What Happened on March 28
Historical Events
- 364 Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor
- 1854 Great Britain and France declare war on Russia, expanding the Crimean War
- 1939 Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to the Nationalists headed by Francisco Franco
- 1946 Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
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Mar 28 in Film & TV
- 1969 Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece
Mar 28 in Music
- 1896 Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chenier" premieres at La Scala, Milan with Giuseppe Borgatti singing the title role
Mar 28 in Sport
- 1891 1st world weightlifting championship won by Edward Lawrence in London, England
Did You Know?
Did You Know?Turkish cities Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara
On March 28, 1930
Aristide Briand
Maxim Gorky
Reba McEntire
Vince Vaughn
Julia Stiles
Lady GagaWould You Believe?
World's largest dinosaur footprint at 1.7 metres found in Kimberley, Western Australia
On March 28, 2017
Famous Weddings
- 1772 Charles Edward Stuart 'the Young Pretender' (52) marries by proxy Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (20)
- 1837 German composer Felix Mendelssohn (27) marries Cécile Jeanrenaud (20)
- 1870 Impressionist Painter Claude Monet (29) weds model Camille Doncieux in Paris
Famous Divorces
- 1849 Dutch princess Marianne & Prince Albert of Prussia separate
- 1995 American actress Julia Roberts and American singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett divorce after less than 2 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces
Ivan the Terrible
Marquis de Condorcet
Ban Johnson
Virginia Woolf
Jim Thorpe
Dwight D. EisenhowerArticles, Photos and Quiz
Viking Siege of Paris
Vikings lay siege to Paris in 845 AD
March 28, 845 ADIstanbul – The Queen of Cities
On this day the ancient city of Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul, while the town of Angora became Ankara, the new capital of Turkey.
March 28, 1930Weekly Quiz for March 23 - 29
What infectious disease did Dr Jonas Salk announce a vaccine for in 1953? What was the original purpose of the Terracotta Army, discovered in China in 1974?
