March 28 in recent years
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March 28 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 277 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [ ] 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate , entitled to him by the Senate .193 - Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards , 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 .1795 - Partitions of Poland : The Duchy 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.1809 - Peninsular War : In the Battle of Medelin France defeats Spain.1834 - The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in defunding the Second Bank of the United States .1854 - Crimean War : France and Britain declare war on Russia .1860 - First Taranaki War : The Battle of Waireka begins.1862 - American Civil War : Battle of Glorieta Pass - 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 .1920 - Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.1930 - Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara .1939 - Spanish Civil War : Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid .1940 - The exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair starts being built.1941 - World War II : Battle of Cape Matapan - In the Mediterranean Sea , British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian battleships and two destroyers.1942 - World War II : In occupied France , British naval forces raid the German -occupied port of St. Nazaire .1946 - Cold War : The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report , outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power .1969 - Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece .1978 - US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman sterilization and judicial immunity .1979 - 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 .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 , Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg , resulting in 18 deaths.2000 - A Murray County , school bus gets hit by a CSX freight train (3 children die from this accident).2003 - In a "friendly fire " incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard 's 190th Fighter Squadron attacked British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq , killing British soldier Matty Hull .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 )1515 - Saint Teresa of Avila , Spanish Carmelite nun (d. 1582 )1522 - Albert the Warlike , Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557 )1569 - Ranuccio I Farnese (d. 1622 )1592 - Comenius , Czech bishop (d. 1670 )1599 - Witte Corneliszoon de With , Dutch naval officer (d. 1658 )1609 - King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670 )1613 - Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager , Empress of Manchu (d. 1688 )1652 - Samuel Sewall , American magistrate (d. 1730 )1725 - Andrew Kippis , English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795 )1750 - Francisco de Miranda , Venezuelan revolutionary (d. 1816 )1760 - Thomas Clarkson , British abolitionist (d. 1846 )1773 - Henri Gratien , French general (d. 1844 )1793 - Henry Schoolcraft , American geographer and geologist (d. 1864 )1795 - Georg Heinrich Pertz , German historian (d. 1876 )1806 - Thomas Hare , English barrister (d. 1891 )1815 - Arsène Houssaye , French novelist (d. 1896 )1818 - Wade Hampton III , American soldier and politician (d. 1902 )1819 - Sir Joseph Bazalgette , English civil engineer (d. 1891 )1836 - Frederick Pabst , American brewer (d. 1904 )1840 - Emin Pasha , Equatorian politician (d. 1892 )1842 - William Harvey Carney , American Civil War officier (d. 1908 )1849 - James Darmesteter , French author and antiquarian (d. 1894 )1851 - Bernardino Machado , Portuguese politician (d. 1944 )1862 - Aristide Briand , French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932 )1866 - Jimmy Ross , Scottish footballer (d. 1902 )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 )1892 - Tom Maguire , Irish republican (d. 1993 )
1893 - Spyros Skouras , Greek-born American movie executive (d. 1971 )1895 - Spencer W. Kimball , American religious leader (d. 1985 )1897 - Sepp Herberger , German football coach (d. 1977 )1899 - Harold B. Lee , American religious leader (d. 1973 )1899 - August Anheuser Busch , brewing magnate and American baseball executive (d. 1989 )
1899 - Ernst Lindemann , German naval officer (d. 1941 )
1899 - Buck Shaw , American football coach (d. 1977 )
1900 - Edward Wagenknecht , American literary critic (d. 2004 )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 )1905 - Pandro S. Berman , American film producer (d. 1996 )
1907 - "Swifty" Lazar , American talent agent (d. 1993 )1909 - Nelson Algren , American writer (d. 1981 )1910 - Frederick Baldwin Adams , American Librarian (d. 2001 )1910 - Jimmie Dodd , American actor (d. 1964 )
1910 - Queen Ingrid of Denmark (d. 2000 )
1911 - J. L. Austin , British philosopher of language (d. 1960 )1912 - A. Bertram Chandler Australian author (d. 1984 )1912 - Marina Raskova , Russian navigator (d. 1943 )
1914 - Edward Anhalt , American screenwriter (d. 2000 )1914 - Bohumil Hrabal , Czech writer (d. 1997 )
1914 - Edmund Muskie , American politician (d. 1996 )
1914 - Kenneth Richard Norris , Australian entymologist (d. 2003 )
1915 - Jay Livingston , American composer and songwriter (d. 2001 )1919 - Vic Raschi , American baseball player (d. 1988 )1921 - Dirk Bogarde , English actor (d. 1999 )1921 - Herschel Grynszpan , German political assassin (d. between 1943 and 1945 )
1922 - Neville Bonner , Australian politician1922 - Felice Chiusano , Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra )
1922 - Joey Maxim , American boxer (d. 2001 )
1924 - Freddie Bartholomew , Irish actor (d. 1992 )1925 - Dorothy DeBorba , American child actress1926 - Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart 1927 - Marianne Fredriksson , Swedish author (d. 2007 )1928 - Zbigniew Brzezinski , U.S. National Security Advisor1928 - Alexander Grothendieck , German mathematician
1929 - Paul England , Australian racing driver1930 - Robert Ashley , American composer1930 - Elizabeth Bainbridge , English opera singer
1930 - Jerome Isaac Friedman , American physicist, Nobel laureate
1933 - Tete Montoliu , Spanish jazz pianist (d. 1997 )1933 - Frank Murkowski , American politician
1935 - Michael Parkinson , English broadcaster1936 - Mario Vargas Llosa , Peruvian author and politician1940 - Tony Barber , Australian television personality1941 - Alf Clausen , orchestra conductor (The Simpsons 1941 - Jim Turner , American football player
1942 - Daniel Dennett , American philosopher1942 - Neil Kinnock , British statesman
1942 - Mike Newell , English film director
1942 - Samuel Ramey , American opera singer
1942 - Conrad Schumann , East German border guard (d. 1998 )
1942 - Jerry Sloan , American basketball player and coach
1943 - Conchata Ferrell , American actress1944 - Rick Barry , American basketball player1944 - Ken Howard , American actor
1945 - Count Björn Hamilton , Swedish politician1946 - Alejandro Toledo , President of Peru 1946 - Wubbo Ockels , Dutch physicist and astronaut
1947 - John Landecker , American disk jockey1948 - Dianne Wiest , American actress1948 - Gerry House , American radio personality1948 - John Evan , British musician (Jethro Tull )
1948 - Milan Williams , American musician The Commodores (d. 2006 )
1951 - Karen Kain , Canadian ballerina1951 - Matti Pellonpää , Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995 )
1952 - Tony Brise , racing driver (d. 1975 )1953 - Melchior Ndadaye , Burundian politician (d. 1993 )1954 - Morris Mason , American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985 )1955 - John Alderdice , Northern Irish politician1955 - Reba McEntire , American singer and actress
1956 - April Margera , Bam Margera 's mother1958 - Elisabeth Andreassen , Scandinavian singer1959 - Curt Hennig , American professional wrestler (d. 2003 )1959 - Chris Myers , American sportscaster
1960 - Chris Barrie , British actor1960 - José Maria Neves , Cape Verdeian politician
1961 - Byron Scott , American basketball player1962 - Jure Franko , Slovenian skier1965 - Steve Bull , English footballer1968 - Iris Chang , American author (d. 2004 )1968 - Nasser Hussain , English cricketer
1968 - Jon Lee , British drummer (d. 2002 )
1968 - Tim Lovejoy , British television presenter
1969 - Brett Ratner , American film director1969 - Rodney Atkins , American country singer1970 - Vince Vaughn , American actor1970 - Michelle Gildernew , Irish republican politician
1971 - Mr. Cheeks , American rapper1972 - Nick Frost , English comedian and actor1972 - Keith Tkachuk , American ice hockey player
1973 - Eddie Fatu , Samoan professional wrestler1973 - Matt Nathanson , American singer-songwriter
1974 - Mark King , English snooker player1974 - Scott Mills , British radio disc jockey
1975 - Shanna Moakler , former beauty queen1975 - Iván Helguera , Spanish footballer
1975 - Matt Reis , American soccer goalkeeper
1975 - Richard Kelly , American film director
1975 - Derek Hill , American racing driver
1976 - David Keuning , American guitar player (The Killers )1977 - Devon , American porn actress1977 - Erik Rasmussen , American ice hockey player
1979 - Park Chae-rim , South Korean actress1980 - Stiliani Pilatou , Greek long jumper1980 - Luke Walton , American basketball player
1981 - Julia Stiles , American actress1981 - Edwar Ramirez , American baseball player
1982 - Sonia Agarwal , Indian actress1982 - Mikel Arteta , Spanish footballer
1983 - Ryan Ashington , English footballer1984 - Christopher Samba , French-born footballer1984 - Nikki Sanderson , British actress and model
1984 - Yordanos Abay , Ethiopian footballer
1986 - J-Kwon , American rapper1986 - Barbora Strýcová , Czech tennis player
1988 - Lacey Turner , British soap actress1989 - Marek Suchý , Czech footballer
1989 - Lukas Jutkiewicz , English footballer1989 - Mira Leung , Canadian figure skater
1991 - Amy Bruckner , American actress1991 - Sophie Mullen , English actress Deaths [ ] 193 - Pertinax , Roman Emperor (b. 126 )1072 - Ordulf 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 and philosopher (b. 1743 )1850 - Gerard C. Brandon , American politician (b. 1788 )1866 - Solomon Foot , American politician (b. 1802 )1868 - James Thomas Brudenell , British military leader (b. 1797 )1870 - George Henry Thomas , American general (b. 1816 )1874 - Peter Andreas Hansen , Danish astronomer (b. 1795 )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 )
1929 - Lomer Gouin , Quebec politician (b. 1861 )1939 - Francis Matthew John Baker , Australian politician (b. 1903 )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 )1944 - Stephen Leacock , Canadian humorist (b. 1869 )1946 - Chick Fullis , baseball player (b. 1904 )1947 - Karol Świerczewski , Polish general (b. 1897 )1949 - Grigoraş Dinicu , Romanian composer and violinist (b. 1889 )1953 - Jim Thorpe , American athlete (b. 1887 )1958 - W.C. Handy , American composer (b. 1873 )1965 - Jack Hoxie , American actor and rodeo performer (b. 1885 )1965 - Clemence Dane , British novelist and playwright (b. 1888 )
1969 - Dwight D. Eisenhower , 34th President of the United States (b. 1890 )1974 - Dorothy Fields , American librettist and lyricist (b. 1905 )1976 - Arthur Crudup , American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1905 )1976 - Richard Arlen , American actor (b. 1898 )
1978 - Dino Ciani , Italian pianist (d. 1941 )1979 - Emmett Kelly , American clown (b. 1898 )1980 - Dick Haymes , Argentine-born singer and actor (b. 1918 )1982 - William Giauque , Canadian chemist, Nobel 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 )
1993 - Scott Cunningham , Occult author (b. 1956 )1995 - Raaj Vishwakarma , Indian actor and Youtuber1995 - Hugh O'Connor , American actor1999 - Freaky Tah , American rapper (Lost Boyz ) (b. 1971 )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 )
2005 - Dame Moura Lympany , British pianist (b. 1916 )2006 - Caspar Weinberger , United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917 )2006 - Charles Schepens , American ophthalmologist (b. 1912 )
2006 - Kevin Pro Hart , Australian artist (b. 1928 )Holidays and observances [ ] Liturgical feasts [ ] External links [ ]
192 Familypedia people were born on March 28
191 Familypedia people died on March 28
76 Familypedia people were first married on March 28