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

1922  On March - 28 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 this day in history.  

1927  On this day in history majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St NYC  

1927  Karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1928  Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63 on March - 28.  

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

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

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

1933  On March - 28 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 March - 28.  

1940  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 March - 28.  

1942  On this day in history 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 March - 28.  

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

1944  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history 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 March - 28.  

1947  On March - 28 rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57  

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

1948  2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win on March - 28.  

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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 March - 28 birth of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1592  On this day in history 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  On March - 28 guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67  

1072  On this day in history 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 March - 28.  

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