March 28th

• 193

  Emperor Pertinax assassinated; throne auctioned to Didius Julianus.

• 364

  Emperor Valentinian I appoints brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.

• 1794

  Louvre opens to the public.

• 1881

  'Greatest Show On Earth' formed by Barnum and Bailey.

• 1930

  Constantinople and Angora renamed to Istanbul and Ankara.

• 1944

  Astrid Lindgren begins writing 'Pippi Longstocking' after spraining ankle.

• 1970

  7.4 earthquake in Gediz, Turkey kills 1,086.

• 1972

  Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game.

• 1989

  Louvre Pyramid inaugurated by President François Mitterrand.

• 1995

  Japan's Mitsubishi Bank & Bank of Tokyo merge into world's largest bank.

• 2005

  2005 Sumatran earthquake, magnitude 8.7, rocks Indonesia.

• 2017

  World's largest dinosaur footprint found in Western Australia. View Post →

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• 2019

  Gene mutation in pain-free British woman studied.

• 1990

  Jesse Owens awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

• 1910

  First seaplane, Henri Fabre's Canard, takes off from water.

• 1969

  Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the US, dies.

• 1584

  Ivan the Terrible, Russian Tsar, dies.

• 1797

  Nathaniel Briggs patents a washing machine.

• 1979

  Nuclear disaster at Three Mile Island.