Historical Events In March - 28

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

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  Actress Lucy Lawless was born this day on this day in history.  

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

1969  On March - 28 pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal  

1969  Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78 on March - 28.  

1970  1,086 die when 7.3 earthquake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1971  Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

1972  On this day in history wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game  

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

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

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

1975  On this day in history renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77  

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

1977  On March - 28 morarji Desai forms government in India  

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

1979  On March - 28 a serious radiation leak occurs at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the US  

1979  British government of Callaghan falls on this day in history.  

1979  Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown PA (no deaths but lots of stress) on this day in history.  

1979  On March - 28 emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80  

1980  On this day in history dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies  

1981  France performs nuclear test on this day in history.  

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 March - 28.  

1982  On March - 28 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 on this day in history.  

1984  Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead on this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)  

1483  Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens) was born on March - 28.  

1515  On this day in history birth of theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint  

1522  Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557) was born on March - 28.  

1569  On this day in history 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  Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67 on March - 28.  

1072  On this day in history death of ordulf, Duke of Saxony  

1134  Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.