28 March
Notable Births
Anna Shcherbakova
b. 2004
Russian figure skater (born 2004)
Wang Xiyu
b. 2001
Chinese tennis player (born 2001)
Matt Renshaw
b. 1996
Australian cricketer (born 1996)
Max Strus
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Jonathan Drouin
b. 1995
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1995)
Will Smith (catcher)
b. 1995
American baseball player (born 1995)
Jackson Wang
b. 1994
Hong Kong rapper (born 1994)
Sergi Gómez
b. 1992
Spanish footballer
Derek Carr
b. 1991
American football player (born 1991)
Jordan McRae
b. 1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
Lisa-Maria Moser
b. 1991
Austrian tennis player (born 1991)
Marie-Philip Poulin
b. 1991
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Ondřej Palát
b. 1991
Czech ice hockey player (born 1991)
Christian Walker
b. 1991
American baseball player (born 1991)
Hoya (singer)
b. 1991
South Korean singer, actor, and dancer (born 1991)
Laura Harrier
b. 1990
American actress and model (born 1990)
Logan Couture
b. 1989
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)
Lukas Jutkiewicz
b. 1989
English footballer (born 1989)
Mira Leung
b. 1989
Canadian figure skater
Geno Atkins
b. 1988
American football player (born 1988)
Notable Deaths
Ryuichi Sakamoto
d. 2023
Japanese composer (1952–2023)
Paul O'Grady
d. 2023
British comedian, actor and television presenter (1955–2023)
Didier Ratsiraka
d. 2021
President of Madagascar from 1975 to 1993 and 1997 to 2002
Joseph Edward Duncan
d. 2021
American serial killer (1963–2021)
Chuck Brayton
d. 2015
American baseball player and coach (1925–2015)
Miroslav Ondříček
d. 2015
Czech cinematographer
Gene Saks
d. 2015
American film director
Jeremiah Denton
d. 2014
US Navy admiral and politician (1924–2014)
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
d. 2014
American writer (1923–2014)
George E. P. Box
d. 2013
British statistician
Richard Griffiths
d. 2013
English actor (1947–2013)
Gus Triandos
d. 2013
American baseball player (1930–2013)
John Arden
d. 2012
British playwright (1930–2012)
June Havoc
d. 2010
American actress, vaudeville performer and memoirist (1912–2010)
Maurice Jarre
d. 2009
French composer (1924–2009)
Janet Jagan
d. 2009
President of Guyana from 1997 to 1999
Pro Hart
d. 2006
Australian artist (1928–2006)
Charles Schepens
d. 2006
Belgian-American ophthalmologist (1912–2006)
Caspar Weinberger
d. 2006
American politician and businessman (1917–2006)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
d. 1943
Russian composer and pianist (1873–1943)
On This Day in History
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2025
An earthquake strikes close to Mandalay, Myanmar with a magnitude of 7.7, killing over 5400 people.
2025 Myanmar earthquake
2020
The region of Uusimaa (with the capital city Helsinki) is temporarily isolated from the rest of Finland due to increased COVID-19 infections.
Uusimaa
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.
2006 youth protests in France
2005
An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.
2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake
2003
In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
Friendly fire
2001
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos begins operation.
Athens International Airport
1999
Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill at least 130 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
Kosovo War
1994
In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.
African National Congress
1990
United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
George H. W. Bush
1979
A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station
1979
The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by one vote, precipitating a general election.
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
1978
The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
Supreme Court of the United States
1970
An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200.
1970 Gediz earthquake
1969
Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
Nobel Prize in Literature
1968
Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a student protest.
Edson Luís de Lima Souto
1965
An Mw 7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.
1965 La Ligua earthquake
1963
Civil rights movement: Over one hundred high school students conduct a sit-in protest in Rome, Georgia.
Civil rights movement
1961
ČSA Flight 511 crashes in Igensdorf, Germany, killing 52.
ČSA Flight 511 (March 1961)
1959
The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
State Council of China
1946
Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
Cold War