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 this day in history.  

1967  "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances on March - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

1969  Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1972  Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game on March - 28.  

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

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

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 March - 28.  

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

1977  On March - 28 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  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  Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1981  On March - 28 france performs nuclear test  

1981  On March - 28 viv Richards scores century in the first Test at his home Antigua  

1982  On this day in history jN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador  

1982  On this day in history near Coast of Peru a 6.1 earthquake killed 3 people and extensive damage (VI) at Lunahuana.  

1983  On March - 28 ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71  

1984  On March - 28 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  Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues", premieres in New York NY on March - 28.  

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

1472  On March - 28 birth of fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter  

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 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 this day in history.  

0193  On March - 28 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  On March - 28 death of ordulf, Duke of Saxony  

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

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

1285  On this day in history martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies  

1563  On March - 28 death of heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)  

1566  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79 on March - 28.