Historical Events In March - 28

1985  STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad on March - 28.   

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

1986  Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India on this day in history.   

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

1986  On this day in history victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39   

1987  Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82   

1989  On this day in history new Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a New York court   

1990  On March - 28 president Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal   

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

1990  Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son   

1991  On this day in history carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at 85   

1992  On March - 28 wendell Mayes, writer, dies of cancer at 72   

1993  On this day in history conservatives win French parliamentary election   

1993  On this day in history type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031)   

1994  On March - 28 armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed   

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 this day in history.   

1995  On March - 28 world's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank & Bank of Tokyo merge   

1996  In Ecuador a 6.0 earthquake occurred at least 27 people killed, 100 injured, several thousand homeless on March - 28.   

1996  On this day in history katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America   

1999  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 on March - 28.   

2005  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 on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history former MLB pitcher Ugueth Urbina is sentenced to 14 years in prison.   

2013  143 rebels and 20 government troop are killed in conflict in Pibor County, Sudan on March - 28.   

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  On this day in history britain introduces 1st new pound coin in 30 years with secret security feature inside to stop counterfeiting   

2017  On this day in history world's largest dinosaur footprint at 1.7 metres found in Kimberley, Western Australia   

2017  On March - 28 uS President Donald Trump signs Energy Independence executive order undoing Obama climate-control measures   

2017  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1483  On this day in history birth of raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)   

1515  Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0593  Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67 on March - 28.   

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 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 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.