March 28

Monday 28, 2005:

The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1965.

Saturday 28, 1942:

World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.

Sunday 28, 1920:

Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford marry.

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.

Thursday 28, 193:

Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sells the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.

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