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 this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history actress Lucy Lawless was born this day.   

1969  On this day in history in Turkey a 6.4 earthquake occurred in the Alasehir region of western Turkey.   

1969  On this day in history pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal   

1969  On this day in history dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78   

1970  On this day in history 1,086 die when 7.3 earthquake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)   

1970  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 on March - 28.   

1970  On March - 28 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)   

1971  On March - 28 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth & Company win   

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

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

1972  On March - 28 wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game   

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 March - 28.   

1974  On this day in history dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68   

1975  On this day in history renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77   

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

1977  Morarji Desai forms government in India on March - 28.   

1977  On March - 28 49th Academy Awards: "Rocky", Peter Finch & Faye Dunaway win   

1979  On this day in history a serious radiation leak occurs at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the US   

1979  British government of Callaghan falls on March - 28.   

1979  Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown PA (no deaths but lots of stress) on March - 28.   

1979  On March - 28 emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80   

1980  Dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies on March - 28.   

1981  France performs nuclear test on March - 28.   

1981  On this day in history viv Richards scores century in the first Test at his home Antigua   

1982  JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador on this day in history.   

1982  On March - 28 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  Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead on March - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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1468  On this day in history birth of charles I, Duke of Savoy   

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter   

1472  On March - 28 birth of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)   

1483  Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens) was born on this day in history.   

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

1522  On this day in history 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  On March - 28 birth of jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer   

0193  Death of Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated on this day in history.   

0593  On this day in history guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67   

1072  On this day in history death of ordulf, Duke of Saxony   

1134  Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies on March - 28.   

1239  On March - 28 death of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)   

1285  Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies on March - 28.   

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.