March 28th, 1945

Born on March 28th, 1945

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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

Born on March 28th, 1945

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

79

Richard Backus

American actor/television writer

*March 28th, 1945, Goffstown

79

Sally Carr

British singer

*March 28th, 1945, Muirhead

58

Rolf Glasmeier

German artist

*March 28th, 1945, Emden †March 30th, 2003, Gelsenkirchen

79

Tilman Röhrig

German writer and actor

*March 28th, 1945, Hennweiler

70

Patricia Crone

Danish Orientalist and historian (1945–2015)

*March 28th, 1945, Lejre Municipality †July 11th, 2015, Princeton

79

Visa Mäkinen

Finnish actor and filmmaker

*March 28th, 1945, Pori

72

Dan Alon

Israeli fencer

*March 28th, 1945, Mandatory Palestine †January 31st, 2018

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76

Rolf Zacher

German actor (1941–2018)

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

38

Lady Gaga

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)

*March 28th, 1986, Lenox Hill Hospital

75

Leslie Valiant

British computer scientist

*March 28th, 1949, Budapest

88

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian novelist and writer

*March 28th, 1936, Arequipa

75

Michael W. Young

American geneticist, chronobiologist

*March 28th, 1949, Miami

57

Kai Abraham

Badminton player

*March 28th, 1967, East Berlin

37

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

69

Reba McEntire

American country singer

*March 28th, 1955, McAlester

71

Ken Howard

American actor (1944–2016)

*March 28th, 1944, El Centro †March 23rd, 2016, Los Angeles

76

Dianne Wiest

American actress

*March 28th, 1948, Kansas City

86

Arthur Dale Trendall

Australian classical archaeologist (1909-1995)

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

81

Richard Eyre

British actor and director

*March 28th, 1943, Barnstaple

82

Daniel Dennett

American philosopher

*March 28th, 1942, Boston

77

Conchata Ferrell

American actress (1943–2020)

*March 28th, 1943, Charleston †October 12th, 2020, Sherman Oaks Hospital

24

Aleyna Tilki

Turkish singer

*March 28th, 2000, Konya

39

Steve Mandanda

French and DR Congolese association football player

*March 28th, 1985, Kinshasa

80

Rick Barry

American basketball player

*March 28th, 1944, Elizabeth

68

Wubbo Ockels

Dutch physicist and astronaut

*March 28th, 1946, Almelo †May 18th, 2014, Antoni van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis

81

Richard Stilgoe

British songwriter, lyricist and musician

*March 28th, 1943, Camberley

80

Gisela Kallenbach

German politician

*March 28th, 1944, Myślibórz

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78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

71

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

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No: With 365 days 1945 is a normal year and no leap year.

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