Tukuk-OS📅 March 28
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on March 28? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2025 — A magnitude-7.7 earthquake killed more than 5,000 people in Myanmar and Thailand.
- 2015 — A siege of a hotel in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab militants, which began the previous day and killed at least 20 people, ended with the Somali Armed Forces recapturing the premises.
2015 Makka al-Mukarama hotel attackMogadishuAl-Shabaab (militant group)
- 1999 — Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.
- 1997 — In the Tragedy of Otranto, the Italian Navy vessel Sibilla collided with the Albanian civilian vessel Kateri i Radës, causing the latter to sink and leading to dozens of deaths.
- 1979 — British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.
James Callaghan1979 vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministryWinter of Discontent
- 1968 — Colonel Sun, written by Kingsley Amis, was published, becoming the first James Bond novel published after the death of Ian Fleming in 1964.
- 1963 — Civil rights movement: Over one hundred high school students conducted a sit-in protest in Rome, Georgia.
- 1946 — The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.
- 1942 — Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces.
World War IISaint-NazaireGerman military administration in occupied France during World War II
- 1935 — The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin.
Propaganda in Nazi GermanyTriumph of the WillLeni Riefenstahl
- 1933 — After an on-board fire that may have been the first incident of airliner sabotage, the Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool broke apart in mid-air, killing fifteen people.
- 1918 — World War I: British and Australian troops defeated German forces at the First Battle of Dernancourt in northern France.
- 1902 — The Hexham Abbey high-altar cross, amongst the most important works produced that year by the Keswick School of Industrial Art, was unveiled on Good Friday.
Hexham Abbey high-altar crossKeswick School of Industrial ArtGood Friday
- 1802 — German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet.
- 1646 — Irish Confederate Wars: Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty, signed the First Ormond Peace for the Confederates in exchange for greater freedom of religion.
Irish Confederate WarsDonough MacCarty, 1st Earl of ClancartyConfederate Ireland
- 193 — The Praetorian Guard assassinated Roman emperor Pertinax (bust pictured) and sold the imperial office in an auction to Didius Julianus.
Births
- 2004 — Anna Shcherbakova, Russian figure skater
- 2001 — Wang Xiyu, Chinese tennis player
- 1998 — Lance Morris, Australian cricketer
- 1996 — Matt Renshaw, English-Australian cricketer
- 1996 — Max Strus, American basketball player
- 1995 — Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1995 — Will Smith, American baseball player
- 1994 — Jackson Wang, Hong Kong rapper
- 1992 — Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer
- 1991 — Derek Carr, American football player
- 1991 — Jordan McRae, American basketball player
- 1991 — Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player
Deaths
- 2026 — Marinella, Greek singer (born 1938)
- 2026 — Mary Beth Hurt, American actress (born 1946)
- 2026 — Liamine Zéroual, Algerian politician, 6th President of Algeria (born 1941)
- 2024 — Larry Lloyd, English professional football player and coach (born 1948)
- 2024 — Mark Spiro, American songwriter, record producer and recording artist (born 1957)
- 2023 — Paul O'Grady, English comedian, actor and drag queen (born 1955)
- 2023 — Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer, record producer, and actor (born 1952)
- 2021 — Didier Ratsiraka, Malagasy politician and naval officer (born 1936)
- 2021 — Joseph Edward Duncan, American serial killer (born 1963)
- 2016 — James Noble, American actor (born 1922)
- 2015 — Chuck Brayton, American baseball player and coach (born 1925)
- 2015 — Joseph Cassidy, Canadian-English priest and academic (born 1954)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Christopher Wharton
- Christian feast day: Jeanne-Marie de Maille
- Christian feast day: Józef Sebastian Pelczar
- Christian feast day: Priscus
- Christian feast day: Pope Sixtus III
- Christian feast day: Stephen Harding
- Christian feast day: March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet)
- Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
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