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What happened in history on this day: March 28?
On March 28 in ...
- 1967 - TV movie Ironside airs in the US, starring Raymond Burr.
- 1991 - NBC airs the 100th episode of L.A. Law TV show.
- 1997 - ABC-TV airs the last episode of the soap opera City.
Births on March 28
- 1890 - Birth of Paul Whiteman in Denver, Colorado, USA; orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club).
- 1900 - Birth of Robert Harris; actor (Big Caper, Laughing Anne).
- 1902 - Birth of Flora Robson in South Shields, England; actress (Dominique is Dead, The Years Between).
- 1904 - Birth of Fosco Giachetti in Livorno, Italy; actor (Wastrel, We the Living).
- 1905 - Birth of Marlin Perkins in Carthage, Missouri, USA; zoologist, TV show host (Zoo Parade, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom).
- 1906 - Birth of Robert (Bob) Allen; actor (Texas Rangers).
- 1912 - Birth of Frank Lovejoy in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Gangbusters radio show, Night Beat radio show, Mr. and Mrs. North radio show, Murder and Mr. Malone radio show, This is Your FBI radio show, The Blue Beetle radio show, Damon Runyon Theater radio show, Man Against Crime TV show, Meet McGraw TV show).
- 1915 - Birth of Jay Livingston in McDonald, Pennsylvania, USA; songwriter ("Mona Lisa", "Que Sera, Sera", "Buttons and Bows", "Silver Bells", "Bonanza" TV show theme, "Mr. Ed" TV show theme).
- 1921 - Birth of Dirk Bogarde in Hampstead, London, England; actor (Death in Venice, The Servant).
- 1924 - Birth of Freddie Bartholomew in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield).
- 1925 - Birth of Innokenti Smoktunovsky; actor (Bely Prazdnik, Zakoldovannye).
- 1941 - Birth of Alf Clausen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; orchestra leader (Mary, The Simpsons, Alf).
- 1941 - Birth of Charlie McCoy in Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA; harmonica player (Hee Haw TV show).
- 1943 - Birth of Conchata Ferrell in Charleston, West Virginia, USA; actress (Deadly Hero, For Keeps, Susan - L.A. Law, Two and a Half Men, Hot L Baltimore, Edward Scissorhands).
- 1943 - Birth of Mike Newell; director (Bad Blood, Awakening, Amazing Grace and Chuck).
- 1944 - Birth of Ken Howard in El Centro, California, USA; actor (Ken - White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776, Crossing Jordan).
- 1947 - Birth of Bruce Gilbert; producer (The China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond).
- 1948 - Birth of Dianne Wiest in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actress (Radio Days, Hannah and Her Sisters, Footloose, Law and Order, In Treatment).
- 1955 - Birth of Reba McEntire in McAlester, Oklahoma, USA; country singer ("Can't Even Get the Blues"), actress.
- 1959 - Birth of Todd Curtis; actor (Capitol, Skip - The Young and the Restless).
- 1959 - Birth of Stephanie Dunnam in Oak Harbor, Washington, USA; actress (Emerald Point N.A.S., Mistral's Daughter, Dynasty).
- 1967 - Birth of Tracey Needham; actress (Life Goes On, JAG, The Division).
- 1968 - Birth of Max Perlich; actor (JH Brodie - Homicide: Life on the Street, Spawn).
- 1981 - Birth of Julia Stiles; American actress (Before Women Had Wings, The '60's).
Deaths on March 28
- 1950 - Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at age 67.
- 1960 - Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I - The Ten Commandments, Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at age 61.
- 1974 - Françoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at age 82.
- 1980 - Death of Dick Haymes at age 63 of lung cancer; vocalist ("Little White Lies", "Count Every Star", "It Can't Be Wrong", "You'll Never Know", "I'll Get By", "Mamselle"), actor (Real Life, Betrayal).
- 1983 - Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at age 71.
- 1986 - Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey - Man From Atlantis), dies at age 39.
- 1986 - Virginia Gilmore, actress (Jennie, Western Union), dies.
- 1987 - Patrick Troughton, British actor (Doctor Who), dies at age 56 (born 1920).
- 1990 - Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at age 65.
- 1991 - Carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at age 85.
- 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).
- 1995 - Hugh Edward R O'Connor, actor (In the Heat of the Night), dies of drug overdose at age 32.
- 1996 - Ken Dibbs, actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at age 78.
- 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).
- 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).
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