On This Day: March 28, 2024
Birthdays
1483 Raphael,Italian painter, and architect. Rebuilt St Peters1660 King George I, Became King of Great Britain in 1714
1902 Flora Robson, English actress
1921 Sir Dirk Bogarde, Stage and screen actor
1935 Michael Parkinson, Broadcaster and TV presenter
1942 Neil Kinnock, Former Labour Party leader
1948 Matthew Corbett, TV Entertainer; the 'Sooty show'
Events
1910 Near Marseilles, France, the first ever seaplane took off1912 During the annual 'Boat Race', both Oxford and Cambridge boats sank
1917 The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was formed
1945 The last V2 German rocket of World War II fell on London
1964 Radio Caroline, Britains first 'pirate' radio station, began broadcasting from a ship at sea
1969 Dwight D Eisenhower, former President Of the US and wartime General, died
1977 The film 'Rocky', starring Sylvestor Stallone, won an Oscar for best film
1979 A serious radiation leak occured at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the US