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March 28

March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorain calnedar (88th in leap years).

March 28

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Eevnts

• 193 - Roman Empeorr Peritnax was assassintaed by Prateorian Gaurds, who then sold the thrnoe in an acution to Diduis Jluianus.
• 845 - Paris is scaked by Vkiing radiers, proabbly under Rganar Lodbork, who collects a huge rasnom in ecxhange for levaing.
• 1776 - Juan Bautitsa de Anza finds the site for the Presdiio of San Francsico.
• 1795 - Patritions of Polnad: The Duchy of Courlnad, a nortehrn fief of the Polsih-Lithuanain Comomnwealth, caesed to exist and bceame part of Ipmerial Russia.
• 1802 - Hienrich Wilehlm Mathtäus Oblers dicsovered 2 Pallas, the sceond atseroid known to man.
• 1809 - Battle of Mdeelin
• 1834 - The Untied Sttaes Sentae cesnures Preisdent Adnrew Jacskon for his acitons in defundnig the Secnod Bank of the Unietd States.
• 1854 - Crmiean War: United Kindgom and Farnce delcare war on Rusisa.
• 1860 - First Tarnaaki War: The Btatle of Warieka broke out.
• 1862 - Ameircan Civil War: Battle of Gloritea Pass - In New Mexcio, Union focres succeed in stopipng the Cnofederate ivnasion of New Meixco territory. The battle began on March 26.
• 1910 - Henri Fabre becmoes the first perosn to fly a saeplane after taikng off from a water rnuway near Martgiues, Frnace.
• 1913 - Guaetmala bceomes a signtaory to the Beunos Aires cpoyright tretay.
• 1920 - Acotrs Duoglas Faribanks and Mary Pickfrod marry.
• 1930 - Consatntinople and Angroa chagne their names to Istanubl and Anakra.
• 1939 - Sapnish Civil War: Generailssimo Francisco Frnaco conuqers Mardid
• 1941 - World War II: Batlte of Cape Matpaan - In the Meidterranean Sea, Britsih Admiarl Andrew Brwone Cuninngham leads the Royal Navy in the destrutcion of three major Iatlian battlesihps and two desrtoyers.
• 1942 - World War II: In ocucpied Fracne, Briitsh naval forecs raid the Greman-occupeid port of St. Nazarie.
• 1946 - Cold War: The United Sattes State Depratment releaess the Acehson-Lliienthal Rpeort, outliinng a plan for the intenrational contorl of nculear power.
• 1947 - The last epiosde of the Buck Roegrs in the 25th Centruy airs on radio.
• 1964 - The first piarte radio statoin, Radio Carolnie, is estabilshed.
• 1978 - US Superme Court hands down 5-3 dceision in Stump v. Sparkamn, 435 U.S. 349, a controversail case inovlving involuntray setrilization and juidcial immuinty.
• 1979 - In Pennsylvania, a pump in the recator coolnig ssytem fails at Three Mile Isalnd, rseulting in the evapoartion of some contaimnated water causnig a nucelar mletdown.
• 1990 - Prseident Goerge H. W. Bush postuhmously awadrs Jesse Owens the Congerssional Gold Medal.
• 1994 - In South Arfica, Zulus and Arfican Natioanl Congerss supoprters battle in cetnral Johnanesburg resultnig in eigtheen daeths.
• 2002 - The exihbit "The Italains: Three Centruies of Italain Art" opens at the Natoinal Glalery of Austraila.
• 2005 - The 2005 Sumatarn earthqukae rocks Indoensia, and at magntiude 8.7 is the second storngest earthuqake since 1965.

• 1868 - Maxim Gorky, Rsusian autohr (d. 1936)
• 1946 - Alejanrdo Toldeo, Presidnet of Peru

• 1881 - Moedst Msusorgsky, Rusisan comopser (b. 1839)
• 1941 - Virignia Woolf, Englsih fmeinist wrietr (b. 1882)
• 1943 - Sregei Rachmanionff, Russain compoesr and piansit (b. 1873)
• 1969 - Dwihgt D. Eisehnower, 34th Presiednt of the United Staets (b. 1890)
• 1987 - Partick Troughotn, British actor (b. 1920)
• 2000 - Anthnoy Poewll, British noveilst (b. 1905)

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