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 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 278 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 15, 2020 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 26,422,560 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 321 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 2,654 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 28 Historical Events
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 –Operators of Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania fail to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system has stuck open following an unexpected shutdown. As a result, enough coolant drains out of the system to allow the core to overheat and partially melt down.
- 1979 –The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan’s government, precipitating a general election.
Who were born on March 28?
- 1862 –Aristide Briand, French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
- 1895 –Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1985)
- 1921 –Herschel Grynszpan, German assassin of Ernst vom Rath (year of death unknown)
- 1922 –Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
- 1933 –Frank Murkowski, American politician
- 1946 –Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
- 1957 –Paul Eiding, American voice actor
- 1960 –Chris Barrie, British actor
- 1960 –José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician
- 1992 –Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer
Who died on March 28?
- 1870 –George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
- 1953 –Jim Thorpe, American athlete (b. 1887)
- 1974 –Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (b. 1905)
- 1977 –Eric Shipton, British explorer and mountaineer (b. 1907)
- 1978 –Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (b. 1941)
- 1986 –Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
- 1987 –Patrick Troughton, British actor (b. 1920)
- 1994 –Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born French playwright (b. 1909)
- 2003 –Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (b. 1923)
- 2005 –Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)
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