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


Events[]

  • AD 37Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.
  • 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.[1]
  • 364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
  • 1566 – The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
  • 1737 – The Marathas under Baji Rao I attack and defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Delhi.
  • 1776Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
  • 1794 – Allies under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
  • 1795Partitions 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.
  • 1801Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.[2]
  • 1802Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
  • 1809Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.
  • 1814War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels of equal strength.
  • 1842 – First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
  • 1854Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
  • 1860First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
  • 1862American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
  • 1871 – The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
  • 1883Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
  • 1910Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
  • 1920Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
  • 1933 – The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
  • 1939Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
  • 1941World War II: Britain's Mediterranean Fleet sinks three heavy cruisers and two destroyers of Italy's Regia Marina.
  • 1942 – World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
  • 1946Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
  • 1951First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, 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 killed by military police at a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students.
  • 1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
  • 1970 – An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.
  • 1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 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 meltdown.
  • 1979 – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
  • 1990 – United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
  • 1994 – In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.
  • 1999Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
  • 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.
  • 2005 – An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.
  • 2006 – Massive protests are mounted against France's First Employment Contract law, meant to reduce youth unemployment.

Births[]

  • 931Liu Chengyou, emperor of Later Han (d. 951)
  • 1097Atsiz, Abbasid caliph (d. 1156)
  • 1416Jodha of Mandore, Ruler of Marwar (d. 1489)
  • 1468Charles I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1490)
  • 1472Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter (d. 1517)
  • 1483Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
  • 1515Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1582)
  • 1522Albert the Warlike, German prince (d. 1557)
  • 1527Isabella Markham, English courtier (d. 1579)
  • 1591William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English earl (d. 1668)
  • 1592John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop and educator (d. 1670)
  • 1599Witte de With, Dutch captain (d. 1658)
  • 1613Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (d. 1688)
  • 1621Heinrich Schwemmer, German composer and educator (d. 1696)
  • 1638Frederik Ruysch, Dutch botanist and anatomist (d. 1731)
  • 1652Samuel Sewall, English judge (d. 1730)
  • 1725Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (d. 1795)
  • 1727Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, (d. 1777)
  • 1743Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, Russian academic and politician (d. 1810)
  • 1750Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 1816)
  • 1760Thomas Clarkson, English activist (d. 1846)
  • 1773Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
  • 1793Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist (d. 1864)
  • 1795Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian and author (d. 1876)
  • 1806Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist (d. 1891)
  • 1811John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (d. 1860)
  • 1815Arsène Houssaye, French author and poet (d. 1896)
  • 1818Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1902)
  • 1819Joseph Bazalgette, English architect and engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge and Battersea Bridge (d. 1891)
  • 1828Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (d. 1914)
  • 1832Henry D. Washburn, American politician, general and explorer (d. 1871)
  • 1836Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904)
  • 1840Emin Pasha, German-Jewish Egyptian physician and politician (d. 1892)
  • 1847Gyula Farkas, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1930)
  • 1849James Darmesteter, French historian and author (d. 1894)
  • 1850Kyrle Bellew, English theatre actor (d. 1911)
  • 1851Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (d. 1944)
  • 1862Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
  • 1866Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)
  • 1868Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1936)
  • 1871Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor (d. 1951)
  • 1873John Geiger, American rower (d. 1956)
  • 1878Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-American painter (d. 1965)
  • 1879Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork (d. 1920)
  • 1881Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (d. 1918)
  • 1884Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1951)
  • 1886Gustave Mesny, French general (d. 1945)
  • 1890Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1967)[3]
  • 1892Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
  • 1892 – Tom Maguire, Irish general (d. 1993)
  • 1893Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (d. 1971)
  • 1894Ernst Lindemann, German captain (d. 1941)
  • 1895Ángela Ruiz Robles, Spanish teacher, writer and inventor, pioneer of the electronic book (d. 1975)
  • 1895 – Christian Herter, American politician, 53rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1966)
  • 1895 – Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (d. 1960)
  • 1895 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1985)
  • 1897Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
  • 1897 – Tillie Voss, American football player (d. 1975)
  • 1899Gussie 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)
  • 1900Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004)
  • 1902Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
  • 1902 – Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech fiddler and composer (d. 1988)
  • 1903Rudolf Serkin, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1991)[4]
  • 1904Isabel Cuchí Coll, Puerto Rican author and journalist (d. 1993)
  • 1905Pandro S. Berman, American production manager and producer (d. 1996)
  • 1905 – Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host (d. 1986)
  • 1906Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2002)
  • 1906 – Robert Allen, American actor (d. 1998)
  • 1906 – Dorothy Knowles, South African-English author, fencer and academic (d. 2010)
  • 1907Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun (d. 2005)
  • 1907 – Norrey Ford, English author (d. 1985)
  • 1907 – Irving Paul Lazar, American lawyer and talent agent (d. 1993)
  • 1909Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1981)
  • 1910Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American librarian and art collector (d. 2001)
  • 1910 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
  • 1910 – Ingrid of Sweden, (d. 2000)
  • 1911Consalvo Sanesi, Italian race car driver (d. 1998)
  • 1912A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian author (d. 1984)
  • 1912 – Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943)
  • 1913Kazuo Taoka, Japanese crime boss (d. 1981)
  • 1913 – Toko Shinoda, Japanese artist
  • 1914Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
  • 1914 – Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author (d. 1997)
  • 1914 – Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist and academic (d. 2003)
  • 1914 – Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (d. 1996)[5]
  • 1914 – Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934)
  • 1915Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
  • 1917Claude Bertrand, Canadian neurosurgeon and scholar (d. 2014)
  • 1918Edward Amy, Canadian soldier (d. 2011)
  • 1919Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (d. 2013)
  • 1919 – Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (d. 2007)
  • 1919 – Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (d. 2010)[6]
  • 1919 – Vic Raschi, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
  • 1921Harold Agnew, American physicist and academic (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 and illustrator (d. 1992)
  • 1922Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
  • 1922 – Grace Hartigan, American painter and educator (d. 2008)
  • 1922 – Joey Maxim, American boxer and actor (d. 2001)
  • 1922 – B. Neminathan, Sri Lankan politician
  • 1923Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
  • 1923 – Thad Jones, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1986)
  • 1924Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (d. 1992)[7]
  • 1924 – Fred Flanagan, Australian footballer (d. 2013)
  • 1925Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Russian actor (d. 1994)
  • 1925 – Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress (d. 2010)
  • 1926Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (d. 2014)
  • 1926 – Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)
  • 1927Theo Colborn, American zoologist and academic (d. 2014)
  • 1927 – Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2007)
  • 1927 – Vina Mazumdar, Indian academic and activist (d. 2013)
  • 1928Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American political activist and analyst; 10th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2017)
  • 1928 – Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)
  • 1929Paul England, Australian race car driver and engineer (d. 2014)
  • 1930Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer (d. 2014)
  • 1930 – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1930 – Elizabeth Bainbridge, English soprano
  • 1933Tete Montoliu, Spanish pianist (d. 1997)
  • 1933 – Frank Murkowski, American soldier, banker, and politician, 8th Governor of Alaska
  • 1934Lester R. Brown, American environmentalist, founded the Earth Policy Institute and Worldwatch Institute
  • 1934 – Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (d. 2006)
  • 1935Frank Judd, Baron Judd, English politician, Secretary of State for International Development
  • 1935 – Michael Parkinson, English journalist and author
  • 1935 – Józef Szmidt, Polish triple jumper
  • 1936Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, politician, journalist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1938Hans-Jürgen Bäsler, German footballer (d. 2002)
  • 1939Dov Frohman, Israeli electrical engineer and business executive
  • 1940Tony Barber, English-Australian television host
  • 1940 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013)
  • 1942Daniel Dennett, American philosopher and academic
  • 1942 – Kitanofuji Katsuaki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 52nd Yokozuna
  • 1942 – Neil Kinnock, Welsh politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
  • 1942 – Mike Newell, English director and producer
  • 1942 – Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
  • 1942 – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998)
  • 1942 – Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach
  • 1943Richard Eyre, English director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1943 – Conchata Ferrell, American actress
  • 1944Rick Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1944 – Ken Howard, American actor (d. 2016)
  • 1945Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino politician, 16th President of the Philippines
  • 1945 – Johnny Famechon, French-Australian boxer
  • 1945 – Björn Hamilton, Swedish engineer and politician
  • 1946Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014)
  • 1946 – Henry Paulson, American banker and politician, 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury
  • 1946 – Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian economist and politician, 48th President of Peru
  • 1947Greg Thompson, Canadian educator and politician, 25th Minister of Veterans Affairs (d. 2019)
  • 1948John Evan, English keyboard player and songwriter
  • 1948 – Janice Lynde, American actress
  • 1948 – Dianne Wiest, American actress
  • 1948 – Milan Williams, American keyboard player (d. 2006)
  • 1949Ronnie Ray Smith, American sprinter (d. 2013)
  • 1952Keith Ashfield, Canadian politician (d. 2018)
  • 1952 – Tony Brise, English race car driver (d. 1975)
  • 1953Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian banker and politician, 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993)
  • 1953 – Rosemary Ashe, British actress and singer
  • 1954Donald Brown, American pianist and educator
  • 1955John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Northern Irish psychiatrist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
  • 1955 – Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 1956Susan Ershler, American mountaineer and author
  • 1957Harvey Glance, American sprinter and coach
  • 1958Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer
  • 1958 – Elisabeth Andreassen, Swedish-Norwegian singer
  • 1958 – Bart Conner, American gymnast and sportscaster
  • 1958 – Curt Hennig, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2003)
  • 1959Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica
  • 1959 – Chiaki Morosawa, Japanese anime screenwriter (d. 2016)
  • 1959 – Chris Myers, American journalist and sportscaster
  • 1960Chris Barrie, British actor and comedian
  • 1960 – José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician, Prime Minister of Cape Verde
  • 1960 – Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French-Belgian author and playwright
  • 1961Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach
  • 1962Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
  • 1962 – Simon Bazalgette, English businessman
  • 1963Jan Masiel, Polish politician
  • 1964Karen Lumley, English politician
  • 1966Cheryl James, American rapper and actress
  • 1967John Ziegler, German-American radio host and director
  • 1968Iris Chang, Chinese-American journalist and author (d. 2004)
  • 1968 – Nasser Hussain, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster
  • 1968Colin Brazier, English journalist
  • 1969Rodney Atkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1969 – Brett Ratner, American director and producer
  • 1970Vince Vaughn, American actor
  • 1970 – Jennifer Weiner, American journalist and author
  • 1971Christianne Meneses Jacobs, Nicaraguan-American journalist and educator
  • 1971 – Orfeh, American singer, songwriter and actress
  • 1972Nick Frost, English actor and screenwriter
  • 1972 – Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
  • 1973Björn Kuipers, Dutch footballer and referee
  • 1975Fabrizio Gollin, Italian race car driver
  • 1975 – Kate Gosselin, American television personality
  • 1975 – Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
  • 1975 – Shanna Moakler, American model
  • 1976Dave Keuning, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1977Lauren Weisberger, American author
  • 1978Nathan Cayless, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1979Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer and media personality[8]
  • 1980Cho Seung-woo, South Korean actor
  • 1980 – David Lee, English footballer
  • 1980 – Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1980 – Luke Walton, American basketball player
  • 1981Lindsay Frimodt, American fashion model
  • 1981 – Edwar Ramírez, American baseball player
  • 1981 – Julia Stiles, American actress
  • 1983Ladji Doucouré, French sprinter and hurdler
  • 1984Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi actor
  • 1984 – Christopher Samba, Congolese footballer
  • 1984 – Nikki Sanderson, English actress
  • 1985Stefano Ferrario, Italian footballer
  • 1985 – Sauli Koskinen, Finnish TV host and entertainer
  • 1985 – Steve Mandanda, French footballer
  • 1985 – Stanislas Wawrinka, Swiss tennis player
  • 1986Bowe Bergdahl, American sergeant
  • 1986 – Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter, dancer, producer, and actress
  • 1986 – J-Kwon, American rapper
  • 1986 – Amaia Salamanca, Spanish actress
  • 1986 – Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player
  • 1987Jean-Paul Adela, Seychellois footballer
  • 1987 – Yohan Benalouane, French-Tunisian footballer
  • 1987 – Simeon Jackson, Canadian soccer player
  • 1987 – Kagney Linn Karter, American pornographic actress
  • 1987 – Yotam Solomon, Israeli/American fashion designer
  • 1987 – Mary Kate Wiles, American actress
  • 1988Ryan Kalish, American baseball player
  • 1988 – Lacey Turner, English actress
  • 1989Afrikan Boy, English rapper
  • 1989 – David Goodwillie, Scottish footballer
  • 1989 – Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
  • 1989 – Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
  • 1989 – Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
  • 1990Zac Clarke, Australian footballer
  • 1990 – Zoella (Zoe Sugg), English Youtuber
  • 1991Amy Bruckner, American actress
  • 1991 – Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player
  • 1991 – Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1991 – Ondřej Palát, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1992Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer
  • 1992 – Lucho Ayala, Filipino actor
  • 1994Jackson Wang, Hong Kong rapper
  • 1995Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1996Matt Renshaw, English-Australian cricketer
  • 2004Anna Shcherbakova, Russian figure skater (two-time Russian National Champion - '19 & '20)

Deaths[]

  • 193Pertinax, Roman emperor (b. 126)
  • 741Hatsusebe, Japanese princess
  • 965Arnulf I, count of Flanders
  • 966Flodoard, Frankish canon and chronicler
  • 1072Ordulf, Duke of Saxony (b. 1022)
  • 1134Saint Stephen Harding, founder of the Cistercian order
  • 1239Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
  • 1241Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)
  • 1254William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (b. 1193)
  • 1285Pope Martin IV (b. 1220)
  • 1346Venturino of Bergamo, Dominican preacher (b. 1304)
  • 1461John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (b. 1435)
  • 1563Heinrich Glarean, Swiss poet and theorist (b. 1488)
  • 1566Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian historian and diplomat (b. 1486)
  • 1583Magnus, Duke of Holstein (b. 1540)
  • 1584Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (b. 1530)
  • 1687Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
  • 1794Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
  • 1818Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)
  • 1865Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
  • 1866Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
  • 1868James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
  • 1870George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
  • 1874Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
  • 1881Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
  • 1893Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
  • 1900Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
  • 1910Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
  • 1917Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)
  • 1923Charles Hubbard, American archer (b. 1849)
  • 1927Joseph-Médard Émard, Canadian archbishop (b. 1853)
  • 1929Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)
  • 1929 – Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Quebec (b. 1861)
  • 1934Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and educator (b. 1891)
  • 1941Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)
  • 1941 – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (b. 1877)
  • 1941 – Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1882)
  • 1942Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)
  • 1943Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
  • 1944Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)
  • 1947Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
  • 1949Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (b. 1889)
  • 1953Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)
  • 1958W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)
  • 1962Hugo Wast, Argentinian author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
  • 1963Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)
  • 1965Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)
  • 1965 – Jack Hoxie, American actor (b. 1885)
  • 1969Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
  • 1971Robert Hunter, American golfer (b. 1886)
  • 1972Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (b. 1887)
  • 1974Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)
  • 1974 – Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (b. 1905)
  • 1974 – Françoise Rosay, French actress (b. 1891)
  • 1976Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)
  • 1977Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1907)
  • 1980Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)
  • 1982William Giauque, Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
  • 1984Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (b. 1914)
  • 1985Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter and poet (b. 1887)
  • 1986Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
  • 1987Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1905)
  • 1992Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1909)
  • 1993Scott Cunningham, American author (b. 1956)
  • 1994Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (b. 1909)
  • 1996Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1914)
  • 1999Franco Gasparri, Italian actor (b. 1948)
  • 2000Anthony Powell, English soldier and author (b. 1905)
  • 2001Moe Koffman, Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1928)
  • 2004Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
  • 2005Moura Lympany, English-Monacan pianist (b. 1916)
  • 2005 – Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
  • 2006Pro Hart, Australian painter (b. 1928)
  • 2006 – Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1911)
  • 2006 – Charles Schepens, Belgian-American ophthalmologist and author (b. 1912)
  • 2006 – Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
  • 2009Maurice Jarre, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
  • 2010June Havoc, American actress, dancer, and director (b. 1912)
  • 2011Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917)
  • 2012John Arden, English author and playwright (b. 1930)
  • 2012 – Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian pianist and composer (b. 1920)
  • 2012 – Harry Crews, American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1935)
  • 2012 – Addie L. Wyatt, African American labor leader (b. 1924)[9]
  • 2013George E. P. Box, English-American statistician and educator (b. 1919)
  • 2013 – Manuel García Ferré, Spanish-Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
  • 2013 – Richard Griffiths, English actor (b. 1947)
  • 2013 – Art Malone, American race car driver (b. 1936)
  • 2013 – Hugh McCracken, American guitarist, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1942)[10]
  • 2013 – Heinz Patzig, German footballer and manager (b. 1929)
  • 2013 – Bob Teague, American college football star and television news-reporter (b. 1929)
  • 2013 – Gus Triandos, American baseball player and scout (b. 1930)
  • 2013 – Robert Zildjian, American businessman, founded Sabian (b. 1923)
  • 2014Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (b. 1924)
  • 2014 – Lorenzo Semple, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
  • 2014 – Avraham Yaski, Israeli architect and academic (b. 1927)
  • 2015Chuck Brayton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)[11]
  • 2015 – Joseph Cassidy, Canadian-English priest and academic (b. 1954)[12]
  • 2015 – Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cinematographer (b. 1934)[13]
  • 2015 – Gene Saks, American actor and director (b. 1921)[14]
  • 2016James Noble, American actor (b. 1922)[15]

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Stephen Harding
    • Guntram
    • Priscus
    • Pope Sixtus III
    • Tuotilo
    • 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)

References[]

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  2. Gregory, Desmond (1987). Sicily: The Insecure Base: A History of the British Occupation of Sicily, 1806–1815. Rutherford, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-0-8386-3306-9.
  3. Don Rayno (19 December 2012). Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967. Scarecrow Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-8108-8322-2.
  4. Deborah Andrews (1992). Annual Obituary, 1991. St. James Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-1-55862-175-6.
  5. Edward S. Mihalkanin; Greenwood Press (2004). American Statesmen: Secretaries of State from John Jay to Colin Powell. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 389. ISBN 978-0-313-30828-4.
  6. "Obituary: Lady Eileen Crofton, MBE, Doctor and founder of Action on Smoking and Health". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  7. Paul Michael (1969). Movie Greats: The Players, Directors, Producers. Garland Books. p. 1959.
  8. Culture, Desk (27 March 2018). "Happy birthday, Shakib Khan". Daily Sun. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  9. Reese, Ronnie. "The Rev. Addie L. Wyatt, 1924-2012". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  10. Martin, Douglas (3 April 2013). "Hugh McCracken, a Studio Musician in High Demand, Dies at 70". The New York Times. p. B8.
  11. Underwood, Roger (April 6, 2015). "WSU coaching legend Brayton dies at 89". Yakima Herald. (Washington). Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  12. Smith, Josh (29 March 2015). "St Chad's Principal passes away". Palatinate. Durham University. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  13. "Czech Oscar-nominated cinematographer Miroslav Ondricek dies". ceskenoviny.cz. 29 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  14. Weber, Bruce (March 29, 2015). "Gene Saks, Tony-Winning Director of Neil Simon Hits, Dies at 93". The New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  15. Hipes, Patrick (March 29, 2016). "James Noble Dies: 'Benson' Governor Was 94". Deadline.

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