Page 5: Historical Events In March - 28

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

1920  Thomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia on March - 28.   

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

1922  The first microfilm device introduced - where is the CIA? on March - 28.   

1922  1st microfilm device introduced on March - 28.   

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

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

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

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

1929  Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador on March - 28.   

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 March - 28 german Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler   

1935  On March - 28 goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  -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  On this day in history sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69   

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

1944  Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis on this day in history.   

1945  Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London on March - 28.   

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 March - 28.   

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  On March - 28 rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57   

1948  On March - 28 2nd Tony Awards Mister Roberts win   

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

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1468  On March - 28 birth of charles I, Duke of Savoy   

1472  Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter was born on this day in history.   

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

1483  Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens) was born on this day in history.   

1515  On this day in history birth of theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint   

1522  On this day in history birth of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)   

1569  Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) was born on March - 28.   

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

0193  On this day in history death of publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated   

0593  Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1072  Death of Ordulf, Duke of Saxony on March - 28.   

1134  On this day in history stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies   

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

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

1563  Death of Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488) on this day in history.   

1566  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79 on this day in history.