Page 7: Historical Events In March - 28

1965  VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 March - 28.   

1968  On March - 28 actress Lucy Lawless was born this day.   

1969  In Turkey a 6.4 earthquake occurred in the Alasehir region of western Turkey on March - 28.   

1969  Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal on this day in history.   

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

1970  1,086 die when 7.3 earthquake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) on March - 28.   

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 this day in history 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)   

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

1971  Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1972  On this day in history wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game   

1972  On March - 28 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1973  Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies on this day in history.   

1974  Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68 on March - 28.   

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  On this day in history morarji Desai forms government in India   

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

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  On this day in history major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown PA (no deaths but lots of stress)   

1979  On this day in history emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80   

1980  On this day in history dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies   

1981  France performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

1981  Viv Richards scores century in the first Test at his home Antigua on March - 28.   

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

1982  Near Coast of Peru a 6.1 earthquake killed 3 people and extensive damage (VI) at Lunahuana on March - 28.   

1983  Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead   

1985  On this day in history international Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley's Comet   

1985  On this day in history neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues", premieres in New York NY   

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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 March - 28 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 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 March - 28.   

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

1072  Death of Ordulf, Duke of Saxony on March - 28.   

1134  On this day in history stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies   

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

1285  On this day in history martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies   

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

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