March 28

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on March 28. From 1900 until now. March 28 is under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Lady Gaga (1986), Vince Vaughn (1970) and Julia Stiles (1981). Several movies were released around March 28 over the years, such as 12 Angry Men in 1957 directed by Sidney Lumet and Monsieur Verdoux in 1947 directed by Charles Chaplin.
But much more happened on March 28 over the years: find out below

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Saint Sixtus III
Slovakia, Czech Republic - Teachers' Day.
Saint Castor
Saint Gontram (died 592)
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2019 Somali Civil War: At least 11 people are killed following an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Al Jazeera)
2018 The Sentencing Council for England and Wales issues new guidelines increasing the penalties for terrorist offences. (The Financial Times), (The Law Gazette), (Sentencing Council for England and Wales) (The Times of India)
2017 2017 Congolese police decapitation attacks: Authorities find the remains of two missing U.N. investigators—former Swedish politician Zaida Catalán and U.S. national Michael Sharp—in a shallow grave in the province of Kasaï-Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters), (BBC), (UN News Centre)
2016 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): Taliban fighters fire explosives at Afghanistan's Parliament while it is in session. Members of Parliament said no one was wounded while a Taliban spokesperson claims it caused heavy casualities. (Al Jazeera)
2015 2015 military intervention in Yemen: Saudi airstrikes continue in Yemen for the third successive day while ground fighting occurs in Aden. Saudi Arabia claims to be in full control of Yemen's airspace. (Al-Jazeera)Saudi planes evacuate a United Nations mission from the Yemeni capital Sana'a. (Al-Arabiyah)
2014 Russia announces that it will raise the price Ukraine pays for Russian natural gas by 80%. (Reuters)
2013 Terrorism in Kenya:: Six gunmen (presumed to be of the Mombasa Republican Council) and one policeman die during an attack on a casino in coastal town of Malindi, Kenya. (Al Jazeera)
2012 2012 Sabha conflict:
2011 Arab Spring:
2010 The BBC reports it has found evidence of a massacre which occurred in Democratic Republic of Congo last December in which at least 321 people, including children, were killed. Human Rights Watch calls it ampquotone of the worst massacres carried out by the LRAampquot. (BBC)
2009 NASA's space shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a 13-day mission to the International Space Station.
2008 Norway and South Korea recognize Kosovo as an independent state. (Government of Norway) (Government of South Korea)
2007 As many as 60 people die off the coast of Guinea as a pirogue or open fishing boat carrying 120 people capsizes. (Reuters via CNN)
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.
2005 The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.
2004 Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, leader of Hamas, states that God has declared war on the United States. (NYTimes) (abs-cbnNEWS) (Reuters) (INDOlink)
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 attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
2002 Arab–Israeli conflict: Delegates to the summit of the Arab League endorse the ampquotland for peaceampquot plan proposed by Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
2000 Three children are killed when a Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train.
1999 Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in the Izbica massacre.
1996 Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America.
1995 Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett split up.
1994 Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed
1993 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins.
1992 PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel.
1990 U.S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1986 John N McMahon, ends term as Deputy Director of CIA
1985 STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad
1982 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises US$19,500,000.
1981 Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 metre (40.18 seconds).
1979 Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pa (no deaths)
1978 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.
1977 49th Academy Awards - Rocky, Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win
1975 In Eastern Idaho, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs.
1974 Rock group Raspberries breakup
1972 Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game.
1971 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth and Company win.
1970 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)
1969 Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands Cardinal
1968 Brazilian high school student Edson Luis 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.
1967 Sherry! opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances
1964 1st pirate radio station near England (Radio Caroline)
1962 Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees.
1960 Pope John raises the first Japanese, first African, and first Filipino cardinals.
1959 The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet.
1958 W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy, US conductor/composer (Saint Louis Blues), dies at age 84.
1954 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win.
1953 New Faces (of 1952) closes at Royale Theater NYC after 365 performances
1952 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.
1948 Second Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win.
1947 A World War II Japanese booby trap explodes on Corregidor island, killing 28 people.
1946 Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson : Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1945 Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London, England.
1944 Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle and begins writing Pippi Longstocking
1943 In Italy a ship full of weapons and ammunition explodes in the port of Naples, killing 600.
1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire
1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy.
1939 Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down.
1935 Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket.
1933 German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler
1930 Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador.
1927 Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St, New York City
1924 WGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
1923 ''Regia Aeronautica'', the air force of Fascist Italy, is founded.
1922 Stanley Cup: Toronto Saint Patricks (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), three games to 2.
1920 Thomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia.
1917 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv and Jaffa by Turkish authorities.
1915 The first Roman Catholic Liturgy is celebrated by Archbishop John Ireland at the newly consecrated Cathedral of Saint Paul in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
1913 Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1910 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre)
1905 Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used.
1902 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville Tennessee (state record).
1900 Over 1,000 tonnes of waste are removed from demolished buildings in Sydney, Australia, in areas affected by an outbreak of the bubonic plague.
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