What Happened on Mar 28

Seven Seminole Chiefs Sign A Statement That The New Western Land Is Acceptable

The US acquired Florida from Spain via the Adams-Onís Treaty and took possession in 1821. In 1832 the Seminoles were called to a meeting at Payne's... Read more

The U.S. Senate censures Jackson for his action in removing U.S. funds from the Bank of The United States

The U.S. Senate censured Jackson on March 28, 1834, for his action in removing U.S. funds from the Bank of the United States. When the Jacksonians... Read more

August Anheuser Busch Jr. Is Born

Brewing magnate August Anheuser Busch Jr. was born March 28, 1899, in St. Louis, Missouri. Scion of the famous brewing family, Busch served as... Read more

Toronto St. Pats win Stanley Cup

The 1922 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Toronto St. Pats and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association... Read more

The City of Liverpool Aeroplane Crashes, Killing 15

In a field near Eesen, Belgium, fortnight ago a peasant looked up from his spring radishes to see the Imperial Airways liner City of Liverpool... Read more

Stanford Beats Dartmouth in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

The 1942 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more

St. Nazaire Raid (Operation Chariot)

The St. Nazaire Raid (also called Operation Chariot) was a successful British seaborne attack on the heavily defended docks of St. Nazaire in... Read more

Utah Beats Dartmouth in NCAA Men's Basketball Championships

The 1944 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more

CCNY Beats Bradley in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

The 1950 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more

"The Birds" Is Released

The Birds (1963) is a suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock It depicts a small town in the San Francisco Bay area which is, suddenly and for... Read more

"The Leopard" Is Released

The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo) is an award-winning 1963 film by Italian director Luchino Visconti, based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's... Read more

The Rolling Stones Release 'Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)'

Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) is the first official compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released on 28 March 1966, on London Records in... Read more

J. R. R. Tolkien Is Appointed A Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire By Queen Elizabeth II

Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford from 1925 to 1945, and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature... Read more

Led Zeppelin releases Houses of the Holy

Houses of the Holy is the fifth album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records on 28 March 1973. The album title is a... Read more

49th Academy Awards

The 49th Academy Awards were presented March 28, 1977 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Richard... Read more

Marquette Beats North Carolina in Final Four

The 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 American schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the National... Read more

Three Mile Island Accident at Nuclear Generating Station

The Three Mile Island accident was a partial core meltdown in Unit 2 (a pressurized water reactor manufactured by Babcock & Wilcox) of the Three... Read more

"Baby Snakes" by Frank Zappa Is Released

Baby Snakes is a movie which includes footage from Frank Zappa's 1977 Halloween concert at New York City's Palladium Theater, backstage antics from... Read more

"The Man from Utopia" by Frank Zappa Is Released

The Man from Utopia is a 1983 album by Frank Zappa. It is a more song-driven, and less conceptual work than many others in Zappa's oeuvre. The... Read more

Skid Row release Subhuman Race

Subhuman Race is the third full-length album by the New Jersey heavy metal band Skid Row. It was released on March 28, 1995, and shows the band... Read more

Stephen King publishes The Green Mile

The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel written by Stephen King. More or less as a challenge, Stephen King published this story as a serial in six... Read more

Wrestlemania XV

WrestleMania XV was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which took place on March 28,... Read more

Xavier Rudd releases Solace

Solace is the fourth album from Australian roots musician Xavier Rudd released in Australia on March 28, 2004 and which debuted in the top twenty... Read more

Sumatra Earthquake of 2005

The 2005 Sumatra earthquake, referred to as the Nias Earthquake by the scientific community, was a major earthquake on 28 March 2005, located off... Read more

Vertigo Tour

The Vertigo Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Irish rock band U2. Launched in support of the group's 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic... Read more