Historical Events In March - 28

1985  STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad on this day in history.  

1985  Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97 on this day in history.  

1986  On this day in history extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India  

1986  On March - 28 john N McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA  

1986  Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39 on this day in history.  

1987  Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway on March - 28.  

1987  Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1989  On March - 28 new Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a New York court  

1990  President Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal on this day in history.  

1990  Three arrested in London in plot to smuggle US-made nuclear triggering devices to Iraq on this day in history.  

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1990  On March - 28 helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at 65  

1991  Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son on this day in history.  

1991  Carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at 85 on March - 28.  

1992  On this day in history wendell Mayes, writer, dies of cancer at 72  

1993  On this day in history conservatives win French parliamentary election  

1993  Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031) on March - 28.  

1994  Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed on this day in history.  

1994  Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election on March - 28.  

1995  On March - 28 julia Roberts & Lyle Lovett split-up  

1995  Queensland beat South Australia to win first ever cricket Sheffield Shield on March - 28.  

1995  World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank & Bank of Tokyo merge on March - 28.  

1996  In Ecuador a 6.0 earthquake occurred at least 27 people killed, 100 injured, several thousand homeless on this day in history.  

1996  Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America on this day in history.  

1999  On this day in history in the Xizang-India Border Region a 5.5 earthquake occurred At least 61 people killed and 125 injured in the Chamoli district; 34 killed and 177 injured in the Rudraprayag district; 5 killed and 60 injured in the Tehri Garhwal district; 19 injured in the Bageshwar district; 13 injured in the Pauri Garhwal district, India  

2005  On this day in history the 205 Sumatran earthquake struck off Sumatra, 3 months after the 204 Indian Ocean earthquake. At a magnitude of 8.7 it is the second largest earthquake since 1965.  

2007  Former MLB pitcher Ugueth Urbina is sentenced to 14 years in prison on March - 28.  

2013  On this day in history 143 rebels and 20 government troop are killed in conflict in Pibor County, Sudan  

2014  On March - 28 russia increases the price of gas to the Ukraine by 80%  

2017  On March - 28 uS confirms likely it is behind the air strike in Mosul, Iraq that led to collapse of a building that killed more than 100 civilians  

2017  Britain introduces 1st new pound coin in 30 years with secret security feature inside to stop counterfeiting on this day in history.  

2017  World's largest dinosaur footprint at 1.7 metres found in Kimberley, Western Australia on March - 28.  

2017  US President Donald Trump signs Energy Independence executive order undoing Obama climate-control measures on this day in history.  

2017  On March - 28 cyclone Debbie strikes north east Queensland coast as a category 4 storm  

2018  On this day in history north Korea's Kim Jong-un meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, his first trip outside of North Korea since coming to power in 2011  

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

1472  Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter was born on this day in history.  

1472  Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517) was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 28.  

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

1592  On March - 28 birth of jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer  

0193  On March - 28 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 this day in history.  

1239  On March - 28 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 this day in history.