Historical Events In March - 28

1920  Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford on March - 28.   

1920  Thomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

1921  On March - 28 the birth of Sir Dirk Bogarde, British actor   

1922  On March - 28 the first microfilm device introduced - where is the CIA?   

1922  1st microfilm device introduced on this day in history.   

1924  On March - 28 wGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions   

1927  Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St NYC on this day in history.   

1927  Karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57 on March - 28.   

1928  On this day in history giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63   

1929  On March - 28 democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador   

1930  On this day in history constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara   

1930  1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston) on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history german Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler   

1935  Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket on this day in history.   

1939  Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down on this day in history.   

1940  Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair on March - 28.   

1941  Sea battle at Cape Matapan British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history sea battle at Cape Matapan: Brit fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy   

1941  Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59 on March - 28.   

1941  On this day in history sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy   

1942  On this day in history 234 RAF bombers attack Lübeck   

1942  On March - 28 british naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire   

1942  On this day in history -29] 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck   

1942  Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67 on March - 28.   

1943  Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1944  6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 on March - 28.   

1944  On this day in history chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis   

1945  On March - 28 last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London   

1945  The last V2 German rocket of World War II falls on London on this day in history.   

1945  Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London on this day in history.   

1946  On March - 28 cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.   

1947  Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57 on March - 28.   

1948  2nd Tony Awards Mister Roberts win on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history 2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win   

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1468  Charles I, Duke of Savoy was born on March - 28.   

1472  Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter was born on March - 28.   

1472  Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517) was born on March - 28.   

1483  On this day in history birth of raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)   

1515  On March - 28 birth of theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint   

1522  Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557) was born on March - 28.   

1569  On this day in history birth of ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)   

1592  On March - 28 birth of jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer   

0193  Death of Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated on this day in history.   

0593  Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67 on March - 28.   

1072  Death of Ordulf, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

1134  On March - 28 stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies   

1239  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)   

1285  Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies on March - 28.   

1563  Death of Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488) on March - 28.   

1566  On March - 28 siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79