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 this day in history.  

1921  On this day in history 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  On March - 28 wGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions  

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  On this day in history giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63  

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

1930  On March - 28 constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara  

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  On this day in history goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket  

1939  On this day in history dutch hunter shoots English bombers down  

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

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

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

1941  Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59 on this day in history.  

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  British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire on March - 28.  

1942  On March - 28 -29] 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck  

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 March - 28.  

1944  On this day in history 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40  

1944  On this day in history chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis  

1945  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 2nd Tony Awards Mister Roberts win  

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

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

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

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

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  Death of Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated on March - 28.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1563  Death of Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488) on March - 28.  

1566  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79 on March - 28.