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1468 Charles I, Duke of Savoy 1472 Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter 1515 Theresia van Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint 1592 Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reformer 1660 Arnold Houbraken, painter/writer 1727 Maximilian III Jozef, King of Bayern (1745-77) 1729 Pieter Fouquet, art seller (Atlas of Fouquet) 1760 Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation) 1766 Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline) 1818 Wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902 1859 Jos‚phin P‚ladan, French writer/founder (French Red Cross) 1862 Aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926) 1868 Maxim Gorki, [Aleksei Peshikov], Russia, writer (Mother) (3/16 OS) 1871 Willem Mengelberg, Utrecht Neth, conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30) 1872 Jos‚ Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general (Morocco) 1880 Rosina Lh‚vinne, Kiev Ukraine, pianist/prof (Juiliard Grad School) 1887 Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Cura‡ao, musician/composer 1890 Paul Whiteman, Denver Co, orch leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club) 1891 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (S Verlag) 1895 Spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church 19-- Elvera Roussel, actress (Guiding Light) 19-- Sergio Facheli, spanish entertainer 19-- Stephanie Dunnam, Oak Harbor Wash, actress (Kay-Emerald Point NAS) 19-- Tom O'Rourke, actor (Guiding Light) 1900 Robert Harris, actor 1902 Flora Robson, actress (Dominique is Dead, Years Between) 1902 Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violinist 1903 Rudolf Serkin, Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music) 1905 Marlin Perkins, Carthage Mo, TV host (Wild Kingdom) 1906 Joseph Wright, Canada, oarsman (Olympic-gold-1928) 1909 Nelson Algren, US, novelist (Man with the Golden Arm) 1910 Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark 1912 A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, UK, sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space) 1914 Edmund S Muskie, (Sen-D-Me)/US Sec of State (1980) 1914 Frank Lovejoy, Bronx NY, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw) 1919 Jacob Avshalomov, Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon) 1920 Dirk Bogarde, England, actor (Death in Venice, Servant) 1920 Gene Chappie, (Rep-R-CA, 1981-86) 1920 Lord Butterfield 1924 Freddie Bartholomew, England, actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield) 1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor under Carter 1930 George Bruce, painter 1932 Sven Oskar Lindqvist, Swedish writer (Myten om Wu Tao-tzu) 1933 Frank H Murkowski, (Sen-R Alaska) 1936 Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru, writer (Aunt Julia)/pres candidate 1940 Kevin Loughery, NBA star/coach (Balt, Phila) 1941 Alf Clausen, Minneapolis Mn, orch leader (Mary, Simpsons) 1941 Charlie McCoy, Oak Hill WV, harmonica player (Hee Haw) 1942 Neil Kinnock, leader of the British opposition (Labour) 1942 Samuel Ramey, Colby Kansas, bass (La Scala) 1943 Conchata Ferrell, Charleston WV, actress (Deadly Hero, LA Law) 1944 Ken Howard, El Centro Calif, actor (Ken-White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776) 1944 Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors) 1945 Chuck Potz, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together) 1945 Hans Brunhart, leader of Liechtenstein (1978- ) 1948 Dianne Wiest, actress (Radio Days, Hannah & Her Sisters, Footloose) 1948 John Evans, drummer (Blades-A Song for Jeffrey) 1948 Wubbo J Ockels, Almelo Netherlands, astronaut (STS 22) 1949 Ronnie Ray Smith, 4 X 100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1968) 1953 Nydia M Velazquez, (Rep-D-New York, 1993- ) 1955 Reba McEntire, McAlester Ok, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues) 1957 Harvey Glance, Pheonix City Ala, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976) 1958 Bart Wayne Conner, Chicago Ill, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold-1984) 1959 Todd Curtis, actor (Capitol, Skip-Young & Restless) 1962 Ged Grimes, [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer) 1969 Salt, rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang) 1977 Angelo Garcia, Brooklyn NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 28193 Pertinax, Roman Emperor, assassinated 1134 Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of CŒteaux/saint, dies 1285 Martinus IV, [Simon the Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies 1701 Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor, dies at 75 1758 Jonathan Edwards, US theologist (Great Awakening), dies 1889 Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, 1st on electric chair 1910 Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies 1941 Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To the Lighthouse), dies 1942 Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies 1943 Sergej V Rachmaninoff, Russian composer/pianist, dies 1944 Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis 1944 Stephen Leacock, dies 1953 James Francis Thorpe, decathelete (Olympic-gold-12), dies at 64 1954 Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies 1958 Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53 1959 W C Handy, jazz star, dies at 85 1963 Alec Templeton, pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52 1969 Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78 1974 Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68 1979 Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80 1980 Jesse Owens, dies at the age of 66, in Tucson, Arizona 1983 Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies 1983 Martinus A Jansen, bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70), dies 1984 Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead 1985 Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97 1986 Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39 1987 Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82 1987 Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr Who-Dr Who), dies at 56 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 28[Czechoslovakia] Teachers' Day [Libya] Evacuation Day [Alaska] Seward Day (1867) [US Virgin Island] Transfer Day (1917) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 281456 [old RC] Feast of St John Capistran, confessor (now 10/23) 1997 [Christian] Good Friday 1999 [Christian] Palm Sunday of the Passion of Jesus Christ Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 28 [Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time begins 1556 Origin of Fasli Era (India) 1774 Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts 1797 Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine 1799 NY State abolished slavery, 1799 1802 H W Olbers discovers asteroid #2 Pallas 1802 Heinrich Olbers discovers 2nd asteroid (Pallas) 1804 Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804 1834 Senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US 1871 SF Art Assn holds open reception at 430 Pine 1885 US Salvation Army officially organized 1891 1st world weightlifting championship held 1896 The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan) 1900 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #454 Mathesis 1902 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record) 1905 Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used 1910 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre) 1917 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities 1920 Thomas Masaryk becomes president of Czechoslovakia 1922 Toronto St Pats beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 1924 WGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions 1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador 1930 Constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara 1933 German Reichstage confers dictatorial powers to Adolph Hitler 1935 Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket 1939 Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down 1939 Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship 1939 Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco 1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan 1940 Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published 1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire 1942 RAF bombs Lbeck 1942 Raid on lock/dock St Nazaire 1944 Astrid Lindgren begins writing Pippi Longstocking 1944 NBA rookie of the year in 1966, Rick Barry 1944 Utah defeated Dartmouth 42-40 to win the NCAA basketball title 1945 Last V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London 1950 NYC college becomes 1st to win NCAA & Natl Inv Basketball in same year 1953 "Stock exchanges open, dikes closed" raises Ÿ5,200,000 1953 KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting 1957 1st National Curling Championship held 1960 Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African & 1st Filipino cardinal 1960 Scotch factory explodes burying 20 firefighters (Glasgow Scotland) 1963 AFL's NY Titan's become the NY Jets 1964 1st pirate radio station near England (Radio Caroline) 1968 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3049 1970 1,300 die when 7.1 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) 1973 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3071 Nesterov 1974 Rock group Raspberries breakup 1975 Wash Caps win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses also 1977 Retiring coach Al McGuire's Marquette basketball team wins NCAA 1977 The 49th Academy Awards 1979 Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pa (no deaths) 1981 Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs) 1982 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2873 Binzel 1982 Lousiana Tech wond 1st NCAA women's basketball title 1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley 1985 STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad 1987 Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway 1989 New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a NY court 1990 Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game 1990 President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal 1991 Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son 1993 Conservatives win French parliamentary election 1993 Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031) Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 2887th day of the year with 278 days left (Numerology = 4) 1923 13øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1945 84øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 2803/28/41 --- There'll Be Some Changes Made --- Goodman, Benny 03/28/41 --- Blue Flame --- Herman, Woody 03/28/47 --- Linda --- Spivak, Charlie 03/28/53 --- April In Portugal --- Baxter, Les 03/28/53 --- Song From Moulin Rogue --- Faith, Percy 03/28/60 --- Let The Little Girl Dance --- Bland, Billy 03/28/60 --- Old Lamplighter, The --- Browns 03/28/60 --- Footsteps --- Lawrence, Steve 03/28/64 --- Can't Buy Me Love --- Beatles 03/28/64 --- Dead Man's Curve --- Jan & Dean 03/28/70 --- American Woman --- Guess Who 03/28/80 --- Cars --- Numan, Gary 03/28/81 --- Take It On The Run --- Reo Speedwagon 03/28/81 --- Too Much Time On My Hands --- Styx 03/28/87 --- La Isla Bonita --- Madonna 03/28/92 --- Live And Learn --- Joe Public 03/28/92 --- One --- U2 |
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