28th, 1760 (March 28 1760) | Birth | Thomas Clarkson, British abolitionist (died in 1846) | |
March 28th, 1750 (March 28 1750) | Birth | Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary (died in 1816) | |
March 28th, 1725 (March 28 1725) | Birth | Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (died in 1795) | |
March 28th, 1687 (March 28 1687) | Death | Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (born in 1596) | |
March 28th, 1677 (March 28 1677) | Death | Vaclav Hollar, Czech-born actor (born in 1607) | |
March 28th, 1652 (March 28 1652) | Birth | Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (died in 1730) | |
March 28th, 1613 (March 28 1613) | Birth | Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager, Empress of Manchu (died in 1688) | |
March 28th, 1609 (March 28 1609) | Birth | King Frederick III of Denmark (died in 1670) | |
March 28th, 1599 (March 28 1599) | Birth | Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (died in 1658) | |
March 28th, 1592 (March 28 1592) | Birth | Comenius, Czech bishop (died in 1670) | |
March 28th, 1569 (March 28 1569) | Birth | Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (died in 1622) | |
March 28th, 1566 (March 28 1566) | Death | Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (born in 1486) | |
March 28th, 1563 (March 28 1563) | Death | Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (born in 1488) | |
March 28th, 1522 (March 28 1522) | Birth | Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (died in 1557) | |
March 28th, 1515 (March 28 1515) | Birth | Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun (died in 1582) | |
March 28th, 1472 (March 28 1472) | Birth | Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (died in 1517) | |
March 28th, 1285 (March 28 1285) | Death | Pope Martin IV | |
March 28th, 1239 (March 28 1239) | Death | Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (born in 1180) | |
March 28th, 1072 (March 28 1072) | Death | Ordulf, Duke of Saxony | |
March 28th, 0845 (March 28 0845) | Event | Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. | |
March 28th, 0364 (March 28 0364) | Event | Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor. | |
March 28th, 0193 (March 28 0193) | Event | Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus. | Julian Quotes |
March 28th, 0193 (March 28 0193) | Death | Pertinax, Roman Emperor (born in 126) | |