Historical events on March 28
MARCH 28, 1946
The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible
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MARCH 28, 1918
World War I: British and Australian troops defeated German forces at the First Battle of Dernancourt in northern France.
World War I or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the
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MARCH 28, 1942
Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces (ship pictured).
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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MARCH 28, 193
The Praetorian Guard assassinated Roman emperor Pertinax and sold the imperial office in an auction to Didius Julianus (coin pictured).
The Praetorian Guard was the imperial guard of the Imperial Roman army that served various roles for the Roman emperor including being
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MARCH 28, 1999
Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.
The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It was fought
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MARCH 28, 2015
A siege of a hotel in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab militants, which began the previous day and killed at least 20 people, ended with the Somali Armed Forces recapturing the premises.
On 27 March 2015, Al-Shabaab militants launched an attack on the Makka al-Mukarama hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. The siege ended a few
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MARCH 28, 1802
German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet.
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers was a German astronomer. He found a convenient method of calculating the orbit of comets, and in 1802
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MARCH 28, 1935
The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin.
Propaganda was a tool of the Nazi Party in Germany from its earliest days to the end of the regime in May
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MARCH 28, 1979
British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the
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MARCH 28, 1997
In the Tragedy of Otranto, the Italian Navy vessel Sibilla collided with the Albanian civilian vessel Kateri i Radës, causing the latter to sink and leading to dozens of deaths.
The Tragedy of Otranto took place on 28 March 1997 when the Albanian ship Kateri i Radës sank in a collision with
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