March 28

Thursday 28, 2002:

The exhibit "The Italians: Three Centuries of Italian Art" opens at the National Gallery of Australia.

Wednesday 28, 1990:

President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

Monday 28, 1910:

Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.

Tuesday 28, 1809:

Battle of Medelin

Saturday 28, 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.

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