March 28

March 28 is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 278 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 37 – Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
• 193 – Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
• 364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
• 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
• 1204 – The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.
• 1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• 1794 – Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
• 1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
• 1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
• 1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
• 1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
• 1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass – in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.
• 1871 – The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
• 1883 – Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc
• 1889 – The Yngsjö murder in Yngsjö, Sweden: Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son.
• 1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
• 1913 – Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
• 1930 – Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
• 1933 – The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airline lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
• 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
• 1941 – World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan – in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers.
• 1942 – World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces successfully raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
• 1946 – Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
• 1951 – First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mao Khe, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
• 1959 – The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet.
• 1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.
• 1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
• 1969 – The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal's history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, college students, and some McGill students at McGill's Roddick Gates. The majority of the protesters are arrested.
• 1970 – Gediz earthquake: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killed 1,086 and injured 1,260.
• 1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
• 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 melt down.
• 1979 – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election.
• 1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
• 1994 – In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.
• 1994 – BBC Radio 5 is closed and replaced with a new news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live.
• 1999 – Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in the Izbica massacre.
• 2000 – Three children are killed when a Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train.
• 2003 – In a friendly fire incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
• 2005 – The 2005 Sumatra earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.
• 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.

Births

• 623 – Marwan I, Arab caliph (d. 685)
• 661 – Muawiyah II, Arab caliph (d. 684)
• 1472 – Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter (d. 1517)
• 1515 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1582)
• 1522 – Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (d. 1557)
• 1569 – Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)
• 1592 – John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop and educator (d. 1670)
• 1599 – Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch captain (d. 1658)
• 1613 – Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (d. 1688)
• 1621 – Heinrich Schwemmer German composer and educator (d. 1696)
• 1638 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch botanist and anatomist (d. 1731)
• 1652 – Samuel Sewall, American judge (d. 1730)
• 1725 – Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and author (d. 1795)
• 1750 – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan soldier (d. 1816)
• 1760 – Thomas Clarkson, English activist (d. 1846)
• 1773 – Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
• 1793 – Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist (d. 1864)
• 1795 – Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
• 1806 – Thomas Hare, English political scientist (d. 1891)
• 1811 – John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (d. 1860)
• 1815 – Arsène Houssaye, French author and poet (d. 1896)
• 1818 – Wade Hampton III, American lieutenant and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1902)
• 1819 – Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer (d. 1891)
• 1836 – Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904)
• 1840 – Emin Pasha, Egyptian physician and politician (d. 1892)
• 1842 – William Harvey Carney, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1908)
• 1849 – James Darmesteter, French author and historian (d. 1894)
• 1851 – Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician, 8th President of Portugal (d. 1944)
• 1862 – Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
• 1866 – Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)
• 1868 – Maxim Gorky, Russian author (d. 1936)
• 1871 – Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951)
• 1873 – John Geiger, American rower (d. 1956)
• 1879 – Terence MacSwiney, Irish author, playwright, and politician (d. 1920)
• 1881 – Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (d. 1918)
• 1890 – Paul Whiteman, American bandleader and composer (d. 1967)
• 1892 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 1892 – Tom Maguire, Irish general (d. 1993)
• 1893 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (d. 1971)
• 1894 – Ernst Lindemann, German captain (d. 1941)
• 1895 – Christian Herter, American politician, 53rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1966)
• 1895 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1985)
• 1897 – Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Tillie Voss, American football player (d. 1975)
• 1899 – Gussie Busch, American businessman (d. 1989)
• 1899 – Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Buck Shaw, American football player and coach (d. 1977)
• 1900 – Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004)
• 1902 – Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
• 1902 – Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988)
• 1903 – Rudolf Serkin, Czech-American pianist (d. 1991)
• 1903 – Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1905 – Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host (d. 1986)
• 1906 – Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2002)
• 1907 – Norrey Ford, English author (d. 1985)
• 1907 – Irving Paul Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993)
• 1907 – Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun and mystic (d. 2005)
• 1909 – Nelson Algren, American author (d. 1981)
• 1910 – Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American librarian (d. 2001)
• 1910 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor (d. 1964)
• 1910 – Ingrid of Sweden (d. 2000)
• 1912 – A. Bertram Chandler English-Australian author (d. 1984)
• 1912 – Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943)
• 1914 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Edmund Muskie, American politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (d. 1996)
• 1914 – Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Claude Bertrand, Canadian surgeon
• 1919 – Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Vic Raschi, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
• 1921 – Harold Agnew, American physicist (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Dirk Bogarde, English actor and author (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Herschel Grynszpan, German assassin of Ernst vom Rath (d. 1960)
• 1921 – Walter Neugebauer, Croatian-German author (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 1990)
• 1922 – Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001)
• 1922 – B. Neminathan, Ceylon politician
• 1923 – Ike Isaacs, American bassist (d. 1981)
• 1923 – Thad Jones, American trumpet player and composer (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra) (d. 1986)
• 1924 – Freddie Bartholomew, English-American actor (d. 1992)
• 1924 – Byrd Baylor, American author
• 1924 – Fred Flanagan, Australian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Dorothy DeBorba, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
• 1927 – Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Vina Mazumdar, Indian academic and activist (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American geostrategist and politician, 10th United States National Security Advisor
• 1928 – Alexander Grothendieck, German mathematician
• 1929 – Paul England, Australian race car driver
• 1930 – Robert Ashley, American composer
• 1930 – Elizabeth Bainbridge, English soprano
• 1930 – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 – Vaino Väljas, Soviet Estonian politician and diplomat
• 1933 – Tete Montoliu, Spanish pianist (d. 1997)
• 1933 – Frank Murkowski, American politician, 8th Governor of Alaska
• 1934 – Lester R. Brown, American environmentalist, founded the Earth Policy Institute and Worldwatch Institute
• 1935 – Michael Parkinson, English journalist and author
• 1936 – Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian-Spanish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Liz Trotta, American journalist
• 1938 – Hans-Jürgen Bäsler, German footballer (d. 2002)
• 1940 – Tony Barber, English-Australian game show host
• 1940 – Yves Bérubé, Canadian engineer and politician (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Alf Clausen, American composer
• 1941 – Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, American author
• 1941 – Jim Turner, American football player
• 1942 – Michel Bissonnet, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1942 – Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
• 1942 – Kitanofuji Katsuaki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 52nd Yokozuna
• 1942 – Neil Kinnock, Welsh politician
• 1942 – Mike Newell, English director and producer
• 1942 – Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
• 1942 – Conrad Schumann, German soldier (d. 1998)
• 1942 – Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach
• 1943 – Conchata Ferrell, American actress
• 1943 – Pierre St.-Jean, Canadian weightlifter
• 1944 – Rick Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1944 – Ken Howard, American actor
• 1945 – Dan Alon, Israeli fencer
• 1945 – Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician
• 1946 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut
• 1946 – Henry Paulson, American economist, 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1946 – Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian politician, 48th President of Peru
• 1947 – John Records Landecker, American radio host
• 1947 – Greg Thompson, Canadian politician
• 1948 – Matthew Corbett, English actor
• 1948 – John Evan, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Jethro Tull)
• 1948 – Dennis Unkovic, American lawyer and author
• 1948 – Dianne Wiest, American actress
• 1948 – Milan Williams, American keyboard player (The Commodores) (d. 2006)
• 1949 – Ronnie Ray Smith, American sprinter (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Claudio Lolli, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1951 – Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
• 1951 – Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and singer (d. 1995)
• 1952 – Keith Ashfield, Canadian politician
• 1952 – Tony Brise, English race car driver (d. 1975)
• 1953 – Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician, 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993)
• 1954 – Morris Mason, American rapist and murderer (d. 1985)
• 1954 – Donald Brown, American pianist
• 1955 – John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Irish politician
• 1955 – Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1956 – Susan Ershler, American mountaineer and author
• 1956 – April Margera, American author
• 1957 – Paul Eiding, American voice actor
• 1958 – Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer
• 1958 – Brickhouse Brown, American wrestler
• 1958 – Bart Conner, American gymnast
• 1958 – Lou Franceschetti, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958 – Curt Hennig, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2003)
• 1959 – Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica
• 1959 – Chris Myers, American sportscaster
• 1960 – Chris Barrie, German-English actor
• 1960 – José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician, Prime Minister of Cape Verde
• 1960 – Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French-Belgian author and playwright
• 1961 – Orla Brady, Irish actress
• 1961 – Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
• 1962 – Terry Szopinski, American wrestler
• 1963 – Chieko Honda, Japanese voice actress (d. 2013)
• 1963 – Jan Masiel, Polish politician
• 1964 – Pablo Contrisciani, Argentinian-American painter
• 1965 – Steve Bull, English footballer and manager
• 1966 – Cheryl James, American rapper and actress (Salt-n-Pepa)
• 1967 – John Ziegler, German-American radio host and director
• 1968 – Colin Brazier, English journalist
• 1968 – Iris Chang, American journalist and author (d. 2004)
• 1968 – Nasser Hussain, Indian-English cricketer
• 1968 – Jon Lee, English-American drummer (The Darling Buds, Feeder, and Raindancer) (d. 2002)
• 1968 – Tim Lovejoy, English television host
• 1968 – Max Perlich, American actor
• 1969 – Rodney Atkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 – Daniel Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1969 – Brett Ratner, American director and producer
• 1970 – Michelle Gildernew, Irish politician
• 1970 – Vince Vaughn, American actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 1970 – Jennifer Weiner, American journalist and author
• 1970 – Aiga Zagorska, Latvian-Lithuanian cyclist
• 1971 – Mr. Cheeks, American rapper (The Lost Boyz)
• 1971 – Christianne Meneses Jacobs, Nicaraguan-American journalist and educator
• 1971 – Wesley Person, American basketball player
• 1972 – Nick Frost, English actor and screenwriter
• 1972 – Eby J. Jose, Indian journalist
• 1972 – Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
• 1973 – Umaga, American wrestler (d. 2009)
• 1973 – Scott Mills, English radio host and actor
• 1973 – Matt Nathanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 – Morné van der Merwe, South African rugby player (d. 2013)
• 1974 – Mark King, English snooker player
• 1975 – Kate Gosselin, American author
• 1975 – Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
• 1975 – Derek Hill, American race car driver
• 1975 – Richard Kelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1975 – Shanna Moakler, American model and actress, Miss USA 1995
• 1975 – Matt Reis, American soccer player
• 1976 – Dave Keuning, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Killers)
• 1976 – Talis Kitsing, Estonian kickboxing trainer and politician (d. 2009)
• 1976 – Rory McAllister, Scottish wrestler
• 1976 – Chitrangada Singh, Indian actress
• 1977 – Yuriy Fenin, Ukrainian footballer
• 1977 – Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player
• 1977 – Lauren Weisberger, American author
• 1977 – Annie Wersching, American actress
• 1978 – Último Gladiador, Mexican wrestler
• 1979 – Crystal Cox, American runner
• 1979 – Chae Rim, South Korean actress
• 1980 – Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
• 1980 – Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1980 – Luke Walton, American basketball player
• 1980 – David Lee, English footballer
• 1981 – Daniel Cardoso, Portuguese multi-instrumentalist, song-writer and producer
• 1981 – Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh actor
• 1981 – Lindsay Frimodt, American model
• 1981 – Rasmus Kaljujärv, Estonian actor
• 1981 – Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player
• 1981 – Antonio Rizzo, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Julia Stiles, American actress
• 1982 – Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress
• 1982 – Luis Tejada, Panamanian footballer
• 1983 – Ryan Ashington, English footballer
• 1984 – Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer
• 1984 – Mikk-Mihkel Arro, Estonian decathlete
• 1984 – Ol Drake, English guitarist and songwriter (Evile)
• 1984 – Christopher Samba, Congolese footballer
• 1984 – Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model
• 1985 – Stefano Ferrario, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Abuda, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – J-Kwon, American rapper
• 1986 – Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1986 – Yoon Joon-Soo, South Korean footballer
• 1986 – Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, Czech tennis player
• 1987 – Yohan Benalouane, French-Tunisian footballer
• 1987 – Lee Hea-Kang, South Korean footballer
• 1987 – Kagney Linn Karter, American porn actress
• 1988 – Patrick Mayer, German footballer
• 1988 – Ryan Kalish, American baseball player
• 1988 – Lacey Turner, English actress
• 1989 – Logan Couture, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – David Goodwillie, Scottish footballer
• 1989 – Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
• 1989 – Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
• 1989 – Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
• 1990 – Dok2, South Korean rapper
• 1990 – Joe Bennett, English footballer
• 1990 – Zac Clarke, Australian footballer
• 1990 – Luca Marrone, Italian footballer
• 1991 – Amy Bruckner, American actress
• 1991 – Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player
• 1991 – Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 – Lee Ho-won, Korean boyband Infinite member
• 1992 – Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer
• 1992 – Liam Hess, English actor
• 1995 – Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1995 – Rachel Farley, American country music singer
• 1995 – Aleksi Mustonen Finnish ice hockey player
• 1995 – Daniela Schippers, Guatemalan tennis player

Deaths

• 193 – Pertinax, Roman emperor (b. 126)
• 1072 – Ordulf, Duke of Saxony (b. 1022)
• 1239 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
• 1241 – Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)
• 1285 – Pope Martin IV (b. 1220)
• 1552 – Guru Angad Indian guru (b.1504)
• 1563 – Heinrich Glarean, Swiss poet and theorist (b. 1488)
• 1566 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian historian and diplomat (b. 1486)
• 1583 – Magnus, Duke of Holstein (b. 1540)
• 1584 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (b. 1530)
• 1687 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
• 1794 – Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1818 – Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)
• 1850 – Gerard Brandon, American politician, 4th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1788)
• 1865 – Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 – Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 – James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant (b. 1797)
• 1870 – George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 – Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (b. 1795)
• 1881 – Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Russian composer (b. 1839)
• 1884 – Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (b. 1853)
• 1908 – Hermann Clemenz, Estonian chess player (d. 1846)
• 1910 – David Josiah Brewer, American jurist (b. 1837)
• 1910 – Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1923 – Charles Hubbard, American archer (b. 1849)
• 1927 – Joseph-Médard Émard, Canadian archbishop (b. 1853)
• 1928 – Nathan Stubblefield, American inventor (b. 1860)
• 1929 – Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Quebec (b. 1861)
• 1934 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1937 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1939 – Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)
• 1941 – Marcus Hurley, American cyclist (b. 1883)
• 1941 – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (b. 1877)
• 1941 – Virginia Woolf, English author and critic (b. 1882)
• 1942 – Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)
• 1943 – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
• 1944 – Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)
• 1946 – Chick Fullis, American baseball player (b. 1904)
• 1947 – Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
• 1949 – Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (b. 1889)
• 1953 – Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)
• 1958 – W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)
• 1962 – Hugo Wast, Argentinian author (b. 1883)
• 1963 – Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)
• 1965 – Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1965 – Jack Hoxie, American actor (b. 1885)
• 1965 – Charles William Train, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1890)
• 1969 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
• 1969 – Aryeh Levin, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1885)
• 1971 – Robert Hunter, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1974 – Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)
• 1974 – Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (b. 1905)
• 1974 – Françoise Rosay, French actress and singer (b. 1891)
• 1976 – Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)
• 1977 – Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer (b. 1907)
• 1978 – Dino Ciani, Croatian-Italian pianist (b. 1941)
• 1979 – Emmett Kelly, American clown (b. 1898)
• 1980 – Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1982 – William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1983 – Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (b. 1900)
• 1984 – Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (b. 1914)
• 1985 – Marc Chagall, Russian painter (b. 1887)
• 1986 – Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
• 1987 – Patrick Troughton, English actor (b. 1920)
• 1987 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1905)
• 1989 – Robert J. Wilke, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1992 – Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (b. 1909)
• 1993 – Scott Cunningham, American author (b. 1956)
• 1994 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Hugh O'Connor, Italian-American actor (b. 1962)
• 1996 – Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1914)
• 2000 – Anthony Powell, English author (b. 1905)
• 2001 – Moe Koffman, Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Rusty Draper, American singer (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Moura Lympany, English pianist (b. 1916)
• 2005 – Robin Spry, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1939)
• 2006 – Pro Hart, Australian painter (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish fiddler (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Charles Schepens, Belgian-American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
• 2006 – Caspar Weinberger, American politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
• 2009 – Maurice Jarre, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
• 2010 – Herb Ellis, American guitarist (b. 1921)
• 2010 – June Havoc, Canadian-American actress, dancer, and director (b. 1913)
• 2011 – Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917)
• 2012 – John Arden, English playwright (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian pianist and composer (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Harry Crews, American author and playwright (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Earl Scruggs, American banjo player (Foggy Mountain Boys) (b. 1924)
• 2013 – George E. P. Box, English-American statistician and educator (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Manuel García Ferré, Spanish-Argentinian animator (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Richard Griffiths, English actor (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Soraya Jiménez, Mexican weightlifter (b. 1977)
• 2013 – Art Malone, American race car driver (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Hugh McCracken, American guitarist and producer (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Heinz Patzig, German footballer and manager (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Robert V. Remini, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Boris Strel, Slovenian skier (b. 1959)
• 2013 – Gus Triandos, American baseball player (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Robert Zildjian, American businessman, founded Sabian (b. 1923)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Guntram
  • Priscus
  • Pope Sixtus III
  • March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Commemoration of Sen no Rikyū (Schools of Japanese tea ceremony)
• Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet)
• Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)

External links

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