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On this day March 28

2006


Massive protests are mounted against France's First Employment Contract law, meant to reduce youth unemployment.

2005


An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915-1,314 people dead and 340-1,146 injured.

2003


In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.

1999


Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.

1994


In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.

1990


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

1979


The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election.

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.

1978


The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.

1970


An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.

1969


Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.

1968


Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students.

1959


The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.

1951


First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.

1946


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

1942


World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.

1941


World War II: Britain's Mediterranean Fleet sinks three heavy cruisers and two destroyers of Italy's Regia Marina.

1939


Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.

1933


The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.

1920


Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.

1910


Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.

1883


Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.

1871


The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.

1862


American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.

1860


First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.

1854


Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.

1842


First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by Otto Nicolai.

1814


War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels of equal strength.

1809


Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.

1802


Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.

1801


Treaty of Florence is signed.

1795


Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.

1794


Allies under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeat French forces at Le Cateau.

1776


Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.

1566


The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

364


Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.

193


Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.

AD 37


Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.

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