Page 5: Historical Events In March - 28

1920  On this day in history actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford   

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

1921  The birth of Sir Dirk Bogarde, British actor on this day in history.   

1922  The first microfilm device introduced - where is the CIA? on March - 28.   

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 March - 28 karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57   

1928  Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63 on March - 28.   

1929  Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador on this day in history.   

1930  Constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara on March - 28.   

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  Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down on March - 28.   

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

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

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

1941  On March - 28 virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59   

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

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

1942  British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire on March - 28.   

1942  -29] 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck on March - 28.   

1942  Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1943  Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69 on March - 28.   

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

1944  On this day in history chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis   

1945  Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London on March - 28.   

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

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

1946  Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57   

1948  2nd Tony Awards Mister Roberts win on March - 28.   

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

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

1472  Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter was born on March - 28.   

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

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 March - 28.   

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

1569  Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) was born on March - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

0593  Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1072  Death of Ordulf, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

1134  On March - 28 stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies   

1239  Death of Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180) on this day in history.   

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

1563  Death of Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488) on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79