What happend on 28th March

27.03
29.03
2005

The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1965.

2002

The exhibit "The Italians: Three Centuries of Italian Art" opens at the National Gallery of Australia.

1994

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

1990

President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

1979

In Pennsylvania, a pump in the reactor cooling system fails at Three Mile Island, resulting in the evaporation of some contaminated water causing a nuclear meltdown.

1978

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.

1964

The first pirate radio station, Radio Caroline, is established.

1947

The last episode of the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century airs on radio.

1946

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

1942

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