March 28 in History
What happened on March 28 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on march 28 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on march 28 in history.
?>1999
An American Stealth F117 Nighthawk is shot down over northern Yugoslavia during NATO air strikes.
1990
Jesse Owens receives the Congressional Gold Medal from President George Bush.
1986
The U.S. Senate passes $100 million aid package for the Nicaraguan contras.
1979
A major accident occurs at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear power plant
1969
Dwight D. Eisenhower dies at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, D.C.
1962
The U.S. Air Force announces research into the use of lasers to intercept missiles and satellites.
1946
Juan Peron is elected President of Argentina. He will hold the office for six years.
1945
Germany launches the last of its V-2 rockets against England.
1942
A British ship, the HMS Campbeltown, a Lend-Lease American destroyer, which was specifically rammed into a German occupied dry-dock in France, explodes, knocking the area out of action for the German battleship Tirpitz.
1941
The Italian fleet is routed by the British at the Battle of Battle of Cape Matapan
1941
English novelist Virginia Woolf throws herself into the River Ouse near her home in Sussex. Her body will not be found until April 18.
1939
The Spanish Civil War ends as Madrid falls to Francisco Franco.
1933
Nazis order a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.
1930
Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara respectively.
1921
President Warren Harding names William Howard Taft as chief justice of the United States.
1917
The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is founded, Great Britain’s first official service women.
1910
The first seaplane takes off from water at Martiniques, France.
1908
Automobile owners lobby Congress in support of a bill that calls for vehicle licensing and federal registration.
1885
The Salvation Army is officially organized in the United States.
1864
A group of Copperheads attack Federal soldiers in Charleston, Illinois. Five are killed and twenty wounded.
1854
Britain and France declare war on Russia.
1774
Britain passes the Coercive Act against rebellious Massachusetts.