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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 28
- 250th: 1774 - Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Freddie Bartholomew in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield).
- 80th: 1944 - 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40.
- 80th: 1944 - In Sweden, Astrid Lindgren sprains her ankle and begins writing Pippi Longstocking.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Ken Howard in El Centro, California, USA; actor (Ken - White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776, Crossing Jordan).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Rick Barry in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA; basketball player (San Francisco Warriors/1966 NBA rookie of the year).
- 80th: 1944 - Rabbi Chayyim Most Maggid of Kovono is killed by Germans.
- 80th: 1944 - Stephen Butler Leacock, writer/economist (Literary Lapses), dies at age 75.
- 70th: 1954 - 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win.
- 70th: 1954 - Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at age 69.
- 70th: 1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of K C Jones; NFL center (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 50th: 1974 - Dorothy Fields, US singer ("Way you Look Tonight"), dies at age 68.
- 50th: 1974 - Françoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at age 82.
- 40th: 1984 - Kenneth Whitty, first Secretary at British Embassy in Athens, is shot dead.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Carmen Dragon at age 69; bandleader (Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra on NBC Radio's Standard Oil Hour, Maxwell House Coffee Time, The Railroad Hour).
- 30th: 1994 - Inkatha Freedom Party and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, South Africa; over 53 killed.
- 30th: 1994 - Eugene Ionesco, Romanian-born playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at age 84 (born 1909).
- 30th: 1994 - Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Wendell Niles at age 89; radio announcer (The Bob Hope Show, Adventures of Philip Marlowe, The Man Called X), TV announcer (Truth or Consequences, Let's Make a Deal, Colgate Comedy Hour, It Could Be You).
- 25th: 1999 - 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Purdue beats Duke 62-45 in San Jose California.
- 20th: 2004 - In France, the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin suffers a stunning and unprecedented defeat in regional elections.
- 20th: 2004 - The first ever South Atlantic hurricane makes landfall in South Brazil on the state of Santa Catarina - the hurricane is dubbed Hurricane Catarina.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Art James at age 75; broadcaster, actor, host (Say When!, Fractured Phrases, The Who, What, Or Where Game, Matches 'N' Mates, Pay Cards!, Temptation, The Joker's Wild, The Magnificent Marble Machine, Concentration, Classic Concentration, Family Feud, Catchphrase).
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Peter Ustinov at age 82 due to heart failure; actor/writer/raconteur (In All Directions radio show, "The Grand Prix of Gibraltar" album).
- 15th: 2009 - NASA's space shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a 13-day mission to the International Space Station.
- 15th: 2009 - Earth Hour is observed at 8:30 PM local time around the world, as lights are turned out to raise awareness of climate change.
- 15th: 2009 - Three Canadian figure skaters (Barbara Underhill, Paul Martini, and Brian Orser) are inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame, in a ceremony at the world figure skating championships in Los Angeles, California.
- 15th: 2009 - Death of Janet Jagan, first white and female president of Guyana (1997-), of abdominal aneurysm, at age 88, in Georgetown, Guyana.
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