March 28 Events |
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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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1990 (March 28 1990) | Event | President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal. | Jesse Owens Quotes |
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, 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, 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, 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, 1942 (March 28 1942) | Event | World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire. | |
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, 1940 (March 28 1940) | Event | Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair. | |
March 28th, 1939 (March 28 1939) | Event | Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid. | |
March 28th, 1930 (March 28 1930) | Event | Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara. | |
March 28th, 1920 (March 28 1920) | Event | Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states. | |
March 28th, 1913 (March 28 1913) | Event | Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. | |
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, 1871 (March 28 1871) | Event | The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris. | |
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, 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, 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, 1809 (March 28 1809) | Event | Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin. | |
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, 1794 (March 28 1794) | Event | Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau. | |
March 28th, 1776 (March 28 1776) | Event | Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco. | |
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 |