About March 28
March 28, 2024 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.
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Aries is the sun 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.
What Happened On March 28
- 193 –Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
- 364 –Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
- 845 –Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
- 1809 –Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
- 1854 –Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
- 1860 –First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
- 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.
- 1871 –The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
- 1889 –The Yngsjö murder occurs in Yngsjö, Sweden and Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son.
- 1920 –Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
- 1930 –Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
- 1939 –Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.
- 1942 –World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces successfully raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
- 1946 –Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
- 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.
- 1994 –BBC Radio 5 is closed and replaced with a new news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live.
- 1994 –In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.
- 2005 –The 2005 Sumatra earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.
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