March 28 Historical Events

The following events took place on March 28. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 42 events. Showing 31 - 42.

• 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
  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.
• 1994
  BBC Radio 5 is closed and replaced with a new news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live.
• 1999
  Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in the Izbica massacre.
• 2000
  Three children are killed when a Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train.
• 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, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
• 2005
  The 2005 Sumatra earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.
• 2006
  At least one million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government’s proposed First Employment Contract law.