Thursday March 28, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

March 28: Day of the Week

March 28, 2024 was the 88th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 278 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

March 28 Historical Event(s)

37
Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
193
Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
1889
The Yngsjö murder occurs in Yngsjö, Sweden and Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son.
1939
Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.
1941
World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan – in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers.
1959
The State Council of the People’s Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet.
1968
Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.
1969
Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1979
Operators of Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania fail to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system has stuck open following an unexpected shutdown. As a result, enough coolant drains out of the system to allow the core to overheat and partially melt down.
1994
BBC Radio 5 is closed and replaced with a new news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live.

Who were born on March 28?

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Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)
1592
John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop (d. 1670)
1842
William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officer (d. 1908)
1897
Tillie Voss, American football player (d. 1975)
1946
Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut
1954
Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985)
1969
Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter
1975
Richard Kelly, American film director
1975
Shanna Moakler, American beauty queen and TV personality
1986
J-Kwon, American rapper

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