Page 7: Historical Events In March - 28

1967  UN Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam.   

1967  "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances.   

1968  Actress Lucy Lawless was born this day.   

1969  In Turkey a 6.4 earthquake occurred in the Alasehir region of western Turkey.   

1969  Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal   

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

1970  1086 die when 7.3 earthquake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)   

1970  In Gediz, Turkey a 7.3 earthquake resulted in over 1000 killed, over 1000 injured, more than 8000 buildings destroyed and over 5500 buildings damaged.   

1970  1086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)   

1971  25th Tony Awards: Sleuth and Company win   

1971  Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78.   

1972  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

1972  Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game   

1972  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

1973  Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies   

1974  Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68.   

1975  Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77.   

1977  49th Academy Awards "Rocky", Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win   

1977  Morarji Desai forms government in India.   

1977  49th Academy Awards: "Rocky", Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win   

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

1979  British government of Callaghan falls   

1979  Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown PA (no deaths but lots of stress)   

1979  Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80   

1980  Dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies   

1981  France performs nuclear test.   

1981  Viv Richards scores century in the inaugural Test at his home Antigua.   

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

1982  Near Coast of Peru a 6.1 earthquake killed 3 people and extensive damage (VI) at Lunahuana   

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

1984  Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead   

1985  International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley's Comet   

1985  Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues", premieres in New York NY.   

1985  STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad   

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1468  Charles I, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1472  Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter was born on March - 28.   

1472  On March - 28 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 this day in history birth of theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint   

1522  On this day in history birth of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)   

1569  Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) was born on March - 28.   

1592  On this day in history birth of jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer   

0193  On this day in history death of publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated   

0593  On this day in history guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67   

1072  Death of Ordulf, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

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  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 March - 28 siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79