Historical Events In March - 28

1891  1st world weightlifting championship held on this day in history.  

1891  Karel MJF Cruysberghs, Flemish author on March - 28.  

1891  On this day in history dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies  

1895  On March - 28 spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church  

1896  On March - 28 the opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan)  

1896  On March - 28 e Rundle Charles, writer, dies  

1900  On this day in history achille Longo, composer  

1902  On March - 28 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville TN (state record)  

1902  On March - 28 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)  

1902  On March - 28 flora Robson, South Shields England, actress (Dominique is Dead)  

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1903  Rudolf Serkin, Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music) on March - 28.  

1904  On this day in history fosco Giachetti, Livorno Italy, actor (Wastrel, We the Living)  

1905  On this day in history paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used  

1905  On this day in history marlin Perkins, Carthage Mo, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom)  

1906  Joseph Wright, Canada, oarsman (Olympic-gold-1928) on March - 28.  

1907  Herbert "Herb" Hall, clarinetist/saxophonist on this day in history.  

1907  On this day in history pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer, dies at 65  

1908  On March - 28 john Eliot, English meteorology, dies at 68  

1909  Nelson Algren, US, novelist (Man with the Golden Arm) on March - 28.  

1910  On this day in history near Marseilles, France, the first ever seaplane takes off  

1910  On March - 28 the first seaplane, takes off from water at Martigues France (Henri Fabre)  

1910  1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre) on this day in history.  

1910  On March - 28 ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark  

1910  Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies on this day in history.  

1911  On this day in history myfanwy Piper, librettist  

1912  A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, UK, sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space) on this day in history.  

1913  On March - 28 guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.  

1914  Bohumil Hrabal, writer on this day in history.  

1914  Hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1915  Jay Livingston, composer (Buttons & Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy) on this day in history.  

1917  Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities on March - 28.  

1918  Anti-conscription riots break out in Quebec City; four civilians killed in shooting match with soldiers over Easter weekend on this day in history.  

1918  Youly Algaroff, ballet dancer on March - 28.  

1919  On this day in history jacob Avshalomov, Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon)  

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1468  Charles I, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.  

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter  

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)  

1483  On March - 28 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  On March - 28 birth of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)  

1569  Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.  

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

0193  On March - 28 death of publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated  

0593  On this day in history guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67  

1072  On this day in history death of ordulf, Duke of Saxony  

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

1239  On March - 28 death of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)  

1285  On this day in history martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies  

1563  On this day in history death of heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)  

1566  On this day in history siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79