March 28

Monday 28, 2005:

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

Thursday 28, 2002:

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

Monday 28, 1994:

In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.

Wednesday 28, 1990:

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

Wednesday 28, 1979:

In Pennsylvania, a pump in the reactor cooling system fails at Three Mile Island, resulting in the evaporation of some contaminated water causing a nuclear meltdown.

Tuesday 28, 1978:

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.

Saturday 28, 1964:

The first pirate radio station, Radio Caroline, is established.

Friday 28, 1947:

The last episode of the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century airs on radio.

Thursday 28, 1946:

Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.

Saturday 28, 1942:

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

Friday 28, 1941:

In the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian battleships and two destroyers.

Tuesday 28, 1939:

Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid

Friday 28, 1930:

Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.

Sunday 28, 1920:

Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford marry.

Friday 28, 1913:

Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Monday 28, 1910:

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

Friday 28, 1862:

In New Mexico, Union forces succeed in stopping the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.

Wednesday 28, 1860:

First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.

Tuesday 28, 1854:

Crimean War: United Kingdom and France declare war on Russia.

Friday 28, 1834:

The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in defunding the Second Bank of the United States.

Tuesday 28, 1809:

Battle of Medelin

Sunday 28, 1802:

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.

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.

Friday 28, 1794:

Allies under the prince of Coburg defeated French forces at Le Cateau.

Thursday 28, 1776:

Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.

Tuesday 28, 845:

Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.

Saturday 28, 364:

Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.

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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