March 28 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 268 days remaining until the end of time.
1738 English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear). With current technology and surgical innovation, this unfortunate war might have been averted.
1797 Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine.
1885 U.S. Salvation Army officially organizes to become a fund-raising juggernaut with a bell and a bucket.
1891 1st world weightlifting championship is held in London. Edward Lawrence Levy of England wins the gold medal.
1939 Spanish Civil War ends as Madrid falls to Francisco Franco
1939 Philip Barry's "Philadelphia Story" premieres in New York City
1957 1st National Curling Championship is held. This score--9.4
1979 Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths, no China Syndrome)
1985 Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues" premieres in New York City
2006 At least 1 million union members, students and unemployed people take to the streets in France in protest the government's proposed First Employment Contract law. It’s sort of like slavery but with minimum wage.
1953 James Francis Thorpe, US decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912), reaches the finish line
1969 Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th US president/5-star general, makes good on his promise that Nixon would be president over his dead body
1980 Jesse Owens, US Olympic athletic legend (Olympic-gold-1936), reaches the tape
1987 Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austrian-born German nun-ette/governess/baroness/singer (Von Trapp Family Singers), says so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu
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