Birthday March 28, 1472 Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter
Birthday March 28, 1862 Aristide Briand, French premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926)
Birthday March 28, 1868 Aleksey Peshikov, (pen name Maksim Gorky), Russia
Birthday March 28, 1895 Spencer W. Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church
Birthday March 28, 1903 Rudolf Serkin, pianist
Birthday March 28, 1914 Edmund S. Muskie, (D), Sec of State, Maine sen
Birthday March 28, 1922 Dirk Bogarde, Actor
Birthday March 28, 1924 Freddie Bartholomew, Actor
Birthday March 28, 1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor
Birthday March 28, 1933 Sen Frank Murkowski, (R-Alaska)
Birthday March 28, 1936 Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist, is born
Birthday March 28, 1944 Ken Howard, Actor
Birthday March 28, 1944 Rick Barry, NBA star (Golden State Warriors)
Birthday March 28, 1955 Reba McEntire, Country singer
History March 28, 0193 Roman Emperor Pertinax assassinated
History March 28, 1592 Jan Amos Komensky - Moravian educational reformer
History March 28, 1774 British Parliament adopts the Coercive Acts
History March 28, 1776 De Anza founds San Francisco
History March 28, 1797 Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine
History March 28, 1802 Heinrich Olbers discovers 2nd asteroid - later called Pallas
History March 28, 1807 Heinrich Olbers discovers 4th asteroid (Vesta)
History March 28, 1814 Funeral held for the man behind the guillotine
History March 28, 1834 Senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US
History March 28, 1834 Congress censures Jackson
History March 28, 1862 Battle of Glorieta Pass
History March 28, 1871 SF Art Assn holds open reception at 430 Pine
History March 28, 1915 First American citizen killed during WWI
History March 28, 1920 Fairbanks and Pickford marry
History March 28, 1930 Constantinople & Angora change to Istanbul & Ankara
History March 28, 1939 Spanish Civil War ends
History March 28, 1939 Spanish Civil War ends - Madrid fell to Francisco Franco
History March 28, 1941 Land cleared for Ford's Willow Run plant
History March 28, 1941 Novelist & critic Virginia Woolf dies
History March 28, 1941 Cunningham leads fateful British strike at Italians
History March 28, 1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire
History March 28, 1943 Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff dies
History March 28, 1946 Acheson-Lilienthal Report released
History March 28, 1953 Athlete Jim Thorpe dies
History March 28, 1958 W.C. Handy—the Father of the Blues—dies
History March 28, 1961 Diem's popular support questioned
History March 28, 1967 American pacifists arrive in Haiphong
History March 28, 1969 Eisenhower dies
History March 28, 1969 Eisenhower the 34th pres dies in Washington at 78
History March 28, 1979 Nuclear accident at 3 Mile Is - Middletown - Pa
History March 28, 1979 Reactor overheats at Three Mile Island
History March 28, 1984 Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
History March 28, 2006 Duke lacrosse team suspended following sexual assault allegations
March 28, 1472 Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter
March 28, 1862 Aristide Briand, French premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926)
March 28, 1868 Aleksey Peshikov, (pen name Maksim Gorky), Russia
March 28, 1895 Spencer W. Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church
March 28, 1903 Rudolf Serkin, pianist
March 28, 1914 Edmund S. Muskie, (D), Sec of State, Maine sen
March 28, 1922 Dirk Bogarde, Actor
March 28, 1924 Freddie Bartholomew, Actor
March 28, 1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor
March 28, 1933 Sen Frank Murkowski, (R-Alaska)
March 28, 1936 Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist, is born
March 28, 1944 Ken Howard, Actor
March 28, 1944 Rick Barry, NBA star (Golden State Warriors)
March 28, 1955 Reba McEntire, Country singer
March 28, 0193 Roman Emperor Pertinax assassinated
March 28, 1592 Jan Amos Komensky - Moravian educational reformer
March 28, 1774 British Parliament adopts the Coercive Acts
March 28, 1776 De Anza founds San Francisco
March 28, 1797 Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine
March 28, 1802 Heinrich Olbers discovers 2nd asteroid - later called Pallas
March 28, 1807 Heinrich Olbers discovers 4th asteroid (Vesta)
March 28, 1814 Funeral held for the man behind the guillotine
March 28, 1834 Senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US
March 28, 1834 Congress censures Jackson
March 28, 1862 Battle of Glorieta Pass
March 28, 1871 SF Art Assn holds open reception at 430 Pine
March 28, 1915 First American citizen killed during WWI
March 28, 1920 Fairbanks and Pickford marry
March 28, 1930 Constantinople & Angora change to Istanbul & Ankara
March 28, 1939 Spanish Civil War ends
March 28, 1939 Spanish Civil War ends - Madrid fell to Francisco Franco
March 28, 1941 Land cleared for Ford's Willow Run plant
March 28, 1941 Novelist & critic Virginia Woolf dies
March 28, 1941 Cunningham leads fateful British strike at Italians
March 28, 1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire
March 28, 1943 Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff dies
March 28, 1946 Acheson-Lilienthal Report released
March 28, 1953 Athlete Jim Thorpe dies
March 28, 1958 W.C. Handy—the Father of the Blues—dies
March 28, 1961 Diem's popular support questioned
March 28, 1967 American pacifists arrive in Haiphong
March 28, 1969 Eisenhower dies
March 28, 1969 Eisenhower the 34th pres dies in Washington at 78
March 28, 1979 Nuclear accident at 3 Mile Is - Middletown - Pa
March 28, 1979 Reactor overheats at Three Mile Island
March 28, 1984 Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
March 28, 2006 Duke lacrosse team suspended following sexual assault allegations