Interesting things that happened March 28th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1862 Aristide Briand in France, statesman
In 1903 Rudolf Serkin, pianist
In 1914 Edmund Muskie, US Senator (D-MA, 1958-76), Sec. of State
(1980-81)
In 1922 Dirk Bogarde, actor (Doctor in the House, A Bridge Too Far)
In 1924 Freddie Bartholomew, actor (Captains Courageous, David
Copperfield)
In 1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski, US National Security Adviser (1977-81)
In 1933 Frank Murkowski, US Senator (R-AK, 1981-2002), Alaskan Gov.
(2002-
06)
In 1944 Ken Howard, actor, director
In 1955 Reba McEntire, singer
Events worth noting:
+ Feast Day of St. Dominic, patron of astronomers
In 1461 Edward of York defeats Henry VI to become Edward IV at the
Battle of
Towton.
In 1794 Nathan Briggs, New Hamp****re, gets patent for the wa****ng
machine.
In 1834 Senate censure Pres. Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank
of
US.
In 1871 San Francisco Art Association holds opening reception at 430
Pine.
In 1922 First microfilm device introduced.
In 1930 Cities of Constantinople and Angora changed to Istanbul and
Ankara.
In 1939 Spanish Civil War end as Madrid fell to Francisco Franco.
In 1941 Novelist and critic Virginia Woolf died.
+ S****tscaster Red Barber and his wife Lila were married.
In 1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French ****t of St.
Nazaire.
In 1943 Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff died.
In 1953 Athlete Jim Thorpe died.
In 1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president, died in Wa****ngton at
age
78.
In 1979 Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island near Middletown, PA.
And remember ...
Foot Health Month
International Hamburger and Pickle Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Furniture Refini****ng Month
National Nutrition Month (US)
National Peanut Month
National Women's History Month
Red Cross Month
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