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 88th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 278 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 15, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,526,400 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 ‘octacontaoctagon’ 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 307 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 4,115 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 28 Historical Events
- 37 –Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
- 364 –Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
- 1794 –Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
- 1910 –Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
- 1920 –Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
- 1942 –World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces successfully raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2005 –The 2005 Sumatra earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.
Who were born on March 28?
- 1773 –Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
- 1849 –James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (d. 1894)
- 1892 –Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993)
- 1899 –August “Gussie” Anheuser Busch, Jr., American brewer and baseball executive (d. 1989)
- 1934 –Lester Brown, American environmentalist
- 1940 –Tony Barber, Australian television personality
- 1950 –Claudio Lolli, Italian singer-songwriter
- 1951 –Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
- 1956 –April Margera, mother of Bam Margera
- 1962 –Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
Who died on March 28?
- 1072 –Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
- 1794 –Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
- 1818 –Antonio Capuzzi, Italian composer (b. 1755)
- 1929 –Lomer Gouin, Canadian politician (b. 1861)
- 1962 –Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883)
- 1976 –Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)
- 1996 –Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician (b. 1914)
- 2000 –Anthony Powell, British novelist (b. 1905)
- 2001 –Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (b. 1928)
- 2006 –Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
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