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March 28 Events in History - March 28 Birthdays - March 28 Deaths
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March 28, 2005 Sumatran earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7, the second largest earthquake since 1965 March 28, 1999 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose March 28, 1997 "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV March 28, 1996 "7 Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City March 28, 1996 "Seven Guitars," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City March 28, 1996 Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America March 28, 1995 Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovette split-up March 28, 1995 Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield March 28, 1995 World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge March 28, 1994 Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed March 28, 1994 Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election March 28, 1993 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins March 28, 1993 22nd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Helen Alfredsson March 28, 1993 Conservatives win French parliamentary election March 28, 1993 Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031) March 28, 1992 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal March 28, 1992 Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31) March 28, 1992 PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel March 28, 1991 Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son March 28, 1990 Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient March 28, 1990 Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 points in a game March 28, 1990 President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal March 28, 1989 New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court March 28, 1987 Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway March 28, 1986 Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India March 28, 1986 John N. McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA March 28, 1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley March 28, 1985 Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in New York City March 28, 1985 STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad March 28, 1982 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000 March 28, 1982 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62 March 28, 1982 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open March 28, 1982 JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador March 28, 1981 Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec) March 28, 1981 France performs nuclear test March 28, 1981 Gabi Schonbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70) March 28, 1981 Viv Richards scores century in the 1st Test at his home Antigua March 28, 1981 Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs) March 28, 1979 British government of Callaghan falls March 28, 1979 Lazarus and Vosburgh's "Day in Hollywood and night in Ukraine," premieres March 28, 1979 Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths) March 28, 1977 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina 67-59 March 28, 1977 49th Academy Awards - "Rocky," Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win March 28, 1977 Morarji Desai forms government in India March 28, 1975 Washington Caps win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses also March 28, 1974 Rock group Raspberries breakup March 28, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. March 28, 1972 Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game March 28, 1971 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth and Company win March 28, 1970 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) March 28, 1969 Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal March 28, 1967 "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 65 performances March 28, 1967 U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam March 28, 1965 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational March 28, 1964 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska March 28, 1963 AFL's New York Titan's become the New York Jets March 28, 1962 Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India March 28, 1962 Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees March 28, 1960 Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African and 1st Filipino cardinal March 28, 1960 Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland) March 28, 1959 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama March 28, 1957 1st National Curling Championship held March 28, 1955 NZ cricket all out for 26 vs. England at Eden Park March 28, 1954 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win March 28, 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open March 28, 1954 WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting March 28, 1953 "New Faces (of 1952)" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 365 performances March 28, 1953 7th Tony Awards: Crucible and Wonderful Town win March 28, 1953 KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting March 28, 1953 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright March 28, 1953 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins March 28, 1952 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright March 28, 1952 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button March 28, 1950 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year March 28, 1948 2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win March 28, 1945 Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London March 28, 1944 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 March 28, 1944 Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle and begins writing Pippi Longstocking March 28, 1944 NBA rookie of the year in 1966, Rick Barry March 28, 1942 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck March 28, 1942 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38 March 28, 1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire March 28, 1942 Raid on lock/dock St. Nazaire March 28, 1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy March 28, 1939 Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down March 28, 1939 Philip Barry's "Philadelphia Story," premieres in New York City March 28, 1939 Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship March 28, 1939 Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco March 28, 1935 Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket March 28, 1933 German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler March 28, 1930 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston) March 28, 1930 Constantinople and Angora changes names to Istanbul and Ankara March 28, 1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador March 28, 1927 Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St. New York City March 28, 1924 WGN-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions March 28, 1922 1st microfilm device introduced March 28, 1922 Stanley Cup: Toronto St. Pats (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2 March 28, 1920 Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford March 28, 1920 Thomas Masaryk elected president of Czechoslovakia March 28, 1917 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv and Jaffa by Turkish authorities March 28, 1917 Puccini's "La Rondine," premieres in Monte Carlo March 28, 1910 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre) March 28, 1905 Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used March 28, 1902 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record) March 28, 1896 The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan) March 28, 1891 1st world weightlifting championship held March 28, 1885 U.S. Salvation Army officially organized March 28, 1881 Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum and James A Bailey March 28, 1871 San Francisco Art Association holds open reception at 430 Pine March 28, 1866 1st ambulance goes into service March 28, 1862 Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia March 28, 1859 1st performance of John Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra March 28, 1854 During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia March 28, 1849 Dutch princess Marianne and Prince Albert of Prussia separate March 28, 1845 Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US March 28, 1844 Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid March 28, 1837 Felix Mendelssohn marries Cecile Jeanrenaud March 28, 1834 Senate censure President Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of U.S. March 28, 1804 Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804 March 28, 1799 New York State abolished slavery March 28, 1797 Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine March 28, 1796 Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is 1st US-African church March 28, 1794 Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August) March 28, 1774 Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts March 28, 1738 English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) March 28, 1556 Karel V's son Philip II crowned king of Spain March 28, 1556 Origin of Fasli Era (India) March 28, 1535 Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked and destroyed |