Today In History - March 28

1535 Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) is attacked and destroyed
1556 Karel V's son Philip II is crowned king of Spain
1556 Origin of Fasli Era (India)
1738 English Parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear)
1774 Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
1794 Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)
1796 Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is the first US-African church
1797 Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine
1799 New York State abolished slavery
1804 Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804
1834 Senate censure President Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of U.S.
1837 Felix Mendelssohn marries Cecile Jeanrenaud
1844 Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid
1845 Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
1849 Dutch princess Marianne and Prince Albert of Prussia separate
1854 During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia
1862 Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia
1866 The first ambulance goes into service
1881 Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum and James A Bailey
1885 U.S. Salvation Army officially organized
1891 The first world weightlifting championship held
1910 The first seaplane, takes off from water at Martinque France
1917 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv and Jaffa by Turkish authorities
1917 Puccini's "La Rondine," premieres in Monte Carlo
1920 Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford
1920 Thomas Masaryk is elected president of Czechoslovakia
1922 The first microfilm device introduced
1922 Stanley Cup: Toronto St. Pats (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
1924 WGN-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions
1927 Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St. New York City
1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
1930 Constantinople and Angora changes names to Istanbul and Ankara
1933 German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler
1935 Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
1939 Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down
1939 Philip Barry's "Philadelphia Story," premieres in New York City
1939 Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco
1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy
1942 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck
1942 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38
1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire
1942 Raid on lock/dock St. Nazaire
1944 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40
1944 Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle and begins writing Pippi Longstocking
1944 NBA rookie of the year in 1966, Rick Barry
1945 Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London
1948 The 2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win
1950 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes first to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year
1952 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1952 U.S. Men's Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
1953 The 7th Tony Awards: Crucible and Wonderful Town win
1953 KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1953 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
1954 The 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win
1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
1954 WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting
1957 The first National Curling Championship held
1962 Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees
1963 AFL's New York Titan's become the New York Jets
1964 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska
1965 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational
1967 "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 65 performances
1967 U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
1969 Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal
1970 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)
1971 The 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth and Company win
1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1972 Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
1974 Rock group Raspberries breakup
1975 Washington Capitols win their first game on road after 37 straight road loses also
1977 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina 67-59
1977 49th Academy Awards - "Rocky," Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win
1977 Morarji Desai forms government in India
1979 British government of Callaghan falls
1979 Lazarus and Vosburgh's "Day in Hollywood and night in Ukraine," premieres
1979 Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths)
1981 Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec)
1981 France performs nuclear test
1981 Gabi Schonbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70)
1981 Viv Richards scores century in the first Test at his home Antigua
1981 Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs)
1982 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000
1982 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1982 The first NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
1982 JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador
1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley
1985 Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in New York City
1985 STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad
1986 Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India
1986 John N. McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1987 Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway
1989 New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court
1990 Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient
1990 Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 points in a game
1990 President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal
1991 Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son
1992 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal
1992 Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31)
1992 PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel
1993 The 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins
1993 The 22nd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Helen Alfredsson
1993 Conservatives win French parliamentary election
1993 Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031)
1994 Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed
1994 Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election
1995 Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovette split-up
1995 Queensland beat S Aust to win first ever cricket Sheffield Shield
1995 World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge
1996 Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma is crowned the 35th Miss Teenage America
1999 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose

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