Page 8: Historical Events In March - 28

1985  STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad on this day in history.   

1985  Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97 on this day in history.   

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 March - 28.   

1987  On March - 28 stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway   

1987  Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history new Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a New York court   

1990  On March - 28 president Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal   

1990  Three arrested in London in plot to smuggle US-made nuclear triggering devices to Iraq on March - 28.   

1990  On March - 28 helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at 65   

1991  On March - 28 mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son   

1991  On this day in history carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at 85   

1992  Wendell Mayes, writer, dies of cancer at 72 on this day in history.   

1993  Conservatives win French parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031)   

1994  On this day in history armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed   

1994  On this day in history italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election   

1995  Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovett split-up on March - 28.   

1995  On this day in history queensland beat South Australia to win first ever cricket Sheffield Shield   

1995  World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank & Bank of Tokyo merge on March - 28.   

1996  In Ecuador a 6.0 earthquake occurred at least 27 people killed, 100 injured, several thousand homeless on this day in history.   

1996  Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America on this day in history.   

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  On March - 28 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.   

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  Russia increases the price of gas to the Ukraine by 80% on March - 28.   

2017  On March - 28 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   

2017  Britain introduces 1st new pound coin in 30 years with secret security feature inside to stop counterfeiting on March - 28.   

2017  World's largest dinosaur footprint at 1.7 metres found in Kimberley, Western Australia on March - 28.   

2017  On this day in history uS President Donald Trump signs Energy Independence executive order undoing Obama climate-control measures   

2017  On March - 28 cyclone Debbie strikes north east Queensland coast as a category 4 storm   

2018  On March - 28 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   

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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 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 this day in history.   

1522  Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 28.   

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

0593  On March - 28 guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67   

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

1134  Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1239  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)   

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