Historical Events In March - 28

1965  VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1967  UN Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam on March - 28.  

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

1968  On March - 28 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  On March - 28 dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78  

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)  

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

1971  On March - 28 felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78  

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  On March - 28 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR  

1973  Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies on this day in history.  

1974  On March - 28 dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68  

1975  Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77 on March - 28.  

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

1977  On this day in history morarji Desai forms government in India  

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

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  Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown PA (no deaths but lots of stress) on this day in history.  

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  France performs nuclear test on March - 28.  

1981  Viv Richards scores century in the first Test at his home Antigua on this day in history.  

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  Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead on this day in history.  

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

1985  On March - 28 neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues", premieres in New York NY  

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1468  Charles I, Duke of Savoy was born on March - 28.  

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

1472  On March - 28 birth of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)  

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 March - 28.  

1522  Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 28.  

0193  On March - 28 death of publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated  

0593  On March - 28 guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67  

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

1134  On this day in history stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies  

1239  On March - 28 death of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)  

1285  Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies on this day in history.  

1563  Death of Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488) on March - 28.  

1566  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79 on this day in history.