This Day in History
28 Mar 1535
Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked & destroyed in Friesland
28 Mar 1738
Parliament sends an address to the king requesting that he demand redress from Spain (War of Jenkins Ear)
28 Mar 1774
Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
28 Mar 1776
Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco
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Spanish Civil War ends
In Spain the Republican defenders of Madrid raise the white flag over the city bringing to an end the bloody three-year Spanish Civil War.In 1931 Spanish Kin...
W.C. Handy—the Father of the Blues—dies
With all their differences my forebears had one thing in common if they had any musical talent it remained buried. So wrote William Christopher...
Land cleared for Ford’s Willow Run plant
On this day in 1941 workers start clearing trees from hundreds of acres of land near Ypsilanti Michigan some 30 miles west of Detroit in preparation for the...
Nuclear disaster at Three Mile Island
At 4 a.m. on March 28 1979 the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mi...
First American citizen killed during WWI
On March 28 1915 the first American citizen is killed in the eight-month-old European conflict that would become known as the First World War.Leon Thrasher ...
Diem’s popular support questioned
A U.S. national intelligence estimate prepared for President John F. Kennedy declares that South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem and the Republic of Vietnam ...
American pacifists arrive in Haiphong
The Phoenix a private U.S. yacht with eight American pacifists aboard arrives in Haiphong North Vietnam with 10000 worth of medical supplies for the North...
Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
On this day in 1984 Bob Irsay (1923-1997) owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement I...
Congress censures Jackson
On this day in 1834 President Andrew Jackson is censured by Congress for refusing to turn over documents. Jackson was the first president to suffer this formal...
De Anza founds San Francisco
Juan Bautista de Anza one of the great western pathfinders of the 18th century arrives at the future site of San Francisco with 247 colonists.Though little kn...
Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist, is born
Peruvian novelist and unsuccessful presidential candidate Mario Vargas Llosa is born. Llosa who built his fame as a writer on works ranging from novels to play...
Hollywood stars Fairbanks and Pickford marry
Hollywood stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford marry on this day in 1920 just three and a half weeks after Pickfords divorce from her first husban...
Reactor overheats at Three Mile Island
The most serious nuclear accident in United States history takes place at the Three Mile Island plant near Harrisburg Pennsylvania on this day in 1979 when o...
Funeral held for the man behind the guillotine
The funeral of Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin the namesake of the infamous execution device takes place outside of Paris France. Guillotin had what he felt...
Duke lacrosse team suspended following sexual assault allegations
Duke University officials suspend the mens lacrosse team for two games following allegations that team members sexually assaulted a stripper hired to pe...
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