March 28

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Events

Pre-1600

AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.<ref>Herodian, Roman History Template:Webarchive, ii.6–13</ref>
364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1065 – The Great German Pilgrimage, which had been under attack by Bedouin bandits for three days, is rescued by the Fatimid governor of Ramla.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1566 – The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: In the Battle of Vilshofen, Austrian forces defeat French forces.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1801 – Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1814 – War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1842 – First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.<ref>Template:Cite Q</ref>
1862 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

1901–present

1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from water runway Étang le Barre, near Marseille.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1918 – General John J. Pershing, during World War I, cancels 42nd 'Rainbow' Division's orders to Rolampont for further training and diverted it to the occupy the Baccarat sector.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Rainbow Division becomes "the first American division to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for a period of three months".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1918 – Finnish Civil War: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of Tampere", the Whites force the Reds to attack the city center, where the city's fiercest battles being fought in Kalevankangas with large casualties on both sides. During the same day, an explosion at the Red headquarters of Tampere kills several commanders.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1933 – The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – World War II: First day of the Battle of Cape Matapan in Greece between the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1959 – The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1961 – ČSA Flight 511 crashes in Igensdorf, Germany, killing 52.<ref>ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V OK-OAD Nürnberg</ref>
1965 – An Template:M 7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a student protest.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1970 – An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.<ref name=Chase2020 />
1979 – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by one vote, precipitating a general election.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill at least 130 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2001 – Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos begins operation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – An earthquake strikes close to Mandalay, Myanmar with a magnitude of 7.7, killing over 100 people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

1472 – Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter (d. 1517)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1515 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1582)<ref name=Chase2020 />
1522 – Albert Alcibiades, German prince (d. 1557)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1592 – John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop and educator (d. 1670)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

1613 – Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (d. 1688)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1638 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch botanist and anatomist (d. 1731)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1652 – Samuel Sewall, English judge (d. 1730)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1725 – Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (d. 1795)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1727 – Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, (d. 1777)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1750 – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general and politician (d. 1816)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1760 – Thomas Clarkson, English activist (d. 1846)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1793 – Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist (d. 1864)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1795 – Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian and author (d. 1876)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1806 – Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist (d. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1811 – John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (d. 1860)<ref name=Chase2020 />
1815 – Arsène Houssaye, French author and poet (d. 1896)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1818 – Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1819 – Joseph Bazalgette, English architect and engineer (d. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1832 – Henry D. Washburn, American politician and general (d. 1871)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1836 – Emmanuel Benner, French artist (d. 1896)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1836 – Jean Benner, French artist (d. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1836 – Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1840 – Emin Pasha, German-Jewish Egyptian physician and politician (d. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1847 – Gyula Farkas, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1849 – James Darmesteter, French historian and author (d. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1850 – Kyrle Bellew, English theatre actor (d. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
1851 – Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1862 – Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1868 – Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1936)<ref name=Chase2020>Template:Cite book</ref>
1873 – John Geiger, American rower (d. 1956)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1879 – Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork (d. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1881 – Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (d. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1884 – Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1951)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1887 – Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (d. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1890 – Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1892 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1892 – Tom Maguire, Irish republican General (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1893 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (d. 1971)<ref name=Gross>Template:Cite book</ref>
1894 – Ernst Lindemann, German captain (d. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1895 – Christian Herter, American politician, United States Secretary of State (d. 1966)<ref name=Gross />
1895 – Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (d. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1895 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1985)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1897 – Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1899 – Gussie Busch, American businessman (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1899 – Buck Shaw, American football player and coach (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1900 – Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1902 – Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1903 – Rudolf Serkin, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1991)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1904 – Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1905 – Pandro S. Berman, American production manager and producer (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1905 – Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1906 – Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1906 – Robert Allen, American actor (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1906 – Dorothy Knowles, South African-English author, fencer and academic (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1907 – Irving Paul Lazar, American lawyer and talent agent (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1909 – Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1910 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 1964)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1910 – Ingrid of Sweden, Queen of Denmark (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1911 – Consalvo Sanesi, Italian race car driver (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1912 – A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian author (d. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
1912 – Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1913 – Toko Shinoda, Japanese artist (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1914 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1914 – Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1914 – Edmund Muskie, American politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1914 – Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1915 – Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1919 – Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1919 – Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1919 – Vic Raschi, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1921 – Harold Agnew, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1921 – Dirk Bogarde, English actor and author (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1922 – Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1922 – Grace Hartigan, American painter and educator (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1922 – Joey Maxim, American boxer and actor (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1923 – Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1923 – Thad Jones, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1924 – Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (d. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1925 – Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Russian actor (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1925 – Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1926 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1926 – Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1928 – Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American political activist and analyst; United States National Security Advisor (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1928 – Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1930 – Robert Ashley, American composer (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1930 – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1933 – Frank Murkowski, American soldier, banker, and politician, 8th Governor of Alaska<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1934 – Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1935 – Michael Parkinson, English journalist and author (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1935 – Józef Szmidt, Polish triple jumper (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1936 – Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1940 – Tony Barber, English-Australian television host<ref name="SS">Template:Cite web</ref>
1940 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1940 – Michael Plumb, American equestrian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – Daniel Dennett, American philosopher and academic (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – Neil Kinnock, Welsh politician, Vice-President of the European Commission<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – Mike Newell, English director and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – Samuel Ramey, American opera singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
1943 – Richard Eyre, English director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1943 – Conchata Ferrell, American actress (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – Rick Barry, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1944 – Ken Howard, American actor (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1945 – Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino politician, 16th President of the Philippines<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – Henry Paulson, American banker and politician, 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian economist and politician, President of Peru<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1948 – Janice Lynde, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1948 – Dianne Wiest, American actress<ref name=Chase2020 />
1948 – Milan Williams, American keyboard player (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1949 – Ronnie Ray Smith, American sprinter (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1953 – Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian banker and politician, 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – Donald Brown, American pianist and educator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1955 – Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name=Chase2020 />
1957 – Harvey Glance, American sprinter (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1958 – Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1958 – Curt Hennig, American wrestler (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1959 – Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rican politician, 46th President of Costa Rica<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1960 – José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Cape Verde<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1961 – Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach<ref name=Chase2020 />
1962 – Jure Franko, Slovenian skier<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1962 – Simon Bazalgette, English businessman<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964 – Karen Lumley, English politician (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Iris Chang, Chinese-American journalist and author (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Nasser Hussain, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – Brett Ratner, American director and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1970 – Vince Vaughn, American actor<ref name=Chase2020 />
1970 – Jennifer Weiner, American journalist and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player<ref name=Chase2020 />
1973 – Björn Kuipers, Dutch footballer and referee<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Umaga, American Samoan wrestler (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1975 – Kate Gosselin, American television personality<ref name=Chase2020 />
1975 – Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Nathan Cayless, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player and coach<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer and media personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Luke Walton, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Edwar Ramírez, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Julia Stiles, American actress<ref name=Chase2020 />
1983 – Ladji Doucouré, French sprinter and hurdler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Christopher Samba, Congolese footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Stefano Ferrario, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Steve Mandanda, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Stanislas Wawrinka, Swiss tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Josh Bray, American politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Mustafa Ali, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Bowe Bergdahl, American sergeant<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name=Chase2020 />
1986 – J-Kwon, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Yohan Benalouane, French-Tunisian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Simeon Jackson, Canadian soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Jonathan Van Ness, American hairdresser and television personality<ref name=Chase2020 />
1988 – Geno Atkins, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Ryan Kalish, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Logan Couture, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Delroy Edwards, American musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Laura Harrier, American actress and model<ref name=Chase2020 />
1991 – Derek Carr, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Jordan McRae, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Ondřej Palát, Czech ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Christian Walker, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Hoya, South Korean singer and dancer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Jackson Wang, Hong Kong rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Will Smith, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Matt Renshaw, English-Australian cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Max Strus, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Lance Morris, Australian cricketer<ref name="Bio">Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Wang Xiyu, Chinese tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Anna Shcherbakova, Russian figure skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

193 – Pertinax, Roman emperor (b. 126)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
592 – Guntram, French king (b. 532)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
966 – Flodoard, Frankish canon and chronicler<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1072 – Ordulf, Duke of Saxony<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1134 – Stephen Harding, founder of the Cistercian order<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1239 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1241 – Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1285 – Pope Martin IV<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1346 – Venturino of Bergamo, Dominican preacher (b. 1304)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1563 – Heinrich Glarean, Swiss poet and theorist (b. 1488)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1566 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian historian and diplomat (b. 1486)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1584 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (b. 1530)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1687 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1690 – Emmanuel Tzanes, Greek Renaissance painter (b. 1610)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1718 – Thomas Micklethwaite, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (b. 1678)<ref name="lt gov bio">Template:Cite web</ref>
1818 – Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1822 – Angelis Govios, leader of the Greek War of Independence (b. 1780)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1868 – James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1870 – George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1874 – Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1881 – Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1884 – Georgios Zariphis, Greek banker and financier (b. 1810)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1893 – Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1900 – Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. c. 1831)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1903 – Magdalene Thoresen, Danish writer (b. 1819)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1910 – Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1916 – James Strachan-Davidson, English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author (b. 1843)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1917 – Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1923 – Charles Hubbard, American archer (b. 1849)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Premier of Quebec (b. 1861)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1934 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and educator (b. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1941 – Virginia Woolf, English writer (b. 1882)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1943 – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947 – Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1953 – Jim Thorpe, American football player and Olympic gold medalist (b. 1887)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1957 – Stylianos Lenas, Greek-Cypriot member of the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA) against the British rule (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1958 – W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1962 – Hugo Wast, Argentinian author (b. 1883)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1965 – Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1969 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (b. 1887)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Françoise Rosay, French actress (b. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1976 – Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1977 – Eric Shipton, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1979 – Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor (b. 1898)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1982 – William Giauque, Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter (b. 1887)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1992 – Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Anthony Powell, English soldier and author (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Moura Lympany, English-Monacan pianist (b. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – Pro Hart, Australian painter (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – Charles Schepens, Belgian-American ophthalmologist and author (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – Jerry Brudos, American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009 – Maurice Jarre, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009 – Janet Jagan, 6th President of Guyana (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010 – June Havoc, American actress, dancer, and director (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – John Arden, English author and playwright (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Ioannis Banias, Greek politician (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Harry Crews, American novelist (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Addie L. Wyatt, African American labor leader (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – George E. P. Box, English-American statistician and educator (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2013 – Richard Griffiths, English actor (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Hugh McCracken, American guitarist, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – Bob Teague, American college football star and television news-reporter (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Gus Triandos, American baseball player and scout (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Lorenzo Semple, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Chuck Brayton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Joseph Cassidy, Canadian-English priest and academic (b. 1954)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cinematographer (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Gene Saks, American actor and director (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 – James Noble, American actor (b. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – Didier Ratsiraka, Malagasy politician and naval officer (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – Joseph Edward Duncan, American serial killer (b. 1963)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023 – Paul O'Grady, English comedian, actor and drag queen (b. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023 – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer, record producer, and actor (b. 1952)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Larry Lloyd, English professional football player and coach (b. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Mark Spiro, American songwriter, record producer and recording artist (b. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
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- Priscus<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Pope Sixtus III<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Stephen Harding
- March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Teachers' Day (Czech Republic<ref name=Chase2020 /> and Slovakia)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

References

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External links

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