March 28
1797 - Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.
1854 - During the Crimean War, Britain and France declared war on Russia.
1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, ruled 6-2 that Wong, who was born in the United States to Chinese immigrants, was an American citizen.
1930 - The Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora changed their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
1935 - The notorious Nazi propaganda film "Triumph des Willens" (Triumph of the Will), premiered in Berlin with Adolf Hitler present.
1939 - The Spanish Civil War came to an end.
1941- Author Virginia Woolf drowned herself.
1942 - During World War II, British naval forces staged a successful raid on the Nazi-occupied French port of St. Nazaire in Operation Chariot, destroying the only dry dock on the Atlantic coast capable of repairing the German battleship Tirpitz.
1969 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, died in Washington, D.C. at age 78.
1977 - "Rocky" won best picture at the 49th Academy Awards.
1979 - America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania.
1987 - Maria von Trapp, whose life story inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The Sound of Music,” died in Morrisville, Vermont, at age 82.
1999 - NATO broadened its attacks on Yugoslavia to target Serb military forces in Kosovo in the fifth straight night of airstrikes; thousands of refugees flooded into Albania and Macedonia from Kosovo.
2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an anonymous tip does not justify stop-and-frisk action against a person.
2013 - Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of a dozen inmates, including two young women, at a juvenile detention center in a surprising departure from church rules that restricted the Holy Thursday ritual to men.
2022 - President Joe Biden said he was making “no apologies” and wouldn’t be “walking anything back” after saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.”
2022 - The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences condemned the actions of Will Smith during the previous night’s Oscars and launched an inquiry into his slapping of Chris Rock. (Smith was later expelled from the movie academy received a 10-year ban from the Oscars.)
Birthdays
32 - Derek Carr (football player)
35 - Lacey Turner (actress)
37 - Lady Gaga (singer)
42 - Julia Stiles (actress)
46 - Annie Wersching (actress)
48 - Kate Gosselin (reality star)
53 - Vince Vaughn (actor)
54 - Rodney Atkins (singer)
54 - Brett Ratner (director)
55 - Max Perlich (actor)
56 - Tracey Needham (actress)
57 - Salt (rapper)
61 - Alexandra Billings (actress)
65 - Bart Conner (gymnast)
68 - Reba McEntire (singer)
77 - Dianne Wiest (actress)
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Today in Sports History - March 28
1942 - Stanford defeats Dartmouth 53-38 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1944 - Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1945 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard (Montreal Canadiens) became the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season. Richard scored 50 goals in 50 games.
1950 - CCNY defeats Bradley 71-68 to win the NCAA Tournament; CCNY (City College of New York) becomes the first team to win both the NCAA and NIT tournaments in the same year.
1963 - The AFL's New York Titans announced they were changing their name to the New York Jets.
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain plays in his final professional basketball game.
1976 - Delta State defeats Immaculata 69-64 to win the AIAW women's basketball tournament (a forerunner to the NCAA women's tournament).
1977 - Marquette defeats North Carolina 67-59 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1982 - Louisiana Tech defeats Cheney to win the inaugural NCAA women's basketball tournament.
1990 - President George H.W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1999 - In Cuba, the Orioles beat the Cuban National Team 3-2. It was the first time since the 1950's that a U.S. team had played in Cuba.
1999 - WrestleMania XV is held in Philadelphia; the main event saw The Rock defeat Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF championship.
1999 - Purdue defeats Duke 62-45 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2002 - Greco Roman wrestler Rulon Gardner had the middle toe on his right foot amputated due to frostbite. He had been stranded overnight in Wyoming on February 14.
2010 - WrestleMania XXVI is held in Glendale, Arizona; the main event featured The Undertaker defeating Shawn Michaels in a retirement match and John Cena defeating Batista for the WWE championship.
1797 - Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.
1854 - During the Crimean War, Britain and France declared war on Russia.
1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, ruled 6-2 that Wong, who was born in the United States to Chinese immigrants, was an American citizen.
1930 - The Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora changed their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
1935 - The notorious Nazi propaganda film "Triumph des Willens" (Triumph of the Will), premiered in Berlin with Adolf Hitler present.
1939 - The Spanish Civil War came to an end.
1941- Author Virginia Woolf drowned herself.
1942 - During World War II, British naval forces staged a successful raid on the Nazi-occupied French port of St. Nazaire in Operation Chariot, destroying the only dry dock on the Atlantic coast capable of repairing the German battleship Tirpitz.
1969 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, died in Washington, D.C. at age 78.
1977 - "Rocky" won best picture at the 49th Academy Awards.
1979 - America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania.
1987 - Maria von Trapp, whose life story inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The Sound of Music,” died in Morrisville, Vermont, at age 82.
1999 - NATO broadened its attacks on Yugoslavia to target Serb military forces in Kosovo in the fifth straight night of airstrikes; thousands of refugees flooded into Albania and Macedonia from Kosovo.
2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an anonymous tip does not justify stop-and-frisk action against a person.
2013 - Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of a dozen inmates, including two young women, at a juvenile detention center in a surprising departure from church rules that restricted the Holy Thursday ritual to men.
2022 - President Joe Biden said he was making “no apologies” and wouldn’t be “walking anything back” after saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.”
2022 - The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences condemned the actions of Will Smith during the previous night’s Oscars and launched an inquiry into his slapping of Chris Rock. (Smith was later expelled from the movie academy received a 10-year ban from the Oscars.)
Birthdays
32 - Derek Carr (football player)
35 - Lacey Turner (actress)
37 - Lady Gaga (singer)
42 - Julia Stiles (actress)
46 - Annie Wersching (actress)
48 - Kate Gosselin (reality star)
53 - Vince Vaughn (actor)
54 - Rodney Atkins (singer)
54 - Brett Ratner (director)
55 - Max Perlich (actor)
56 - Tracey Needham (actress)
57 - Salt (rapper)
61 - Alexandra Billings (actress)
65 - Bart Conner (gymnast)
68 - Reba McEntire (singer)
77 - Dianne Wiest (actress)
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Today in Sports History - March 28
1942 - Stanford defeats Dartmouth 53-38 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1944 - Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1945 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard (Montreal Canadiens) became the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season. Richard scored 50 goals in 50 games.
1950 - CCNY defeats Bradley 71-68 to win the NCAA Tournament; CCNY (City College of New York) becomes the first team to win both the NCAA and NIT tournaments in the same year.
1963 - The AFL's New York Titans announced they were changing their name to the New York Jets.
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain plays in his final professional basketball game.
1976 - Delta State defeats Immaculata 69-64 to win the AIAW women's basketball tournament (a forerunner to the NCAA women's tournament).
1977 - Marquette defeats North Carolina 67-59 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1982 - Louisiana Tech defeats Cheney to win the inaugural NCAA women's basketball tournament.
1990 - President George H.W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1999 - In Cuba, the Orioles beat the Cuban National Team 3-2. It was the first time since the 1950's that a U.S. team had played in Cuba.
1999 - WrestleMania XV is held in Philadelphia; the main event saw The Rock defeat Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF championship.
1999 - Purdue defeats Duke 62-45 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2002 - Greco Roman wrestler Rulon Gardner had the middle toe on his right foot amputated due to frostbite. He had been stranded overnight in Wyoming on February 14.
2010 - WrestleMania XXVI is held in Glendale, Arizona; the main event featured The Undertaker defeating Shawn Michaels in a retirement match and John Cena defeating Batista for the WWE championship.
