Page 5: Historical Events In March - 28

1920  On this day in history actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford   

1920  On this day in history thomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia   

1921  On March - 28 the birth of Sir Dirk Bogarde, British actor   

1922  On this day in history the first microfilm device introduced - where is the CIA?   

1922  On this day in history 1st microfilm device introduced   

1924  On March - 28 wGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions   

1927  On March - 28 majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St NYC   

1927  On this day in history karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57   

1928  Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1929  Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador on this day in history.   

1930  Constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara on March - 28.   

1930  On March - 28 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)   

1933  German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler on March - 28.   

1935  Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history dutch hunter shoots English bombers down   

1940  Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair on this day in history.   

1941  Sea battle at Cape Matapan British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy on March - 28.   

1941  On March - 28 sea battle at Cape Matapan: Brit fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy   

1941  On this day in history virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59   

1941  Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy on this day in history.   

1942  On March - 28 234 RAF bombers attack Lübeck   

1942  British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire on this day in history.   

1942  On March - 28 -29] 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck   

1942  Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1943  Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69 on March - 28.   

1944  On this day in history 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40   

1944  On March - 28 chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis   

1945  On March - 28 last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London   

1945  On this day in history the last V2 German rocket of World War II falls on London   

1945  Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London on March - 28.   

1946  On this day in history cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.   

1947  On March - 28 rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57   

1948  On March - 28 2nd Tony Awards Mister Roberts win   

1948  2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win on this day in history.   

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1468  Charles I, Duke of Savoy was born on March - 28.   

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter   

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)   

1483  On this day in history birth of raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)   

1515  Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint was born on March - 28.   

1522  Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1569  Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) was born on March - 28.   

1592  On March - 28 birth of jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer   

0193  On March - 28 death of publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated   

0593  On March - 28 guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67   

1072  Death of Ordulf, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

1134  Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies on March - 28.   

1239  Death of Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180) on March - 28.   

1285  Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies on this day in history.   

1563  On this day in history death of heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)   

1566  On this day in history siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79