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March 28 is the 87 th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap Year s).
Events
- 193 - Roman Emperor Pertinax is Assassin ated by Praetorian Guard s, who then sell the throne in an Auction to Didius Julianus .
- 364 - Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co- Emperor .
- 845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok , who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
- 1776 - Juan Bautista De Anza finds the site for the Presidio Of San Francisco .
- 1794 - Allies under the Prince of Coburg defeated French forces at Le Cateau .
- of Courland , a northern Fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia .
- 1802 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas , the second Asteroid known to man.
- the France defeats Spain.
- 1834 - The United States Senate Censure s President Andrew Jackson for his actions in defunding the Second Bank Of The United States .
- and France declare war on Russia .
- begins.
- - In New Mexico , Union forces succeed in stopping the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26 .
- 1871 - The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris .
- 1910 - Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a Seaplane after taking off from a water runway near Martigues , France .
- 1913 - Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Copyright Treaty .
- 1930 - Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara .
- Francisco Franco conquers Madrid .
- - In the Mediterranean Sea , British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian battleships and two destroyers.
- , British naval forces raid the German -occupied port of St. Nazaire .
- releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report , outlining a plan for the international control of Nuclear Power .
- 1978 - 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 .
- 1979 - In Pennsylvania , a pump in the reactor cooling system fails at Three Mile Island , resulting in the evaporation of some contaminated water causing a Nuclear Meltdown .
- 1979 - British Prime Minister James Callaghan , is defeated by one vote in a Motion Of No Confidence . This results in Parliament being dissolved in order to make way for a forthcoming General Election .
- 1990 - President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal .
- 1994 - In South Africa , Zulu s and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg , resulting in 18 deaths.
- 2005 - The 2005 Sumatran Earthquake rocks Indonesia , and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1960 .
- 2006 - 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.
Births
- 1472 - Fra Bartolommeo , Italian artist (d. 1517 )
- 1496 - Mary Tudor , queen consort of Louis XII Of France (d. 1533 )
- 1515 - Saint Teresa Of Avila , Spanish Carmelite nun and poet (d. 1582 )
- 1522 - Albert The Warlike , Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557 )
- 1569 - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke Of Parma (d. 1622 )
- 1592 - Comenius , Czech bishop of Unity of the Brethren (d. 1670 )
- 1599 - Witte Corneliszoon De With , Dutch naval officer (d. 1658 )
- 1609 - King Frederick III Of Denmark (d. 1670 )
- 1652 - Samuel Sewall , English-born judge (d. 1730 )
- 1725 - Andrew Kippis , English non-conformist clergyman and biographer (d. 1795 )
- 1760 - Thomas Clarkson , American abolitionist (d. 1846 )
- 1819 - Sir Joseph Bazalgette , English civil engineer (d. 1891 )
- 1851 - Bernardino Machado , Portuguese President (d. 1944 )
- 1862 - Aristide Briand , French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932 )
- 1868 - Maxim Gorky , Russian author (d. 1936 )
- 1871 - Willem Mengelberg , Dutch conductor (d. 1951 )
- 1890 - Paul Whiteman , American bandleader (d. 1967 )
- 1892 - Corneille Heymans , Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968 )
- 1895 - Spencer W. Kimball , president of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (d. 1985 )
- 1897 - Sepp Herberger , German football coach (d. 1977 )
- 1899 - Harold B. Lee , president of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (d. 1973 )
- 1902 - Dame Flora Robson , English actress (d. 1984 )
- 1902 - Jaromír Vejvoda , Czech composer (d. 1988 )
- 1903 - Rudolf Serkin , Austrian pianist (d. 1991 )
- 1903 - Charles Starrett , American actor (d. 1986 )
- 1905 - Marlin Perkins , American naturalist and television host (d. 1986 )
- 1909 - Nelson Algren , American writer (d. 1981 )
- 1910 - Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr. Bibliophile and director of the Pierpont Morgan Library (d. 2001 )
- 1910 - Jimmie Dodd , American television actor (d. 1964 )
- 1910 - Queen Ingrid Of Denmark (d. 2000 )
- 1914 - Edmund Muskie , American politician (d. 1996 )
- 1915 - Jay Livingston , American composer and songwriter (d. 2001 )
- 1921 - Dirk Bogarde , English actor (d. 1999 )
- 1924 - Freddie Bartholomew , Irish actor (d. 1992 )
- 1928 - Zbigniew Brzezinski , U.S. National Security Advisor
- 1930 - Jerome Isaac Friedman , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1935 - Michael Parkinson , English broadcaster and talk show host
- 1936 - Mario Vargas Llosa , Peruvian author and politician
- 1941 - Jim Turner , American football player
- 1942 - Conrad Schumann , East German border guard (d. 1998 )
- 1942 - Jerry Sloan , American basketball coach
- 1942 - Mike Newell , English film director
- 1942 - Neil Kinnock , British statesman
- 1944 - Rick Barry , American basketball player
- 1944 - Ken Howard , American actor
- 1946 - Alejandro Toledo , President Of Peru
- 1946 - Wubbo Ockels , Dutch physicist and astronaut
- 1948 - Dianne Wiest , American actress
- 1951 - Karen Kain , Canadian ballerina
- 1953 - Melchior Ndadaye , first President Of Burundi (d. 1993 )
- 1955 - John Alderdice , Northern Irish politician
- 1955 - Reba McEntire , American singer and actress
- 1956 - April Margera , Bam Margera's mother
- 1958 - Curt Hennig , American professional wrestler (d. 2003 )
- 1958 - Elisabeth Andreassen , Scandinavian singer
- 1959 - Chris Myers , American radio host/sportscaster
- 1960 - Chris Barrie , British actor
- 1961 - Byron Scott , American basketball player
- 1962 - Jure Franko , Slovenian skier
- 1968 - Iris Chang , American author (d. 2004 )
- 1968 - Nasser Hussain , English cricketer
- 1970 - Vince Vaughn , American actor
- 1971 - Mr. Cheeks , American rapper
- 1974 - Mark King , English snooker player
- 1974 - Scott Mills , British radio disc jockey
- 1975 - Richard Kelly , American film director
- 1977 - Devon , American pornographic actress
- 1980 - Luke Walton , basketball player
- 1981 - Julia Stiles , American actress
- 1991 - Amy Bruckner , American actress
Deaths
- 193 - Pertinax , Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 126 )
- 1239 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180 )
- 1285 - Pope Martin IV
- 1563 - Heinrich Glarean , Swiss music theorist (b. 1488 )
- 1566 - Sigismund Von Herberstein , Austrian diplomat and historian (b. 1486 )
- 1677 - Václav Hollar , Czech-born actor (b. 1607 )
- 1687 - Constantijn Huygens , Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596 )
- 1794 - Marquis De Condorcet , French mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist (b. 1743 )
- 1868 - James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl Of Cardigan , British military leader (b. 1797 )
- 1870 - George Henry Thomas , American general (b. 1816 )
- 1881 - Modest Mussorgsky , Russian composer (b. 1839 )
- 1910 - David Josiah Brewer , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837 )
- 1910 - Edouard Judas Colonne , French violinist (b. 1838 )
- 1941 - Virginia Woolf , English feminist writer (b. 1882 )
- 1942 - Miguel Hernández , Spanish poet, death in prison (b. 1910 )
- 1943 - Sergei Rachmaninoff , Russian composer and pianist (b. 1873 )
- 1949 - Grigoraş Dinicu , Romanian composer and violinist (b. 1889 )
- 1953 - Jim Thorpe , American athlete (b. 1887 )
- 1958 - W.C. Handy , American composer (b. 1873 )
- 1969 - Dwight D. Eisenhower , 34th President Of The United States (b. 1890 )
- 1978 - Dino Ciani , Italian pianist (d. 1941 )
- 1979 - Emmett Kelly , American clown (b. 1898 )
- 1980 - Dick Haymes , Argentine-born singer (b. 1918 )
- 1982 - William Giauque , Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895 )
- 1985 - Marc Chagall , Russian-born painter (b. 1887 )
- 1987 - Maria Von Trapp , Austrian-born singer (b. 1905 )
- 1987 - Patrick Troughton , British actor (b. 1920 )
- 1995 - Hugh O'Connor , American actor (b. 1962 )
- 2000 - Anthony Powell , British novelist (b. 1905 )
- 2001 - Moe Koffman , Canadian musician (b. 1928 )
- 2004 - Art James , American game show host (b. 1929 )
- 2004 - Peter Ustinov , British actor (b. 1921 )
- 2006 - Caspar Weinberger , United States Secretary Of Defense (b. 1917 )
- 2006 - Charles Schepens , American ophthalmologist and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912 )
Holidays and observances
External links
March 27 - March 29 - February 28 - April 28 -- Listing Of All Days
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