March 28th, 1742

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Born on March 28th, 1742 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 28th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1742)

Born on March 28th, 1742

Weekday

Wednesday

March 28th, 1742 was a Wednesday.

Age

282

People born on March 28th, 1742 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 282 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

March 21st, 1742 - April 20th, 1742

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 103,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 971 days, exactly on December 24th, 2026, people who were born on March 28th, 1742 will be 104,000 days old!

103,029 Days

14,718 Weeks

3,384 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on March 28th?

March 28th, 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.

March 28th, 1946

The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.

March 28th, 1942

Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces (ship pictured).

March 28th, 1933

After an on-board fire that may have been the first incident of airliner sabotage, the Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool broke apart in mid-air, killing fifteen people.

March 28th, 1918

World War I: British and Australian troops defeated German forces at the First Battle of Dernancourt in northern France.

March 28th, 1842

The Vienna Philharmonic (pictured) held its first concert, conducted by Otto Nicolai.

March 28th, 1802

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet.

March 28th, 0193

The Praetorian Guard assassinated Roman emperor Pertinax and sold the imperial office in an auction to Didius Julianus (coin pictured).

March 28th, 1935

The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin.

March 28th, 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.

March 28th, 2003

Invasion of Iraq: In a friendly fire incident, two members of the United States Air Force attacked the United Kingdom's Blues and Royals regiment, killing one soldier and injuring five.

March 28th, 1999

Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.

March 28th, 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.

March 28th, 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.

March 28th, 2005

An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 28th?

Lady Gaga

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)

*March 28th, 1986, Lenox Hill Hospital

Rolf Zacher

German actor (1941–2018)

*March 28th, 1941, Berlin †February 3rd, 2018, Hamburg

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

Kai Abraham

Badminton player

*March 28th, 1967, East Berlin

Arthur Dale Trendall

Australian classical archaeologist (1909-1995)

*March 28th, 1909, Auckland †November 13th, 1995, Melbourne

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian novelist and writer

*March 28th, 1936, Arequipa

Aleyna Tilki

Turkish singer

*March 28th, 2000, Konya

Francisco de Miranda

Venezuelan military leader (1750–1816)

*March 28th, 1750, Caracas †July 14th, 1816, Cádiz

Reba McEntire

American country singer

*March 28th, 1955, McAlester

Wilhelm Pfeil

German forestry scientist

*March 28th, 1783, Friesdorf †September 4th, 1859, Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój

Steve Mandanda

French and DR Congolese association football player

*March 28th, 1985, Kinshasa

Leslie Valiant

British computer scientist

*March 28th, 1949, Budapest

Michael W. Young

American geneticist, chronobiologist

*March 28th, 1949, Miami

François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny

Marshal of France (1737-1821)

*March 28th, 1737, Paris †May 19th, 1821, Paris

Paul Whiteman

American jazz musician and popular bandleader (1890–1967)

*March 28th, 1891, Denver †December 29th, 1967, Doylestown

Johann André

German composer

*March 28th, 1741, Offenbach am Main †June 18th, 1799, Offenbach am Main

Jonathan Van Ness

American hairstylist and TV personality (born 1987)

*March 28th, 1987, Quincy

Aristide Briand

Politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate from France (1862-1932)

*March 28th, 1862, Nantes †March 7th, 1932, Paris

Lukas Hinterseer

Austrian footballer

*March 28th, 1991, Kitzbühel

Same year
Born in 1742

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, Krobielowice

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811)

*April 28th, 1742, Dalkeith †May 28th, 1811, Edinburgh

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

*January 3rd, 1742, Brive-la-Gaillarde †December 5th, 1810, Paris

Pius VII

Head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823

*August 14th, 1742, Cesena †August 20th, 1823, Rome

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German scientist, satirist

*July 1st, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt †February 24th, 1799, Göttingen

Jean Cesar Godeffroy

Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)

*October 16th, 1742, Hamburg †May 7th, 1818, Hamburg

Jean-Louis Carra

French journalist and politician

*March 9th, 1742, Pont-de-Veyle †October 31st, 1793, Paris

Jean Senebier

Genevan botanist

*May 6th, 1742, Geneva †July 22nd, 1809, Geneva

Johann Heinrich Tischbein

German 1742–1808 F:0

*November 28th, 1742, Haina †December 22nd, 1808, Kassel

Ignaz von Born

Czech mineralogist and nobleman (1742-1791)

*December 26th, 1742, Cavnic †July 24th, 1791, Vienna

Johan Herman Wessel

Norwegian-Danish writer

*October 6th, 1742, Vestby †December 29th, 1785, Copenhagen

Jean Dauberval

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*August 19th, 1742, Montpellier †February 14th, 1806, Tours

Claus von der Decken

German politician (1742-1826)

*January 5th, 1742, Rittershausen †February 10th, 1826, Hanover

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France (1742-1819)

*December 8th, 1742, Laon †December 21st, 1819, Paris

Johann Ernst Schulz

German author and theologian

*December 20th, 1742, East Prussia †April 9th, 1806, Königsberg

Ozias Humphry

British artist (1742-1810)

*September 8th, 1742, Honiton †March 9th, 1810, London

Charlotte von Stein

Lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar; close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

*December 25th, 1742, Eisenach †January 6th, 1827, Weimar

Félix Máximo López

*November 18th, 1742, Madrid †April 9th, 1821, Madrid

Alexei Wassiljewitsch Naryschkin

*August 4th, 1742, Moscow †August 20th, 1800, Moscow

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.III.MDCCXLII

28.3.1742

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1742 is a normal year and no leap year.

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March 28th, 1742

Born on March 28th, 1742

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 103,000 days old!

103,029 Days

14,718 Weeks

3,384 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 28th?

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.

The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.

Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces (ship pictured).

After an on-board fire that may have been the first incident of airliner sabotage, the Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool broke apart in mid-air, killing fifteen people.

World War I: British and Australian troops defeated German forces at the First Battle of Dernancourt in northern France.

The Vienna Philharmonic (pictured) held its first concert, conducted by Otto Nicolai.

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet.

The Praetorian Guard assassinated Roman emperor Pertinax and sold the imperial office in an auction to Didius Julianus (coin pictured).

The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin.

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.

Invasion of Iraq: In a friendly fire incident, two members of the United States Air Force attacked the United Kingdom's Blues and Royals regiment, killing one soldier and injuring five.

Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.

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.

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.

An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 28th

Same Day Who's birthday is on March 28th?

Same year Born in 1742

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 28th

Priscus

Pope Sixtus III

March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet)

Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)

Christopher Wharton

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.3.1742

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 103,000 days old!

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Same year
Born in 1742

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March 1742

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