March 28 is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 278 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
NATIONAL SOMETHING ON A STICK DAY
845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
NATIONAL SOMETHING ON A STICK DAY
845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom defeats the United States Navy in the Battle of Valparaiso, Chile.
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.
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
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.
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.
1959 – The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
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 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, PA leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Olympian Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1999 – Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in the Izbica massacre.
2005 – The 2005 Sumatra earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.
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 Sumatra earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.
2006 – At least one million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
BORN TODAY
1836 – Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904)
1842 – William Harvey Carney, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient ― American Civil War (d. 1908)
1868 – Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1936)
BORN TODAY
1836 – Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904)
1842 – William Harvey Carney, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient ― American Civil War (d. 1908)
1868 – Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1936)
1899 – August Anheuser "Gussie" Busch Jr., American businessman (d. 1989)
1922 – Grace Hartigan, American painter and educator (d. 2008)
1928 – Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American political activist and analyst; 10th United States National Security Advisor
1930 – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureat
1956 – Susan Ershler, American mountaineer and author
1922 – Grace Hartigan, American painter and educator (d. 2008)
1928 – Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American political activist and analyst; 10th United States National Security Advisor
1930 – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureat
1956 – Susan Ershler, American mountaineer and author
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.
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