March 28
1797 - Nathaniel Briggs patented the washing machine.
1854 - During the Crimean War, Britain and France declared war on Russia.
1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-2 in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 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, respectively.
1939 - The Spanish Civil War ended.
1941 - Author Virginia Woolfe drowned herself near her home in East Sussex, England at age 59.
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 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 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 unanimously that an anonymous tip does not justify a stop-and-frisk action against a person.
2022 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences condemned the actions of Will Smith during the previous night's Oscars ceremony and launched an inquiry into his slapping of Chris Rock. (Smith was later expelled from the movie academy and received a 10-year ban from the Oscars.)
Birthdays
25 - Megan Suri (actress)
26 - Georgia Steel (reality star)
33 - Derek Carr (football player)
34 - Laura Harrier (actress)
36 - Lacey Turner (actress)
38 - Lady Gaga (singer)
43 - Julia Stiles (actress)
49 - Kate Gosselin (reality star)
51 - Matt Nathanson (singer)
54 - Vince Vaughn (actor)
55 - Rodney Atkins (singer)
55 - Brett Ratner (director)
56 - Max Perlich (actor)
57 - Tracey Needham (actress)
58 - Salt (rapper)
62 - Alexandra Billings (actress)
66 - Bart Conner (gymnast)
69 - Reba McEntire (singer)
78 - Dianne Wiest (actress)
83 - Charlie McCoy (singer)
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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 - City College of New York (CCNY) defeats Bradley 71-68 to win the NCAA Tournament; CCNY became the first team to win both the NCAA and NIT tournaments in the same season.
1963 - The AFL's New York Titans announced they were changing their name to "Jets."
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain plays in his final professional basketball game.
1977 - Marquette defeats North Carolina 67-59 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1982 - Louisiana Tech defeats Cheney 76-62 to win the inaugural NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament; in the final AIAW women's basketball tournament, Rutgers defeats Texas 83-77.
1990 - President George H.W. Bush posthumously awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Jesse Owens.
1999 - In Cuba, the Baltimore 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 - 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.
1797 - Nathaniel Briggs patented the washing machine.
1854 - During the Crimean War, Britain and France declared war on Russia.
1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-2 in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 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, respectively.
1939 - The Spanish Civil War ended.
1941 - Author Virginia Woolfe drowned herself near her home in East Sussex, England at age 59.
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 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 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 unanimously that an anonymous tip does not justify a stop-and-frisk action against a person.
2022 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences condemned the actions of Will Smith during the previous night's Oscars ceremony and launched an inquiry into his slapping of Chris Rock. (Smith was later expelled from the movie academy and received a 10-year ban from the Oscars.)
Birthdays
25 - Megan Suri (actress)
26 - Georgia Steel (reality star)
33 - Derek Carr (football player)
34 - Laura Harrier (actress)
36 - Lacey Turner (actress)
38 - Lady Gaga (singer)
43 - Julia Stiles (actress)
49 - Kate Gosselin (reality star)
51 - Matt Nathanson (singer)
54 - Vince Vaughn (actor)
55 - Rodney Atkins (singer)
55 - Brett Ratner (director)
56 - Max Perlich (actor)
57 - Tracey Needham (actress)
58 - Salt (rapper)
62 - Alexandra Billings (actress)
66 - Bart Conner (gymnast)
69 - Reba McEntire (singer)
78 - Dianne Wiest (actress)
83 - Charlie McCoy (singer)
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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 - City College of New York (CCNY) defeats Bradley 71-68 to win the NCAA Tournament; CCNY became the first team to win both the NCAA and NIT tournaments in the same season.
1963 - The AFL's New York Titans announced they were changing their name to "Jets."
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain plays in his final professional basketball game.
1977 - Marquette defeats North Carolina 67-59 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1982 - Louisiana Tech defeats Cheney 76-62 to win the inaugural NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament; in the final AIAW women's basketball tournament, Rutgers defeats Texas 83-77.
1990 - President George H.W. Bush posthumously awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Jesse Owens.
1999 - In Cuba, the Baltimore 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 - 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.