Historical Events In March - 28

1920  Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history thomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia   

1921  On this day in history the birth of Sir Dirk Bogarde, British actor   

1922  On this day in history the first microfilm device introduced - where is the CIA?   

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

1924  WGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions on March - 28.   

1927  Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St NYC on March - 28.   

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

1928  Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1929  Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador on this day in history.   

1930  Constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara on this day in history.   

1930  1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston) on March - 28.   

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

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

1939  Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down on March - 28.   

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

1941  On March - 28 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  On March - 28 sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy   

1942  234 RAF bombers attack Lübeck on March - 28.   

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

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

1942  Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  The last V2 German rocket of World War II falls on London on March - 28.   

1945  On March - 28 last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London   

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 March - 28.   

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  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 this day in history 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 March - 28 birth of ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)   

1592  Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer was born on March - 28.   

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

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  Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies on March - 28.   

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

1285  On March - 28 martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies   

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

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