What are the important events that happened on March 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 28: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 28 is the 87th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 278 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 15, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,052,000 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontaheptagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 326 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,480 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 28 Historical Events
- 1794 –Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
- 1809 –Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
- 1871 –The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
- 1930 –Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
- 1939 –Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.
- 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 –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.
- 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.
Who were born on March 28?
- 1941 –Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, American author
- 1948 –Jayne Ann Krentz, American novelist
- 1955 –John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician
- 1958 –Edesio Alejandro, Cuban music composer
- 1962 –Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler
- 1970 –Vince Vaughn, American actor
- 1972 –Eby J. Jose, Indian journalist
- 1974 –Mark King, English snooker player
- 1984 –Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer
- 1988 –Patrick Mayer, German footballer
Who died on March 28?
- 1677 –Václav Hollar, Czech-born etcher (b. 1607)
- 1874 –Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (b. 1795)
- 1939 –Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)
- 1946 –Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904)
- 1969 –Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
- 1980 –Dick Haymes, Argentine-born singer and actor (b. 1918)
- 1989 –Robert J. Wilke, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2004 –Peter Ustinov, British actor (b. 1921)
- 2006 –Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)
- 2010 –June Havoc, American actress (b. 1913)
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