March 28

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Holidays & Observances Serfs Emancipation Day, Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia) Events 2015 Kids' Choice Awards, 2009 Kids' Choice Awards Famous birthdays Lady Gaga, Rodrigo Duterte, Derek Carr, Kate Gosselin, Zoella

March 28 is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 278 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

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Events

AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.

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.

1566 – The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.

1794 – Allies under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeat French forces at Le Cateau.

1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.

1801 – Treaty of Florence is signed.

1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.

1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.

1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom defeats the United States Navy in the Battle of Valparaíso, Chile.

1842 – First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by Otto Nicolai.

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.

1883 – Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.

1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.

1913 – Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.

1933 – The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airline lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.

1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.

1941 – World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan – in the Mediterranean, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers.

1942 – World War II: St Nazaire Raid: In occupied France, British naval forces successfully raid the German-occupied port of Saint-Nazaire.

1946 – Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.

1951 – First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.

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.

1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.

1970 – Gediz earthquake: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killed 1,086 and injured 1,260.

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 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.

1979 – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election.

1990 – United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

1994 – In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.

1999 – Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.

2003 – In a friendly fire incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq; a British soldier, Matty Hull, is killed.

2005 – The 8.6 Mw Nias–Simeulue earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.

2006 – At least one million students, trade union members, and the unemployed take to the streets in France to protest the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.

Births

623 – Marwan I, Umayyad general and caliph (d. 685)

661 – Muawiya II, Umayyad caliph (d. 684)

1097 – Atsiz, Abbasid caliph (d. 1156)

1416 – Jodha of Mandore, Ruler of Marwar (d. 1489)

1468 – Charles I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1490)

1472 – Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter (d. 1517)

1483 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)

1515 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1582)

1592 – John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop and educator (d. 1670)

1599 – Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch captain (d. 1658)

1613 – Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (d. 1688)

1621 – Heinrich Schwemmer German composer and educator (d. 1696)

1638 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch botanist and anatomist (d. 1731)

1652 – Samuel Sewall, English judge (d. 1730)

1725 – Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (d. 1795)

1727 – Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, (d. 1777)

1743 – Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, Russian academic and politician (d. 1810)

1750 – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 1816)

1760 – Thomas Clarkson, English activist (d. 1846)

1773 – Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)

1793 – Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist (d. 1864)

1795 – Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian and author (d. 1876)

1806 – Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist (d. 1891)

1811 – John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (d. 1860)

1815 – Arsène Houssaye, French author and poet (d. 1896)

1818 – Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1902)

1819 – Joseph Bazalgette, English architect and engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge and Battersea Bridge (d. 1891)

1828 – Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (d. 1914)

1832 – Henry D. Washburn, American politician, general and explorer (d. 1871)

1836 – Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904)

1840 – Emin Pasha, Egyptian physician and politician (d. 1892)

1842 – William Harvey Carney, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1908)

1847 – Gyula Farkas, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d.

1849 – James Darmesteter, French historian and author (d. 1894)

1851 – Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (d. 1944)

1862 – Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)

1866 – Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)

1868 – Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1936)

1871 – Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor (d. 1951)

1873 – John Geiger, American rower (d. 1956)

1878 – Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-born American painter (d. 1965)

1879 – Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork (d. 1920)

1881 – Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (d. 1918)

1884 – Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1951)

1886 – Gustave Mesny, French general (d. 1945)

1890 – Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1967)

1892 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

1892 – Tom Maguire, Irish general (d. 1993)

1893 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (d. 1971)

1894 – Ernst Lindemann, German captain (d. 1941)

1895 – Ángela Ruiz Robles, Spanish teacher, writer and inventor, pioneer of the electronic book (d. 1975)

1895 – Christian Herter, American politician, 53rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1966)

1895 – Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (d. 1960)

1895 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1985)

1897 – Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)

1897 – Tillie Voss, American football player (d. 1975)

1899 – Gussie Busch, American businessman (d. 1989)

1899 – Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1973)

1900 – Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004)

1902 – Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)

1902 – Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech fiddler and composer (d. 1988)

1903 – Rudolf Serkin, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1991)

1905 – Pandro S. Berman, American production manager and producer (d. 1996)

1905 – Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host (d. 1986)

1906 – Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2002)

1906 – Dorothy Knowles, South African-English author, fencer and academic (d. 2010)

1907 – Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun (d. 2005)

1907 – Norrey Ford, English author (d. 1985)

1907 – Irving Paul Lazar, American lawyer and talent agent (d. 1993)

1909 – Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1981)

1910 – Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American librarian and art collector (d. 2001)

1910 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 1964)

1910 – Ingrid of Sweden (d. 2000)

1911 – Consalvo Sanesi, Italian race car driver (d. 1998)

1911 – J. L. Austin, British philosopher (d. 1960)

1912 – A. Bertram Chandler English-Australian author (d. 1984)

1912 – Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943)

1913 – Kazuo Taoka, Japanese crime boss (d. 1981)

1913 – Toko Shinoda, Japanese artist

1914 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)

1914 – Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author (d. 1997)

1914 – Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist and academic (d. 2003)

1914 – Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (d. 1996)

1914 – Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934)

1915 – Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)

1915 – Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington, English lawyer

1917 – Claude Bertrand, Canadian neurosurgeon and scholar (d. 2014)

1918 – Edward Amy, Canadian soldier (d. 2011)

1919 – Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (d. 2013)

1919 – Vic Raschi, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)

1921 – Harold Agnew, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)

1921 – Dirk Bogarde, English actor and author (d. 1999)

1921 – Herschel Grynszpan, German assassin of Ernst vom Rath (d. 1960)

1921 – Walter Neugebauer, Croatian-German author and illustrator (d. 1992)

1922 – Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)

1922 – Grace Hartigan, American painter and educator (d. 2008)

1922 – Joey Maxim, American boxer and actor (d. 2001)

1922 – B. Neminathan, Sri Lankan politician

1923 – Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)

1923 – Thad Jones, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1986)

1923 – René Vuaillat, French engineer and inventor

1924 – Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (d. 1992)

1924 – Fred Flanagan, Australian footballer (d. 2013)

1924 – Byrd Baylor, American author

1925 –Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Soviet-Russian actor (d. 1994)

1926 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (d. 2014)

1927 – Theo Colborn, American zoologist and academic (d. 2014)

1927 – Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2007)

1927 – Vina Mazumdar, Indian academic and activist (d. 2013)

1928 – Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American political activist and analyst; 10th United States National Security Advisor

1928 – Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)

1929 – Paul England, Australian race car driver and engineer (d. 2014)

1930 – Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer (d. 2014)

1930 – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1930 – Elizabeth Bainbridge, English soprano

1933 – Tete Montoliu, Spanish pianist (d. 1997)

1933 – Frank Murkowski, American soldier, banker, and politician, 8th Governor of Alaska

1934 – Lester R. Brown, American environmentalist, founded the Earth Policy Institute and Worldwatch Institute

1934 – Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (d. 2006)

1935 – Frank Judd, Baron Judd, English politician, Secretary of State for International Development

1935 – Michael Parkinson, English journalist and author

1935 – Józef Szmidt, Polish triple jumper

1936 – Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist, playwright, and essayist Nobel Prize laureate

1938 – Hans-Jürgen Bäsler, German footballer (d. 2002)

1939 – Dov Frohman, Israeli electrical engineer and business executive

1940 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013)

1941 – Alf Clausen, American composer and producer

1941 – Philip Fang, Hong Kong simultaneous interpretation specialist, United Nations official (d. 2013)

1941 – Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, American author and academic

1941 – Jack Simmons, English cricketer

1941 – Jim Turner, American football player and sportscaster

1942 – Daniel Dennett, American philosopher and academic

1942 – Kitanofuji Katsuaki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 52nd Yokozuna

1942 – Neil Kinnock, Welsh politician, Vice-President of the European Commission

1942 – Mike Newell, English director and producer

1942 – Samuel Ramey, American opera singer

1942 – Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach

1943 – Richard Eyre, English director, producer, and screenwriter

1943 – Conchata Ferrell, American actress

1944 – Rick Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster

1944 – Ken Howard, American actor (d. 2016)

1945 – Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino politician, 16th President of the Philippines

1945 – Johnny Famechon, French-Australian boxer

1945 – Björn Hamilton, Swedish engineer and politician

1946 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014)

1946 – Henry Paulson, American banker and politician, 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury

1946 – Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian economist and politician, 48th President of Peru

1947 – Greg Thompson, Canadian educator and politician, 25th Minister of Veterans Affairs

1948 – Dianne Wiest, American actress

1949 – Ronnie Ray Smith, American sprinter (d. 2013)

1952 – Tony Brise, English race car driver (d. 1975)

1953 – Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian banker and politician, 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993)

1954 – Donald Brown, American pianist and educator

1955 – John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Northern Irish psychiatrist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly

1955 – Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1956 – Susan Ershler, American mountaineer and author

1957 – Harvey Glance, American sprinter and coach

1958 – Elisabeth Andreassen, Swedish-Norwegian singer

1958 – Bart Conner, American gymnast and sportscaster

1958 – Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer

1959 – Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica

1960 – José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician, Prime Minister of Cape Verde

1960 – Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French-Belgian author and playwright

1961 – Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach

1962 – Jure Franko, Slovenian skier

1962 – Simon Bazalgette, English businessman

1963 – Jan Masiel, Polish politician

1964 – Karen Lumley, English politician

1967 – John Ziegler, German-American radio host and director

1968 – Iris Chang, American journalist and author (d. 2004)

1968 – Nasser Hussain, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster

1968 – Colin Brazier, English journalist

1969 – Rodney Atkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1969 – Brett Ratner, American director and producer

1970 – Vince Vaughn, American actor

1970 – Jennifer Weiner, American journalist and author

1971 – Christianne Meneses Jacobs, Nicaraguan-American journalist and educator

1972 – Nick Frost, English actor and screenwriter

1972 – Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player

1973 – Björn Kuipers, Dutch footballer and referee

1975 – Fabrizio Gollin, Italian race car driver

1975 – Kate Gosselin, American television personality

1975 – Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer

1976 – Dave Keuning, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1977 – Lauren Weisberger, American author

1980 – David Lee, English footballer

1980 – Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter and producer

1980 – Luke Walton, American basketball player

1981 – Edwar Ramírez, American baseball player

1981 – Julia Stiles, American actress

1983 – Ladji Doucouré, French sprinter and hurdler

1984 – Christopher Samba, Congolese footballer

1985 – Stanislas Wawrinka, Swiss tennis player

1986 – Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter, dancer, producer, and actress

1986 – Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, Czech tennis player

1986 – Bowe Bergdahl, American sergeant

1987 – Yohan Benalouane, French-Tunisian footballer

1987 – Simeon Jackson, Canadian soccer player

1988 – Ryan Kalish, American baseball player

1989 – David Goodwillie, Scottish footballer

1989 – Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer

1989 – Marek Suchý, Czech footballer

1990 – Joe Bennett, English footballer

1992 – Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer

Deaths

193 – Pertinax, Roman emperor (b. 126)

1072 – Ordulf, Duke of Saxony (b. 1022)

1134 – Saint Stephen Harding, founder of the Cistercian order

1239 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)

1241 – Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)

1254 – William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (b. 1193)

1285 – Pope Martin IV (b. 1220)

1461 – John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (in battle)

1563 – Heinrich Glarean, Swiss poet and theorist (b. 1488)

1566 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian historian and diplomat (b. 1486)

1583 – Magnus, Duke of Holstein (b. 1540)

1584 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (b. 1530)

1687 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)

1794 – Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)

1818 – Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)

1865 – Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)

1866 – Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)

1868 – James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)

1870 – George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)

1874 – Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)

1881 – Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)

1893 – Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)

1910 – Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)

1917 – Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)

1923 – Charles Hubbard, American archer (b. 1849)

1927 – Joseph-Médard Émard, Canadian archbishop (b. 1853)

1929 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)

1929 – Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Quebec (b. 1861)

1934 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and educator (b. 1891)

1937 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)

1941 – Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)

1941 – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (b. 1877)

1941 – Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1882)

1942 – Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)

1943 – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)

1944 – Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)

1947 – Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)

1949 – Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (b. 1889)

1953 – Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)

1958 – W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)

1962 – Hugo Wast, Argentinian author and screenwriter (b. 1883)

1963 – Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)

1965 – Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)

1969 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)

1971 – Robert Hunter, American golfer (b. 1886)

1974 – Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)

1974 – Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (b. 1905)

1974 – Françoise Rosay, French actress (b. 1891)

1976 – Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)

1977 – Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1907)

1980 – Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)

1982 – William Giauque, Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)

1984 – Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (b. 1914)

1985 – Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter and poet (b. 1887)

1986 – Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)

1987 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1905)

1992 – Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1909)

1993 – Scott Cunningham, American author (b. 1956)

1994 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (b. 1909)

1996 – Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1914)

2000 – Anthony Powell, English soldier and author (b. 1905)

2001 – Moe Koffman, Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1928)

2004 – Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

2005 – Moura Lympany, English-Monacan pianist (b. 1916)

2005 – Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)

2006 – Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1911)

2006 – Charles Schepens, Belgian-American ophthalmologist and author (b. 1912)

2006 – Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)

2009 – Maurice Jarre, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1924)

2010 – June Havoc, American actress, dancer, and director (b. 1912)

2011 – Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917)

2012 – John Arden, English author and playwright (b. 1930)

2012 – Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian pianist and composer (b. 1920)

2012 – Harry Crews, American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1935)

2013 – George E. P. Box, English-American statistician and educator (b. 1919)

2013 – Manuel García Ferré, Spanish-Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

2013 – Richard Griffiths, English actor (b. 1947)

2013 – Art Malone, American race car driver (b. 1936)

2013 – Hugh McCracken, American guitarist, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1942)

2013 – Heinz Patzig, German footballer and manager (b. 1929)

2013 – Bob Teague, American college football star and television news-reporter (b. 1929)

2013 – Gus Triandos, American baseball player and scout (b. 1930)

2013 – Robert Zildjian, American businessman, founded Sabian (b. 1923)

2014 – Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (b. 1924)

2014 – Lorenzo Semple, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)

2014 – Avraham Yaski, Israeli architect and academic (b. 1927)

2015 – Chuck Brayton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)

2015 – Joseph Cassidy, Canadian-English priest and academic (b. 1954)

2015 – Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cinematographer (b. 1934)

2015 – Gene Saks, American actor and director (b. 1921)

2015 – Walter Schuck, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)

2016 – James Noble, American actor (b. 1922)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

Stephen Harding

Guntram

Priscus

Pope Sixtus III

March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Commemoration of Sen no Rikyū (Schools of Japanese tea ceremony)

Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet)

Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)

References

March 28 Wikipedia

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March 28 Stadium

Patricia Cahill (singer)