Historical Events In March - 28

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

1985  On March - 28 marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97   

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

1986  On this day in history 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 March - 28.   

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

1990  President Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal on March - 28.   

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

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  Conservatives win French parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1993  On March - 28 type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031)   

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 this day in history.   

1995  Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovett split-up on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1996  Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America on March - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 28.   

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

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

2014  On this day in history russia increases the price of gas to the Ukraine by 80%   

2017  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 on this day in history.   

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

2017  On March - 28 world's largest dinosaur footprint at 1.7 metres found in Kimberley, Western Australia   

2017  US President Donald Trump signs Energy Independence executive order undoing Obama climate-control measures on March - 28.   

2017  Cyclone Debbie strikes north east Queensland coast as a category 4 storm on March - 28.   

2018  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 on this day in history.   

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

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

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)   

1483  On March - 28 birth of raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)   

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

1522  Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557) was born on March - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

0193  Death of Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated on March - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1285  On March - 28 martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies   

1563  On March - 28 death of heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)   

1566  On March - 28 siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79