Today March 28th in history click read more below to view detail events, deaths, births, Holidays and observances, and video clips in hisotry. Please comments, last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
37 – Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
193 – Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1794 – Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
1834 – The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in de-funding the Second Bank of the United States.
1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass – in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.
1871 – The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
1913 – Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
1930 – Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.
1940 – Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair.
1941 – World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan – in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers.
1942 – World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
1946 – Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1969 – The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal s history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill s Roddick Gates. This led to the majority of the protesters getting arrested.
1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
1979 – In Pennsylvania, a pump in the reactor cooling system fails in the Three Mile Island accident, resulting in the evaporation of some contaminated water causing a nuclear meltdown.
1979 – British Prime Minister James Callaghan, is defeated by one vote in a Motion of No Confidence. This results in Parliament being dissolved to make way for a General Election.
1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1994 – In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.
1994 – BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts for first time in United Kingdom
2000 – A Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train (3 children die in this accident).
2003 – In a friendly fire incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard s 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
2005 – The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1960.
2006 – At least 1 million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government s proposed First Employment Contract law.
Births
1472 – Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)
1515 – Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun (d. 1582)
1522 – Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)
1569 – Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)
1592 – Comenius, Czech bishop (d. 1670)
1599 – Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658)
1609 – King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670)
1613 – Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager, Empress of Manchu (d. 1688)
1652 – Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (d. 1730)
1725 – Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
1750 – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary (d. 1816)
1760 – Thomas Clarkson, British abolitionist (d. 1846)
1773 – Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
1793 – Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist (d. 1864)
1795 – Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
1806 – Thomas Hare, English barrister (d. 1891)
1815 – Arsène Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896)
1818 – Wade Hampton III, American soldier and politician (d. 1902)
1819 – Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (d. 1891)
1836 – Frederick Pabst, American brewer (d. 1904)
1840 – Emin Pasha, Equatorian politician (d. 1892)
1842 – William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officier (d. 1908)
1849 – James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (d. 1894)
1851 – Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (d. 1944)
1862 – Aristide Briand, French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
1866 – Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)
1868 – Maxim Gorky, Russian author (d. 1936)
1871 – Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951)
1890 – Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (d. 1967)
1892 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1892 – Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993)
1893 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (d. 1971)
1895 – Christian Herter, 59th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1966)
1895 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1985)
1897 – Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977)
1899 – Harold B. Lee, American religious leader (d. 1973)
1899 – August Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing magnate and American baseball executive (d. 1989)
1899 – Ernst Lindemann, German naval officer (d. 1941)
1899 – Buck Shaw, American football coach (d. 1977)
1900 – Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (d. 2004)
1902 – Dame Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
1902 – Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988)
1903 – Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (d. 1991)
1903 – Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
1905 – Marlin Perkins, American naturalist and television host (d. 1986)
1905 – Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (d. 1996)
1907 – Swifty Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993)
1909 – Nelson Algren, American writer (d. 1981)
1910 – Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American Librarian (d. 2001)
1910 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor (d. 1964)
1910 – Queen Ingrid of Denmark (d. 2000)
1911 – J. L. Austin, British philosopher of language (d. 1960)
1912 – A. Bertram Chandler Australian author (d. 1984)
1912 – Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943)
1914 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
1914 – Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (d. 1997)
1914 – Edmund Muskie, American politician (d. 1996)
1914 – Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist (d. 2003)
1915 – Jay Livingston, American composer and songwriter (d. 2001)
1919 – Vic Raschi, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1921 – Dirk Bogarde, English actor (d. 1999)
1921 – Herschel Grynszpan, German political assassin
1922 – Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
1922 – Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (d. 1990)
1922 – Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001)
1924 – Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (d. 1992)
1925 – Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress
1926 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
1927 – Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (d. 2007)
1928 – Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. National Security Advisor
1928 – Alexander Grothendieck, German mathematician
1929 – Paul England, Australian racing driver
1930 – Robert Ashley, American composer
1930 – Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer
1930 – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1933 – Tete Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist (d. 1997)
1933 – Frank Murkowski, American politician
1935 – Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster
1936 – Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and politician
1937 – Liz Trotta, American journalist
1940 – Tony Barber, Australian television personality
1941 – Alf Clausen, America orchestra conductor
1941 – Jim Turner, American football player
1942 – Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
1942 – Neil Kinnock, British politician
1942 – Mike Newell, English film director
1942 – Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
1942 – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998)
1942 – Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and head coach
1943 – Conchata Ferrell, American actress
1944 – Rick Barry, American basketball player
1944 – Ken Howard, American actor
1945 – Count Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician
1946 – Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
1946 – Henry Paulson Jr., Current U.S. Treasury Secretary
1946 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut
1947 – John Landecker, American disk jockey
1948 – Dianne Wiest, American actress
1948 – Gerry House, American radio personality
1948 – John Evan, British musician (Jethro Tull)
1948 – Milan Williams, American musician The Commodores (d. 2006)
1948 – Matthew Corbett, English retired actor
1951 – Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
1951 – Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995)
1952 – Tony Brise, racing driver (d. 1975)
1953 – Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician (d. 1993)
1954 – Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985)
1955 – John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician
1955 – Reba McEntire, American singer and actress
1956 – April Margera, Bam Margera s mother
1958 – Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1958 – Edesio Alejandro, Cuban music composer.
1959 – Chris Myers, American sportscaster
1960 – Chris Barrie, British actor
1960 – José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician
1960 – Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author and dramatist
1961 – Orla Brady, Irish actress
1961 – Byron Scott, American basketball player
1962 – Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
1962 – Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler
1965 – Steve Bull, English footballer
1967 – John Ziegler, American talkshow host
1968 – Iris Chang, American author (d. 2004)
1968 – Nasser Hussain, English cricketer
1968 – Jon Lee, British drummer (d. 2002)
1968 – Tim Lovejoy, British television presenter
1968 – Max Perlich, American actor
1969 – Brett Ratner, American film director
1969 – Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter
1970 – Vince Vaughn, American actor
1970 – Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician
1971 – Mr. Cheeks, American rapper
1972 – Nick Frost, English comedian and actor
1972 – Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
1973 – Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler
1973 – Matt Nathanson, American singer-songwriter
1974 – Mark King, English snooker player
1974 – Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey
1975 – Shanna Moakler, former beauty queen
1975 – Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
1975 – Matt Reis, American soccer goalkeeper
1975 – Richard Kelly, American film director
1975 – Derek Hill, American racing driver
1976 – David Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers)
1977 – Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player
1977 – Lauren Weisberger, American novelist
1979 – Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress
1979 – Crystal Cox, American Olympian/reality television contestant
1980 – Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
1980 – Luke Walton, American basketball player
1981 – Julia Stiles, American actress
1981 – Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh Actor
1981 – Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player
1981 – Lindsay Frimodt, American model
1982 – Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress
1983 – Ryan Ashington, English footballer
1984 – Christopher Samba, French-born footballer
1984 – Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model
1984 – Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer
1986 – J-Kwon, American rapper
1986 – Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player
1988 – Lacey Turner, British soap actress
1989 – Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
1989 – Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
1989 – Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
1989 – Afrikan Boy, a Nigerian rapper
1991 – Amy Bruckner, American actress
Deaths
193 – Pertinax, Roman Emperor (b. 126)
1072 – Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
1239 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
1285 – Pope Martin IV
1563 – Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)
1566 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (b. 1486)
1677 – Václav Hollar, Czech-born actor (b. 1607)
1687 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
1794 – Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
1818 – Antonio Capuzzi, Italian composer (b. 1755)
1850 – Gerard C. Brandon, American politician (b. 1788)
1866 – Solomon Foot, American politician (b. 1802)
1868 – James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, British military leader (b. 1797)
1870 – George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
1874 – Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (b. 1795)
1881 – Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer (b. 1839)
1910 – David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837)
1910 – Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (b. 1838)
1928 – Nathan Stubblefield, American inventor
1929 – Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (b. 1861)
1939 – Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)
1941 – Virginia Woolf, English feminist writer (b. 1882)
1941 – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian Police Commissioner (b. 1877)
1942 – Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet, death in prison (b. 1910)
1943 – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1873)
1944 – Stephen Leacock, Canadian humorist (b. 1869)
1946 – Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904)
1947 – Karol Swierczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
1949 – Grigoras Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (b. 1889)
1953 – Jim Thorpe, American athlete (b. 1887)
1958 – W.C. Handy, American composer (b. 1873)
1962 – Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883)
1965 – Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (b. 1885)
1965 – Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (b. 1888)
1969 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
1969 – Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi
1974 – Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (b. 1905)
1976 – Arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1905)
1976 – Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)
1978 – Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941)
1979 – Emmett Kelly, American clown (b. 1898)
1980 – Dick Haymes, Argentine-born singer and actor (b. 1918)
1982 – William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
1984 – Carmen Dragon, American conductor, composer and arranger (b. 1914)
1985 – Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (b. 1887)
1986 – Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
1987 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (b. 1905)
1987 – Patrick Troughton, British actor (b. 1920)
1993 – Scott Cunningham, Occult author (b. 1956)
1994 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born French playwright (b. 1909)
1995 – Hugh O Connor, American actor (b. 1962)
1999 – Freaky Tah, American rapper (Lost Boyz) (b. 1971)
2000 – Anthony Powell, British novelist (b. 1905)
2001 – Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (b. 1928)
2003 – Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (b. 1923)
2004 – Art James, American game show host (b. 1929)
2004 – Peter Ustinov, British actor (b. 1921)
2005 – Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)
2006 – Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
2006 – Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
2006 – Kevin Pro Hart, Australian artist (b. 1928)
2006 – Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)
Holidays and observances
Slovakia, Czech Republic – Teachers Day.
Saint Castor
Saint Gontram (d. 592)
Saint Priscus
Saint Sixtus III
