March 28 in history — What Happened Today in History

An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200.

Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.

Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a student protest.

An Mw 7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.

Civil rights movement: Over one hundred high school students conduct a sit-in protest in Rome, Georgia.

ČSA Flight 511 crashes in Igensdorf, Germany, killing 52.

The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.

Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.

World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.

World War II: First day of the Battle of Cape Matapan in Greece between the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy.

Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.

The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.

Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.

General John J. Pershing, during World War I, cancels 42nd 'Rainbow' Division's orders to Rolampont for further training and diverted it to the occupy the Baccarat sector. Rainbow Division becomes "the first American division to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for a period of three months".

Finnish Civil War: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of Tampere", the Whites force the Reds to attack the city center, where the city's fiercest battles being fought in Kalevankangas with large casualties on both sides. During the same day, an explosion at the Red headquarters of Tampere kills several commanders.

Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from water runway Étang le Barre, near Marseille.

American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.

First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.

Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.

First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.

War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels.

Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.

Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.

Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.

Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.

War of the Austrian Succession: In the Battle of Vilshofen, Austrian forces defeat French forces.

The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player

Ondřej Palát, Czech ice hockey player

Christian Walker, American baseball player

Hoya, South Korean singer and dancer

Delroy Edwards, American musician

Laura Harrier, American actress and model

Logan Couture, Canadian ice hockey player

Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer

Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater

Geno Atkins, American football player

Ryan Kalish, American baseball player

Yohan Benalouane, French-Tunisian footballer

Simeon Jackson, Canadian soccer player

Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cinematographer (born 1934)

Gene Saks, American actor and director (born 1921)

Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (born 1924)

Lorenzo Semple, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (born 1923)

George E. P. Box, English-American statistician and educator (born 1919)

Richard Griffiths, English actor (born 1947)

Hugh McCracken, American guitarist, harmonica player, and producer (born 1942)

Bob Teague, American college football star and television news-reporter (born 1929)

Gus Triandos, American baseball player and scout (born 1930)

John Arden, English author and playwright (born 1930)

Ioannis Banias, Greek politician (born 1939)

Harry Crews, American novelist (born 1935)

Addie L. Wyatt, African American labor leader (born 1924)