What happened on March 28? There are more than 310 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About March 28
March 28 is the 88th day of the year 2024. There are 278 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday. This day falls under the 13th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Fort Supply, Oklahoma 73841 sunrise occured at 07:27 AM and sunset occured at 07:58 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Aries. The modern birthstone for this month is Aquamarine while the mystical birthstone is Jade.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 307 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For March 28
- 37Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
- 193Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
- 364Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
- 845Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
- 1776Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
- 1794Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
- 1795Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
- 1802Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
- 1809Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
- 1854Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
- 1860First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
- 1862American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass – in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.
- 1871The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
- 1889The Yngsjö murder occurs in Yngsjö, Sweden and Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son.
- 1910Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
- 1913Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1920Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
- 1930Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
- 1939Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.
- 1941World 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 heavy cruisers and two destroyers.
- 1942World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces successfully raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
- 1946Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
- 1959The State Council of the People’s Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet.
- 1968Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.
- 1969Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
- 1969The McGill français 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.
- 1978The 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.
- 1979Operators of Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania fail to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system has stuck open following an unexpected shutdown. As a result, enough coolant drains out of the system to allow the core to overheat and partially melt down.
- 1979The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan’s government, precipitating a general election.
- 1990President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
- 1994BBC Radio 5 is closed and replaced with a new news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live.
- 1994In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.
- 1999Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in the Izbica massacre.
- 2000Three children are killed when a Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train.
- 2003In 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.
- 2005The 2005 Sumatra earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.
- 2006At 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.
Who Were Born On March 28?
- 1472Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)
- 1515Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun and saint (d. 1582)
- 1522Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)
- 1569Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)
- 1592John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop (d. 1670)
- 1599Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658)
- 1613Empress Xiaozhuangwen of the Qing Dynasty (d. 1688)
- 1652Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (d. 1730)
- 1725Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
- 1750Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan nationalist (d. 1816)
- 1760Thomas Clarkson, British abolitionist (d. 1846)
- 1773Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
- 1793Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist (d. 1864)
- 1795Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
- 1806Thomas Hare, English political scientist (d. 1891)
- 1811Saint John Nepomucene Neumann, Bohemian-born American bishop and Roman Catholic saint (d. 1860)
- 1815Arsène Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896)
- 1818Wade Hampton III, American soldier and politician (d. 1902)
- 1819Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (d. 1891)
- 1836Frederick Pabst, American brewer (d. 1904)
- 1840Emin Pasha, Equatorian politician (d. 1892)
- 1842William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officer (d. 1908)
- 1849James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (d. 1894)
- 1851Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (d. 1944)
- 1862Aristide Briand, French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
- 1866Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)
- 1868Maxim Gorky, Russian author (d. 1936)
- 1871Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951)
- 1879Terence MacSwiney, Irish nationalist (d. 1920)
- 1890Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (d. 1967)
- 1892Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
- 1892Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993)
- 1893Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (d. 1971)
- 1894Ernst Lindemann, German naval officer (d. 1941)
- 1895Christian Herter, American politician (d. 1966)
- 1895Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1985)
- 1897Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977)
- 1897Tillie Voss, American football player (d. 1975)
- 1899August “Gussie” Anheuser Busch, Jr., American brewer and baseball executive (d. 1989)
- 1899Buck Shaw, American football coach (d. 1977)
- 1899Harold B. Lee, American religious figure (d. 1973)
- 1900Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (d. 2004)
- 1902Dame Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
- 1902Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988)
- 1903Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1903Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (d. 1991)
- 1905Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host (d. 1986)
- 1905Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (d. 1996)
- 1907Irving “Swifty” Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993)
- 1907Norrey Ford (aka Jill Christian and Christian Walford), British writer (d. 1985)
- 1909Nelson Algren, American writer (d. 1981)
- 1910Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American librarian (d. 2001)
- 1910Jimmie Dodd, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1910Queen Ingrid of Denmark (d. 2000)
- 1911John Langshaw Austin, British language philosopher (d. 1960)
- 1912A. Bertram Chandler Australian author (d. 1984)
- 1912Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943)
- 1914Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (d. 1997)
- 1914Edmund Muskie, American politician (d. 1996)
- 1914Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1914Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist (d. 2003)
- 1915Jay Livingston, American composer and songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1919Vic Raschi, American baseball player (d. 1988)
- 1921Herschel Grynszpan, German assassin of Ernst vom Rath (year of death unknown)
- 1921Sir Dirk Bogarde, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1921Walter Neugebauer, Croatian comic book author (d. 1992)
- 1922Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (d. 1990)
- 1922Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001)
- 1922Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
- 1923Thad Jones, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1986)
- 1924Byrd Baylor, American author
- 1924Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (d. 1992)
- 1925Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress (d. 2010)
- 1926Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
- 1927Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (d. 2007)
- 1928Alexander Grothendieck, German mathematician
- 1928Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-born American political scientist and geostrategist
- 1929Paul England, Australian racing driver
- 1930Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer
- 1930Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1930Robert Ashley, American composer
- 1933Frank Murkowski, American politician
- 1933Tete Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist (d. 1997)
- 1934Lester Brown, American environmentalist
- 1935Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster
- 1936Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author, politician and Nobel laureate
- 1937Liz Trotta, American journalist
- 1940Kevin Loughery, American basketball coach
- 1940Tony Barber, Australian television personality
- 1941Alf Clausen, America orchestra conductor
- 1941Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, American author
- 1941Jim Turner, American pro football player
- 1942Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998)
- 1942Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
- 1942Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and head coach
- 1942Kitanofuji Katsuaki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 52nd Yokozuna
- 1942Mike Newell, English film director
- 1942Neil Kinnock, British politician
- 1942Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
- 1943Conchata Ferrell, American actress
- 1944Ken Howard, American actor
- 1944Rick Barry, American basketball player
- 1945Count Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician
- 1946Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
- 1946Henry Paulson Jr., American economist
- 1946Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut
- 1947John Landecker, American disk jockey
- 1948Dennis Unkovic, American author
- 1948Dianne Wiest, American actress
- 1948Gerry House, American radio personality
- 1948Jayne Ann Krentz, American novelist
- 1948John Evan, British musician (Jethro Tull)
- 1948Matthew Corbett, English retired actor
- 1948Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (d. 2006)
- 1950Claudio Lolli, Italian singer-songwriter
- 1951Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
- 1951Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995)
- 1952Tony Brise, British racing driver (d. 1975)
- 1953Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician (d. 1993)
- 1954Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985)
- 1955John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician
- 1955Reba McEntire, American singer and actress
- 1956April Margera, mother of Bam Margera
- 1956Susan Ershler, American mountaineer
- 1957Paul Eiding, American voice actor
- 1958Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
- 1958Edesio Alejandro, Cuban music composer
- 1958Lou Franceschetti, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1959Chris Myers, American sportscaster
- 1960Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author and dramatist
- 1960Chris Barrie, British actor
- 1960José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician
- 1961Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach
- 1961Orla Brady, Irish actress
- 1962Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
- 1962Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler
- 1965Steve Bull, English footballer
- 1967John Ziegler, American talk-show host
- 1968Iris Chang, American author (d. 2004)
- 1968Jon Lee, British drummer (d. 2002)
- 1968Max Perlich, American actor
- 1968Nasser Hussain, English cricketer
- 1968Tim Lovejoy, British television presenter
- 1969Brett Ratner, American film director
- 1969Elliot Perry, American basketball player
- 1969Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter
- 1970Aiga Zagorska, Lithuanian track and road cyclist
- 1970Jennifer Weiner, American author
- 1970Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician
- 1970Vince Vaughn, American actor
- 1971Christianne Meneses Jacobs, Nicaraguan-born American writer and educator
- 1971Mr. Cheeks, American rapper
- 1971Wesley Person, American basketball player
- 1972Eby J. Jose, Indian journalist
- 1972Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
- 1972Nick Frost, English comedian and actor
- 1973Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler (d. 2009)
- 1973Matt Nathanson, American singer-songwriter
- 1973Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey
- 1974Mark King, English snooker player
- 1975Derek Hill, American racing driver
- 1975Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
- 1975Kate Gosselin, American TV personality
- 1975Matt Reis, American soccer goalkeeper
- 1975Richard Kelly, American film director
- 1975Shanna Moakler, American beauty queen and TV personality
- 1976Dave Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers)
- 1977Annie Wersching, American actress
- 1977Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player
- 1977Lauren Weisberger, American novelist
- 1979Crystal Cox, American reality television contestant
- 1979Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress
- 1980Chitrangada Singh, Indian actress
- 1980Luke Walton, American basketball player
- 1980Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer
- 1980Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
- 1981Antonio Rizzo, Italian footballer
- 1981Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player
- 1981Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh Actor
- 1981Julia Stiles, American actress
- 1981Lindsay Frimodt, American model
- 1982Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress
- 1983Ryan Ashington, English footballer
- 1984Christopher Samba, French footballer
- 1984Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model
- 1984Ol Drake, English guitarist (Evile)
- 1984Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer
- 1986Abuda, Brazilian footballer
- 1986Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, Czech tennis player
- 1986J-Kwon, American rapper
- 1986Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter and dancer
- 1986Yoon Joon-Soo, South Korean footballer
- 1987Lee Hea-Kang, South Korean footballer
- 1988Lacey Turner, British actress
- 1988Patrick Mayer, German footballer
- 1989David Goodwillie, Scottish footballer
- 1989Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
- 1989Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
- 1989Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
- 1990Zac Clarke, Australian rules footballer
- 1991Amy Bruckner, American actress
- 1992Liam Hess, British actor
- 1992Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer
Who Died On March 28?
- 193Pertinax, Roman Emperor (b. 126)
- 1072Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
- 1239Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
- 1285Pope Martin IV
- 1563Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)
- 1566Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (b. 1486)
- 1677Václav Hollar, Czech-born etcher (b. 1607)
- 1687Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
- 1794Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
- 1818Antonio Capuzzi, Italian composer (b. 1755)
- 1850Gerard C. Brandon, American politician (b. 1788)
- 1866Solomon Foot, American politician (b. 1802)
- 1868James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, British military leader (b. 1797)
- 1870George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
- 1874Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (b. 1795)
- 1881Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Russian composer (b. 1839)
- 1884Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, son of Queen Victoria (b. 1853)
- 1910David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837)
- 1910Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (b. 1838)
- 1928Nathan Stubblefield, American inventor (b. 1860)
- 1929Lomer Gouin, Canadian politician (b. 1861)
- 1939Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)
- 1941Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian Police Commissioner (b. 1877)
- 1941Virginia Woolf, English feminist writer (b. 1882)
- 1942Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet, death in prison (b. 1910)
- 1943Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1873)
- 1944Stephen Leacock, Canadian humorist (b. 1869)
- 1946Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904)
- 1947Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
- 1949Grigoraş Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (b. 1889)
- 1953Jim Thorpe, American athlete (b. 1887)
- 1958W. C. Handy, American composer (b. 1873)
- 1962Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883)
- 1965Charles William Train, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1890)
- 1965Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (b. 1888)
- 1965Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (b. 1885)
- 1969Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi (b. 1885)
- 1969Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
- 1974Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (b. 1905)
- 1976Arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1905)
- 1976Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)
- 1977Eric Shipton, British explorer and mountaineer (b. 1907)
- 1978Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (b. 1941)
- 1979Emmett Kelly, American clown (b. 1898)
- 1980Dick Haymes, Argentine-born singer and actor (b. 1918)
- 1982William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
- 1984Carmen Dragon, American conductor, composer and arranger (b. 1914)
- 1985Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (b. 1887)
- 1986Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
- 1987Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (b. 1905)
- 1987Patrick Troughton, British actor (b. 1920)
- 1989Robert J. Wilke, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1992Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (b. 1909)
- 1993Scott Cunningham, Occult author (b. 1956)
- 1994Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born French playwright (b. 1909)
- 1995Hugh O'Connor, American actor (b. 1962)
- 1996Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician (b. 1914)
- 2000Anthony Powell, British novelist (b. 1905)
- 2001Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (b. 1928)
- 2003Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (b. 1923)
- 2004Art James, American game show host (b. 1929)
- 2004Peter Ustinov, British actor (b. 1921)
- 2005Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)
- 2006Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
- 2006Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
- 2006Kevin Charles “Pro” Hart, Australian artist (b. 1928)
- 2006Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)
- 2006Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian philosopher (b. 1911)
- 2010June Havoc, American actress (b. 1913)
- 2011Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917)
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