Editing March 28 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[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>{{cite book |last1=Murland |first1=Jerry |title=The Schneider Trophy Air Races: The Development of Flight from 1909 to the Spitfire |date=30 November 2021 |publisher=Pen and Sword Aviation |isbn=978-1-5267-7002-8 |page=59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKg5EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT59 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[General (United States)|General]] [[John J. Pershing]], during [[World War I]], cancels [[42nd Infantry Division (United States)|42nd 'Rainbow' Division]]'s orders to [[Rolampont]] for further [[Military education and training|training]] and diverted it to the occupy the [[Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle|Baccarat]] sector.<ref>{{cite book |last1=James |first1=D. Clayton |title=The Years of MacArthur Volume 1 1880-1941 |date=1 October 1970 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |location=Boston, Massachusetts |isbn=978-0395109489 |page=163 |edition=1st |url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=76108685&searchType=1&permalink=y |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref> Rainbow Division becomes "the first [[United States|American]] [[Division (military)|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>{{cite book |last1=James |first1=D. Clayton |title=The Years of MacArthur Volume 1 1880-1941 |date=1 October 1970 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |location=Boston, Massachusetts |isbn=978-0395109489 |page=164 |edition=1st |url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=76108685&searchType=1&permalink=y |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1918   &ndash; [[Finnish Civil War]]: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of [[Tampere]]", the [[White Guard (Finland)|Whites]] force the [[Red Guards (Finland)|Reds]] to attack the city center, where the [[Battle of Tampere|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>{{cite book|author=Heikki Ylikangas|title=Tie Tampereelle: 1918: dokumentoitu kuvaus Tampereen antautumiseen johtaneista sotatapahtumista Suomen sisällissodassa|year=1993|location=Helsinki|publisher=WSOY| isbn=9510188972|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.is.fi/suomi100/art-2000005034833.html | title= Tampereen kevät 1918 oli ennennäkemätön verilöyly – näin punaisten ja valkoisten suurtaistelu eteni | work= [[Ilta-Sanomat]] | date= January 6, 2017 | access-date= March 23, 2022| language= fi}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920]] affects the [[Great Lakes]] region and [[Deep South]] states.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schmidlin |first1=Thomas W. |last2=Schmidlin |first2=Jeanne Appelhans |title=Thunder in the Heartland: A Chronicle of Outstanding Weather Events in Ohio |date=1996 |publisher=Kent State University Press |isbn=978-0-87338-549-7 |page=252 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QANPLARGXFMC&pg=PA252 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; The [[Imperial Airways]] biplane ''City of Liverpool'' is believed to be the first airliner lost to [[sabotage]] when a passenger [[1933 Imperial Airways Diksmuide crash|sets a fire on board]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Milde |first1=Michael |title=International Air Law and ICAO |date=2008 |publisher=Eleven International Publishing |isbn=978-90-77596-54-8 |page=228 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YqaYJ3R0nKQC&pg=PA228 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Generalissimo]] [[Francisco Franco]] conquers [[Madrid]] after [[Siege of Madrid|a three-year siege]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The end of the Spanish civil war - archive, 1939 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2019/apr/17/spanish-civil-war-end-franco-1939 |website=The Guardian |access-date=2 March 2022 |language=en |date=17 April 2019}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[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>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/history/battles/cape-matapan/index.htm |title=Royal Navy |website=www.royalnavy.mod.uk |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412171108/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/history/battles/cape-matapan/index.htm |archive-date=12 April 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: A British [[Combined Operations Headquarters|combined force]] [[St Nazaire Raid|permanently disables]] the [[Louis Joubert Lock]] in [[Saint-Nazaire]] in order to keep the [[German battleship Tirpitz|German battleship ''Tirpitz'']] away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Raid on St Nazaire, 28 March 1942 {{!}} Art UK |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-raid-on-st-nazaire-28-march-1942-182489 |website=artuk.org |access-date=2 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: The [[United States Department of State]] releases the [[Acheson–Lilienthal Report]], outlining a plan for the international control of [[nuclear power]].<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Proceedings of the Section of International and Comparative Law (American Bar Association) |date=1951 |pages=49–58 |jstor=25742875 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25742875.pdf |access-date=2 March 2022 |issn=2158-7477|title=Report of the Committee on International Control of Atomic Energy }}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; The [[State Council of the People's Republic of China]] [[History of Tibet (1950–present)#1959–1976: Uprising and upheaval|dissolves the government of Tibet]].<ref>{{cite web |title=China declares provocative new holiday in Tibet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/20/tibet-holiday-dalai-lama |website=The Guardian |access-date=2 March 2022 |language=en |date=20 January 2009}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[ČSA Flight 511 (March 1961)|ČSA Flight 511]] crashes in [[Igensdorf]], Germany, killing 52.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610328-0 ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V OK-OAD Nürnberg]</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; An {{M|w}} [[1965 Valparaíso earthquake and the El Cobre dam failures|7.4 earthquake in Chile]] sets off a series of [[Tailings dam|tailings dam failures]], burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=M 7.4 - Valparaiso, Chile |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem858940/impact |website=earthquake.usgs.gov |publisher=USGS |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; Brazilian high school student [[Edson Luís de Lima Souto]] is killed by military police at a student protest.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heinz |first1=Wolfgang S. |last2=Frühling |first2=Hugo |title=Determinants of Gross Human Rights Violations by State and State-sponsored Actors in Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, and Argentina, 1960-1990 |date=27 September 2021 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-48180-0 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=drBFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA86 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; Greek poet and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate [[Giorgos Seferis]] makes a famous statement on the [[BBC World Service]] opposing the junta in Greece.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beaton |first1=Roderick |last2=Beaton |first2=Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History Language and Literature Roderick |title=George Seferis: Waiting for the Angel : a Biography |date=1 January 2003 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-10135-5 |page=398 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSs9uqYuxr4C&pg=PP436 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; An [[1970 Gediz earthquake|earthquake]] strikes western [[Turkey]] at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mitchell |first1=William A. |title=Reconstruction after Disaster: The Gediz Earthquake of 1970 |journal=Geographical Review |date=1976 |volume=66 |issue=3 |pages=296–313 |doi=10.2307/213887 |jstor=213887 |bibcode=1976GeoRv..66..296M |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/213887.pdf |access-date=1 March 2022 |issn=0016-7428}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States|US Supreme Court]] hands down 5–3 decision in ''[[Stump v. Sparkman]]'', a controversial case involving involuntary [[Human sterilization|sterilization]] and [[judicial immunity]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=SHAMAN |first1=JEFFREY M. |title=Persons Who Are Mentally Retarded: Their Right to Marry and Have Children |journal=Family Law Quarterly |date=1978 |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=61–84 |jstor=25739206 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25739206.pdf |access-date=1 March 2022 |issn=0014-729X}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; A coolant leak at the [[Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station|Three Mile Island]]'s Unit 2 [[nuclear reactor]] outside [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]] leads to the [[Three Mile Island accident|core overheating and a partial meltdown]].<ref name=Chase2020 />
*  1979   &ndash; The [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons]] passes a [[1979 vote of no confidence in the government of James Callaghan|vote of no confidence]] against [[James Callaghan]]'s government by one vote, precipitating a [[1979 United Kingdom general election|general election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1979: Early election as Callaghan defeated |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/28/newsid_2531000/2531007.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=1 March 2022 |date=28 March 1979}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; United States President [[George H. W. Bush]] posthumously awards [[Jesse Owens]] the [[Congressional Gold Medal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=THE SIDELINES : Bush Hails 'Hero' Jesse Owens |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-28-sp-424-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=1 March 2022 |date=28 March 1990}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; In South Africa, [[African National Congress]] security guards [[Shell House massacre|kill]] dozens of [[Inkatha Freedom Party]] protesters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mandela: why I gave shoot to kill order |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/mandela-why-i-gave-shoot-to-kill-order-1585387.html |website=The Independent |access-date=1 March 2022 |language=en |date=7 June 1995}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Kosovo War]]: [[Serb paramilitary]] and military forces kill at least 130 [[Kosovo Albanians]] in [[Izbica massacre|Izbica]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Krieger |first1=Heike |title=The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999 |date=12 July 2001 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-80071-6 |page=529 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-OhPTJn8ZWoC&pg=PA529 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Athens International Airport]] Eleftherios Venizelos begins operation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://aia.gr/company-and-business/press-and-Media/press-office/press-releases/airport-opening | title=Athens International Airport - Airport Opening }}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; In a [[friendly fire]] incident, two American [[A-10 Thunderbolt II]] aircraft [[190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident|attack]] British tanks participating in the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], killing one soldier.<ref>{{cite web |title=Video shows 2003 friendly fire incident that killed British soldier in Iraq - Americas - International Herald Tribune |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/world/americas/06iht-britain.4494719.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=1 March 2022 |date=6 February 2007}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; An [[2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake|earthquake]] shakes northern [[Sumatra]] with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Petra |title=Earthquakes |date=15 December 2014 |publisher=Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC |isbn=978-1-5026-0215-2 |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2o9mDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; At least one million union members, students and unemployed [[2006 youth protests in France#28 March|take to the streets]] in France in protest at the government's proposed [[First Employment Contract|First Employment Contract law]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-03-28 |title=French protesters rally against labour law |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/mar/28/france |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; An [[2025 Myanmar earthquake|earthquake]] strikes close to [[Mandalay]], [[Myanmar]] with a magnitude of 7.7, killing over 100 people.<ref>{{cite news |last=Volk |first=Kristina|title=Hundreds feared dead as quake hits Myanmar and Thailand, with dozens trapped in collapsed Bangkok building|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4gex01m7n5t?post=asset%3A48703e7c-47a5-4180-b14c-9dc0f84dc00d |work=BBC News |date=28 March 2025 |access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref>