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What Happened on March 28th This Day in History

Year	Name
2006	At least one million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
2005	An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.
2003	In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
2001	Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos begins operation.
1999	Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill at least 130 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
1994	In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.
1990	United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1979	A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
1979	The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
1978	The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
1970	An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200.
1969	Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1968	Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a student protest.
1965	An Mw  7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.
1959	The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
1946	Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1942	World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
1941	World War II: First day of the Battle of Cape Matapan in Greece between the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy.
1939	Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
1933	The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
1920	Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
1918	General John J. Pershing, during World War I, cancels 42nd 'Rainbow' Division's orders to Rolampont for further training and diverted it to the occupy the Baccarat sector.[17] Rainbow Division becomes "the first American division to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for a period of three months".
1918	Finnish Civil War: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of Tampere", the Whites force the Reds to attack the city center, where the city's fiercest battles being fought in Kalevankangas with large casualties on both sides. During the same day, an explosion at the Red headquarters of Tampere kills several commanders.[19]
1910	Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near in France.
1862	American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
1860	First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
1854	Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
1842	First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
1814	War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels.
1809	Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.
1802	Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
1801	Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.
1795	Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1776	Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1566	The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid[4] by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
364	Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
193	After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.
37	Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.

Famous People Born on March 28

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Year	Name
1851	Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (d. 1944)
1946	Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014)
1991	Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player
1913	Toko Shinoda, Japanese artist (d. 2021)
1989	Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
1895	Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1985)
1948	Janice Lynde, American actress
1981	Edwar Ramírez, American baseball player
1962	Simon Bazalgette, English businessman
1899	Buck Shaw, American football player and coach (d. 1977)

Famous People Deaths On March 28

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Date	Name
1992	Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (b. 1909)
1976	Richard Arlen, American actor (b. c.1898)
1944	Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)
1986	Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
2021	Didier Ratsiraka, Malagasy politician and naval officer (b. 1936)
1241	Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)
1979	Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor (b. 1898)
1994	Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (b. 1909)
2004	Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1929	Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)