Historical Events In March - 28

1920  Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford on this day in history.   

1920  Thomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history the birth of Sir Dirk Bogarde, British actor   

1922  The first microfilm device introduced - where is the CIA? on this day in history.   

1922  1st microfilm device introduced on this day in history.   

1924  On March - 28 wGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions   

1927  On March - 28 majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St NYC   

1927  On this day in history karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57   

1928  On this day in history giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63   

1929  Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador on March - 28.   

1930  On this day in history constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara   

1930  On March - 28 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)   

1933  German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler on March - 28.   

1935  On this day in history goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket   

1939  On this day in history dutch hunter shoots English bombers down   

1940  Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair on March - 28.   

1941  Sea battle at Cape Matapan British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy on March - 28.   

1941  On March - 28 sea battle at Cape Matapan: Brit fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy   

1941  Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59 on March - 28.   

1941  Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy on this day in history.   

1942  234 RAF bombers attack Lübeck on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history british naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire   

1942  On March - 28 -29] 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck   

1942  Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67 on March - 28.   

1943  On this day in history sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69   

1944  On March - 28 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40   

1944  Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis on this day in history.   

1945  On March - 28 last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London   

1945  On this day in history the last V2 German rocket of World War II falls on London   

1945  On this day in history last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London   

1946  On March - 28 cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.   

1947  Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history 2nd Tony Awards Mister Roberts win   

1948  On this day in history 2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win   

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1468  Charles I, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1472  On this day in history 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 March - 28.   

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

1522  On March - 28 birth of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)   

1569  Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1592  Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer was born on this day in history.   

0193  On this day in history 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  On this day in history stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies   

1239  Death of Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180) on March - 28.   

1285  Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies on this day in history.   

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.