This Day in USA History
March 28

What happened in history on this day: March 28? On March 28 in ... 1862 - Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia. 1902 - 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee, USA (state record). 1948 - Second Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win. 1953 - 7th Tony Awards: Crucible and Wonderful Town win. 1954 - 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win. 1971 - 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth and Company win. 1975 - In Eastern Idaho, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs. 1977 - 49th Academy Awards: Rocky, Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win. 1979 - In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, a nuclear energy reactor at Three Mile Island overheats to 4000 degrees, due to a failed drainage valve. Cooling water contaminated with radiation drains into adjoining buildings, releasing radioactive gases throughout the plant and into the atmosphere. By the end of the day, cooling water is restarted, reducing temperature and averting a meltdown. 1982 - 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises US$19,500,000. 1990 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal. 1992 - 6th American Comedy Awards: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal. 1993 - 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins. 1996 - Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America. 2009 - NASA's space shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a 13-day mission to the International Space Station. Births on March 28 1905 - Birth of Marlin Perkins in Carthage, Missouri, USA; TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom). 1914 - Birth of Frank Lovejoy in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw). 1940 - Birth of J Michael Plumb in Islip, New York, USA; equestrian (Olympics-2 gold/4 silver-1976,1984). 1941 - Birth of Alf Clausen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; orchestra leader (Mary, The Simpsons). 1941 - Birth of Charlie McCoy in Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA; harmonica player (Hee Haw). 1943 - Birth of Conchata Ferrell in Charleston, West Virginia, USA; actress (Deadly Hero, For Keeps, Susan - L.A. Law). 1944 - Birth of Ken Howard in El Centro, California, USA; actor (Ken - White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776). 1944 - Birth of Rick Barry in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA; basketball player (San Francisco Warriors/1966 NBA rookie of the year). 1945 - Birth of Chuck Portz in Santa Monica, California, USA; bassist (Turtles - "Happy Together"). 1948 - Birth of Dianne Wiest in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actress (Radio Days, Hannah and Her Sisters, Footloose). 1953 - Birth of Nydia M Velazquez; American politician (Representative-Democrat-New York, 1993-). 1955 - Birth of Reba McEntire in McAlester, Oklahoma, USA; country singer ("Can't Even Get the Blues"). 1957 - Birth of Harvey Glance in Phoenix City, Alabama, USA; 4x100 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1976). 1958 - Birth of Bart Wayne Conner in Morton Grove, Illinois, USA; gymnast (Olympics-2 gold-1984). 1967 - Birth of Ed[ward] Grose in Juneau, Alaska, USA; rower (Olympics-1996). 1967 - Birth of Shawn Boskie in Hawthorne, Nevada, USA; pitcher (California Angels). 1968 - Birth of Dennis Postlewait in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA; Nike golfer (1994 Wichita Open). 1968 - Birth of Teee Williams in Los Angeles, California, USA; volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-bronze-1992, 1996). 1969 - Birth of Craig Paquette in Long Beach, California, USA; infielder (Kansas City Royals). 1970 - Birth of Jason B Gailes in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA; rower (Olympics-silver-1996). 1972 - Birth of Jonathan Edwards in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; doubles luger (Olympics-1994). 1972 - Birth of Keith Tkachuk in Melrose, Massachusetts, USA; NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, USA). 1977 - Birth of Angelo Garcia in Brooklyn, New York; singer (Menudo-Cannonball). 1979 - Birth of Juli Keech; Miss South Dakota Teen-USA (1997). 1980 - Birth of Cara Lewis; Miss Mississippi Teen-USA (1997). 1981 - Birth of Lindsay Frimodt; American model. 1981 - Birth of Julia Stiles; American actress. 1991 - Birth of Amy Bruckner, American actress. Deaths on March 28 1931 - Death of Ban Johnson at age 67, American baseball executive (founded American League) (born 1864). 1958 - W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy, US conductor/composer (Saint Louis Blues), dies at age 84. 1960 - Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I - The Ten Commandments, Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at age 61. 1969 - Death of Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington DC at age 78, supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II, 34th US President (1953-61), subject of US dollar coin (1971-78). 1974 - Dorothy Fields, US singer ("Way you Look Tonight"), dies at age 68. 1987 - Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at age 82 in Vermont, USA (born 1905). Her story was made famous by the movie The Sound of Music. 2006 - Death of Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (born 1917).         Your Ad Here You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. 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