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

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

1922  1st microfilm device introduced on March - 28.   

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  On March - 28 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 this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara   

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

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

1935  On this day in history goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket   

1939  On March - 28 dutch hunter shoots English bombers down   

1940  On March - 28 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 this day in history 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  234 RAF bombers attack Lübeck on March - 28.   

1942  On March - 28 british naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire   

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

1942  Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67 on March - 28.   

1943  On this day in history sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69   

1944  On this day in history 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  Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London on March - 28.   

1945  On this day in history the last V2 German rocket of World War II falls on London   

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

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

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

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1468  On this day in history birth of charles I, Duke of Savoy   

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter   

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

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

0193  Death of Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated on this day in history.   

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

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

1563  On this day in history death of heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)   

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