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  • Rome, Roman Empire
    Thursday Mar 28, 193
    Roman Empire

    Pertinax died

    Rome, Roman Empire
    Thursday Mar 28, 193

    On 28 March 193, Pertinax was at his palace when a contingent of some three hundred soldiers of the Praetorian Guard rushed the gates (two hundred according to Cassius Dio). Sources suggest that they had received only half their promised pay. Neither the guards on duty nor the palace officials chose to resist them. Pertinax sent Laetus to meet them, but he chose to side with the insurgents instead and deserted the emperor.




  • Rome
    Thursday Mar 28, 193
    Roman Empire

    Didius Julianus

    Rome
    Thursday Mar 28, 193

    Because Julianus bought his position rather than acquiring it conventionally through succession or conquest, he was a deeply unpopular emperor. When Julianus appeared in public, he frequently was greeted with groans and shouts of "robber and parricide." Once, a mob even obstructed his progress to the Capitol by pelting him with large stones.




  • Southern Italian peninsula and Sicily
    Friday Mar 28, 1783
    1783 Calabrian earthquakes

    The final event of the sequence

    Southern Italian peninsula and Sicily
    Friday Mar 28, 1783

    The final event of the sequence was of similar magnitude to the first and had an epicenter about 20 km east of the fourth, near Girifalco and Borgia in the Catanzaro Basin. The earthquake lasted for about ten seconds, and many villages were destroyed with many hundreds dead in Borgia, Girifalco, Maida, and Cortale. Landslides were common and sand volcanoes were seen, particularly on the banks of the Amato river. This earthquake has not been tied to a particular fault, but a recent re-evaluation of the intensity data indicates that the isoseismal areas are elongated NE–SW, suggesting faulting of similar trend to that observed for the other earthquakes in the sequence.




  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Wednesday Mar 28, 1849
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Draft of the Paulskirchenverfassung constitution was finally passed

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Wednesday Mar 28, 1849

    On March 28, 1849, the draft of the Paulskirchenverfassung constitution was finally passed. The new Germany was to be a constitutional monarchy, and the office of head of state ("Emperor of the Germans") was to be hereditary and held by the respective King of Prussia.




  • Shanghai, China
    Wednesday Mar 28, 1894
    First Sino-Japanese War

    The assassination of Kim Ok-gyun

    Shanghai, China
    Wednesday Mar 28, 1894

    On March 28, 1894, a pro-Japanese Korean revolutionary, Kim Ok-gyun, was assassinated in Shanghai. Kim had fled to Japan after his involvement in the 1884 coup and the Japanese had turned down Korean demands that he be extradited.




  • Leysin, Switzerland
    Saturday Mar 28, 1914
    Igor Stravinsky

    Completing his first Opera

    Leysin, Switzerland
    Saturday Mar 28, 1914

    Stravinsky turned his attention to completing his first opera, the Nightingale (usually known by its French title Le Rossignol), which he had begun in 1908 (that is, before his association with the Ballets Russes). The work had been commissioned by the Moscow Free Theatre for the handsome fee of 10,000 rubles. and he completed Le Rossignol at Leysin on 28 March, 1914.




  • Busdongo de Arbás, León, Spain
    Saturday Mar 28, 1936
    Amancio Ortega

    Birth

    Busdongo de Arbás, León, Spain
    Saturday Mar 28, 1936

    on March 28, 1936, Ortega was born in Busdongo de Arbás, León, Spain, to Antonio Ortega Rodríguez and Josefa Gaona Hernández.


  • Berlin, Germany
    Monday Mar 28, 1938
    Adolf Hitler

    Secret meeting with Henlein

    Berlin, Germany
    Monday Mar 28, 1938

    On 28–29 March 1938, Hitler held a series of secret meetings in Berlin with Konrad Henlein of the Sudeten German Party, the largest of the ethnic German parties of the Sudetenland. The men agreed that Henlein would demand increased autonomy for Sudeten Germans from the Czechoslovakian government, thus providing a pretext for German military action against Czechoslovakia.


  • Madrid, Spain
    Tuesday Mar 28, 1939
    Francisco Franco

    Madrid fell to the Nationalists

    Madrid, Spain
    Tuesday Mar 28, 1939

    On 28 March 1939, with the help of pro-Franco forces inside the city (the "fifth column" General Mola had mentioned in propaganda broadcasts in 1936), Madrid fell to the Nationalists.


  • United Kingdom
    Wednesday Mar 28, 1945
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill decided to restrict area bombing and sent a memorandum to General Ismay

    United Kingdom
    Wednesday Mar 28, 1945

    On 28 March, he decided to restrict area bombing and sent a memorandum to General Ismay for the Chiefs of Staff Committee: The destruction of Dresden remains a serious query against the conduct of Allied bombing..... I feel the need for more precise concentration upon military objectives..... rather than on mere acts of terror and wanton destruction, however impressive.


  • United Kingdom
    Thursday Mar 28, 1968
    James Bond

    Colonel Sun was published

    United Kingdom
    Thursday Mar 28, 1968

    After Fleming's death a continuation novel, Colonel Sun, was written by Kingsley Amis (as Robert Markham) and published in 1968.


  • Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Friday Mar 28, 1969
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Death

    Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Friday Mar 28, 1969

    On the morning of March 28, 1969, Eisenhower died in Washington, D.C., of congestive heart failure at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, at age 78. The following day, his body was moved to the Washington National Cathedral's Bethlehem Chapel, where he lay in repose for 28 hours.


  • South Vietnam
    Friday Mar 28, 1975
    Vietnam War

    35,000 NVA troops were poised to attack the suburbs

    South Vietnam
    Friday Mar 28, 1975

    By 28 March, 35,000 NVA troops were poised to attack the suburbs.


  • Manhattan, New York, U.S.
    Friday Mar 28, 1986
    Lady Gaga

    Stefani's birth

    Manhattan, New York, U.S.
    Friday Mar 28, 1986

    Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, to an upper-middle-class Catholic family.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Mar 28, 1987
    Jim Carrey

    1st Marriage

    U.S.
    Saturday Mar 28, 1987

    His first marriage was to former actress and Comedy Store waitress Melissa Womer, whom he married on March 28, 1987.


  • Serbia
    Tuesday Mar 28, 1989
    Slobodan Milošević

    The Serbian Assembly approved the Constitutional Amendments

    Serbia
    Tuesday Mar 28, 1989

    On 28 March 1989, the Serbian Assembly approved the constitutional amendments.


  • Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Saturday Mar 28, 1992
    Bosnian War

    Opposition to any type of ethnic division of Bosnia

    Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Saturday Mar 28, 1992

    on 28 March 1992, Izetbegović, after meeting with the then-US ambassador to Yugoslavia Warren Zimmermann in Sarajevo, withdrew his signature and declared his opposition to any type of ethnic division of Bosnia.


  • Rome, Italy
    Sunday Mar 28, 1993
    Francesco Totti

    First appearance for Roma's senior side in Serie A

    Rome, Italy
    Sunday Mar 28, 1993

    After three years in the youth team, Totti made his first appearance for Roma's senior side in Serie A at the age of 16, when coach Vujadin Boškov called him up in the 2–0 away victory against Brescia on 28 March 1993.


  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Sunday Mar 28, 1999
    Dwayne Johnson

    WrestleMania XV

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Sunday Mar 28, 1999

    The Rock lost the WWF Championship to Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania XV.


  • Bangkok, Thailand
    Friday Mar 28, 2003
    SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

    Carlo Urbani death

    Bangkok, Thailand
    Friday Mar 28, 2003

    During a flight to Bangkok to attend a conference, Dr Urbani developed symptoms of SARS. He died of complication related to SARS on 29 March 2003 – a public health hero.


  • Argentina
    Saturday Mar 28, 2009
    Lionel Messi

    Argentina's number 10

    Argentina
    Saturday Mar 28, 2009

    During that game, played on 28 March 2009 vs Venezuela, Messi wore Argentina's number 10 shirt for the first time, following the international retirement of Riquelme.


  • Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    Friday Mar 28, 2014
    Oculus

    Michael Abrash

    Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    Friday Mar 28, 2014

    On March 28, 2014, Michael Abrash joined the company as Chief Scientist.


  • Canada
    Saturday Mar 28, 2015
    Best Buy

    Best Buy announced the shutdown of the Future Shop chain in Canada

    Canada
    Saturday Mar 28, 2015

    On March 28, 2015, Best Buy announced the shutdown of the Future Shop chain in Canada; 65 of its 131 former locations were converted into Best Buy locations, while the rest (primarily those in close proximity to an existing Best Buy) were closed permanently.


  • Hong Kong, China
    Monday Mar 28, 2016
    Hong Kong independence

    Hong Kong National Party

    Hong Kong, China
    Monday Mar 28, 2016

    Hong Kong National Party, the first party openly advocating for Hong Kong independence and a Republic of Hong Kong was established on 28 March 2016, drawing attacks from the Beijing and SAR governments. The State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office issued a statement condemning the party, saying it "has harmed the country’s sovereignty, security, endangered the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong, and the core interests of Hong Kong..."


  • California, U.S.
    Monday Mar 28, 2016
    Oculus

    Oculus Rift Release

    California, U.S.
    Monday Mar 28, 2016

    The Oculus Rift CV1, also known as simply the Oculus Rift, was the first consumer model of the Oculus Rift headset. It was released on March 28, 2016, in 20 countries, at a starting price of US$599. The 6,955 backers who received the Development Kit 1 prototype via the original Oculus Rift Kickstarter campaign were eligible to receive the CV1 model for free.


  • Dubai, U.A.E.
    Tuesday Mar 28, 2017
    Amazon

    Amazon confirmed it would be acquiring Souq.com

    Dubai, U.A.E.
    Tuesday Mar 28, 2017

    Souq.com is the largest E-Commerce platform in the Middle East based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On March 28, 2017, Amazon confirmed it would be acquiring Souq.com for $580 million. Souq.com is now a subsidiary of Amazon, and acts as Amazon's arm into the Middle East region.


  • Ukraine
    Monday Mar 28, 2022
    Russian Invasion of Ukraine

    Poland delivered 23 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine

    Ukraine
    Monday Mar 28, 2022

    Poland offered to transfer all its 23 MiG-29 fighter jets to the United States for free and deliver them to Ramstein Air Base in Germany, with the United States then delivering them to Ukraine.


  • Spain
    Wednesday Mar 28, 1556

    Philip II of Spain was crowned in 1556

    Spain
    Wednesday Mar 28, 1556

    Philip II of Spain became King of Spain.


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