Historical Events In March - 28

1920  On March - 28 actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford  

1920  On March - 28 thomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia  

1921  The birth of Sir Dirk Bogarde, British actor on this day in history.  

1922  The first microfilm device introduced - where is the CIA? on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history 1st microfilm device introduced  

1924  On this day in history wGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions  

1927  On March - 28 majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St NYC  

1927  On this day in history karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57  

1928  On March - 28 giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63  

1929  On this day in history democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador  

1930  Constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara on March - 28.  

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

1933  German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler on March - 28.  

1935  Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket on March - 28.  

1939  On March - 28 dutch hunter shoots English bombers down  

1940  On this day in history construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair.  

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

1941  Sea battle at Cape Matapan: Brit fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy on March - 28.  

1941  On March - 28 virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59  

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

1942  On March - 28 234 RAF bombers attack Lübeck  

1942  On this day in history british naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire  

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

1942  On March - 28 herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67  

1943  Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69 on March - 28.  

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

1944  On March - 28 chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis  

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

1945  On March - 28 the last V2 German rocket of World War II falls on London  

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

1946  Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power on this day in history.  

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 March - 28 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 this day in history.  

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

1483  Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens) was born on March - 28.  

1515  Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1592  On this day in history 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  On March - 28 death of ordulf, Duke of Saxony  

1134  Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1239  Death of Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180) on this day in history.  

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

1563  On March - 28 death of heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)  

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