Historical Events In March - 28

1965  On March - 28 vAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67  

1967  On March - 28 uN Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam  

1967  On this day in history "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances  

1968  On this day in history actress Lucy Lawless was born this day.  

1969  In Turkey a 6.4 earthquake occurred in the Alasehir region of western Turkey on March - 28.  

1969  On this day in history pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal  

1969  Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78 on this day in history.  

1970  On March - 28 1,086 die when 7.3 earthquake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)  

1970  On March - 28 in Gediz, Turkey a 7.3 earthquake resulted in over 1,000 killed, over 1,000 injured, more than 8,000 buildings destroyed and over 5,500 buildings damaged  

1970  On March - 28 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)  

1971  25th Tony Awards: Sleuth & Company win on March - 28.  

1971  Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78 on March - 28.  

1972  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.  

1972  Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game on this day in history.  

1972  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR on March - 28.  

1973  On March - 28 hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies  

1974  On this day in history dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68  

1975  On March - 28 renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77  

1977  On this day in history 49th Academy Awards "Rocky", Peter Finch & Faye Dunaway win  

1977  On March - 28 morarji Desai forms government in India  

1977  On March - 28 49th Academy Awards: "Rocky", Peter Finch & Faye Dunaway win  

1979  A serious radiation leak occurs at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the US on this day in history.  

1979  On March - 28 british government of Callaghan falls  

1979  On March - 28 major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown PA (no deaths but lots of stress)  

1979  On this day in history emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80  

1980  On March - 28 dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies  

1981  On this day in history france performs nuclear test  

1981  Viv Richards scores century in the first Test at his home Antigua on March - 28.  

1982  JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador on March - 28.  

1982  Near Coast of Peru a 6.1 earthquake killed 3 people and extensive damage (VI) at Lunahuana on March - 28.  

1983  Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1984  On this day in history kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead  

1985  On March - 28 international Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley's Comet  

1985  On this day in history neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues", premieres in New York NY  

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

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

1472  Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517) was born on this day in history.  

1483  On March - 28 birth of raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)  

1515  Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint was born on March - 28.  

1522  On this day in history 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  Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of ordulf, Duke of Saxony  

1134  On March - 28 stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies  

1239  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)  

1285  On March - 28 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  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79 on March - 28.