Page 7: Historical Events In March - 28

1965  VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67 on March - 28.   

1967  On this day in history uN Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam   

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

1968  Actress Lucy Lawless was born this day on March - 28.   

1969  On this day in history in Turkey a 6.4 earthquake occurred in the Alasehir region of western Turkey.   

1969  Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal on March - 28.   

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

1970  On this day in history 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  1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) on March - 28.   

1971  25th Tony Awards: Sleuth & Company win on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78   

1972  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

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 this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies   

1974  Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1975  Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1977  On March - 28 morarji Desai forms government in India   

1977  On this day in history 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 March - 28.   

1979  On March - 28 british government of Callaghan falls   

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

1979  Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80 on March - 28.   

1980  Dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies on March - 28.   

1981  On this day in history france performs nuclear test   

1981  On this day in history viv Richards scores century in the first Test at his home Antigua   

1982  JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador on this day in history.   

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 March - 28.   

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

1985  On this day in history 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  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  Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517) was born on March - 28.   

1483  On this day in history 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  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  Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer was born on March - 28.   

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 March - 28 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 March - 28.   

1285  Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies on March - 28.   

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