Historical Events In March - 28

1920  On this day in history actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford   

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

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

1922  On March - 28 the first microfilm device introduced - where is the CIA?   

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

1924  On this day in history wGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions   

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

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

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

1929  On March - 28 democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador   

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

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

1933  German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler on March - 28.   

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

1939  On March - 28 dutch hunter shoots English bombers down   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67   

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

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 March - 28.   

1945  Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history 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  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  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  On March - 28 birth of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)   

1569  On March - 28 birth of ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)   

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 March - 28 guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67   

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

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  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 March - 28.