March 28
1797
Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.
1930
The cities of Constantinople and Angora changed names to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey.
1939
The Spanish Civil War ended.
1941
Author Virginia Woolf drowned herself.
1964
The most violent earthquake (9.2) in the United States struck Prince William Sound, Alaska.
1979
Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
2000
Supreme Court rules unanimously that an anonymous tip does not justify a stop-and-frisk action against a person.
Birthdays
Mario Vargas Llosa
Pronunciation: [mär´yO vär´gäs yO´sä]
1936—, Peruvian novelist and politician.
Fra Bartolommeo
artist (1475)
Maxim Gorky
writer (1868)
August Busch
brewer (1899)
Rudolf Serkin
pianist (1903)
Dirk Bogarde
actor (1920)
Nydia Velázquez
politician (1953)
Reba McEntire
country singer (1955)
Lady Gaga
singer, songwriter (1986)