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What happened in history on this day: March 28?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On March 28 in ...
- 2000 - Be releases the BeOS 5 operating system for Intel-based personal computers.
- 2000 - Microsoft releases the Internet Explorer 5 Web browser for Apple Macintosh computers. The software requires Mac OS 7.6.1 or later. New features include a new rendering engine, 50 percent faster than version 4.5, and more accurate rendering.
- 1924 - Disney ships the fourth Alice Comedy film, Alice's Wild West Show, to M.J. Winkler Productions.
- 1936 - The Silly Symphony film Elmer Elephant is released to theaters.
- 1941 - The Pluto film A Gentleman's Gentleman is released to theaters. Mickey Mouse also appears.
- 1953 - Disney releases the Goofy film Father's Day Off to theaters.
- 1958 - The #3 Disneyland locomotive, named the Fred Gurley, begins public operation.
- 1965 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Kilroy, part three.
- 1987 - The first Disney Store opens, in the Glendale Galleria, California.
- 1987 - The Port of Entry shop opens in World Showcase Plaza in EPCOT Center.
- 1991 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. An amusement park has a large sign: "DIZ-NEE-LAND: not affiliated with Disneyland, Disney World, or anything else from the Walt Disney Company".
- 1992 - The syndicated TV special Newsies! Newsies! See All About It airs.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film The Sixth Man to theaters in the USA.
- 1998 - Disney animator Marc Davis adds his signature and handprints in cement in front of the Mann's Chinese Theater replica in the Disney-MGM Studios in Florida.
- 2000 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment releases the film The Sixth Sense on videocassette and DVD in the US.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. When asked why she is in prison, a girl says "I pushed Snow White over the parapet at Disneyland.".
- 1953 - The St. Louis Chevrolet Assembly Plant manager is notified that the plant would be the only Corvette assembly plant for 1954, and that the body material would be fiberglass, not steel.
- 1939 - Poland rejects Adolf Hitler's demand that Danzig be ceded to Germany.
- 1940 - The Anglo-French Supreme War Council meets for 6th time in London. They decide to mine the inshore passages of the Norwegian coast. After the meeting they declare that both governments would negotiate peace only by mutual agreement.
- 1941 - (night) In the Mediterranean, the British fleet destroys three Italian cruisers off Cape Matapan, south of Greece.
- 1942 - (evening) 234 British aircraft attack Lübeck, Germany. 12 planes are shot down. One-third of the area is burned, leaving 16,000 homeless. The central power station and several factories are destroyed. This raid is the first to have a major impact on the German homeland. The port is closed for three weeks. A week later Joseph Goebbels writes in his diary: "The damage is enormous. It is horrible." British Deputy Chief of Air Staff Arthur Harris writes of the attack, ". . . the first German city went up in flames".
- 1943 - (evening) 323 British Bombers attack German submarine bases at St. Nazaire.
- 1945 - (noon) The Royal Canadian Engineers complete building a Bailey bridge 1814 feet long over the Rhine River, near Emmerich.
- 1945 - Canadian forces begin an advance on Emmerich, Germany.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler replaces chief of staff Heinz Guderian with Hans Krebbs.
- 1945 - Dwight Eisenhower tells Josef Stalin that the Western Allies will not advance toward Berlin, but will advance to Efurt-Leipzig-Dresden, to split the German defence, and link up with the Soviet Red Army.
- 1985 - Hungary issues a postage stamp marking the 40th anniversary of liberation.
- 1991 - US District Court judge Fern Smith grants Nintendo's request for a preliminary injunction against Atari Games, in the lawsuits over Atari Games' compatible security chip for Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges. Atari Games is barred from selling or copying copywrited Nintendo programs for use in video game cartridges. Smith accuses Atari Games of lying to obtain Nintendo's 10NES security program from the Copyright Office, then lying that it had independently developed compatible code.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the film The Sixth Man to theaters in the USA. A character is told to forget girls and "stick to Nintendo".
- 1999 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. An arcade video game is played, Monkey Fracas Jr., with a space ship fighting a giant ape throwing barrels pulled from inside a planet. This is a reference to the video game Donkey Kong Jr..
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Stadium 2 video game for the Nintendo 64.
- 2001 - Microsoft upgrades the size of the hard drive for its upcoming Xbox video game system from 8 GB to 10 GB.
- 2001 - Conexant Systems announces that Microsoft will use its CX25871 video encoder chip to connect the Xbox video game system to digital and analog television sets.
- 2005 - Ubisoft releases the Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2006 - Square Enix releases the Kingdom Hearts II video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA.
- 2007 - Sega and Nintendo jointly announce Mario and Sonic At The Olympic Games video game for the Wii and DS, for release in the fall.
- 1996 - Dr. Pepper / Cadbury North America announces that Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. had decided to stop distributing A & W Root Beer.
- 1969 - The Government Organization Act receives Royal Assent. The Act alters the status of the Royal Canadian Mint, making it a Crown Corporation, as of April 1.
- 1891 - First world weightlifting championship held.
- 1891 - Dick Pilling cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", England 1881-88), dies.
- 1906 - Birth of Joseph Wright Canada, oarsman (Olympics-gold-1928).
- 1915 - Birth of Raymond Emery cricketer (New Zealand Test batsman vs West Indies 1952).
- 1919 - Birth of Tom Brooks cricketer (New South Wales fast bowler of the 30's, later Test umpire).
- 1922 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Saint Patricks (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), three games to 2.
- 1926 - Birth of Polly Umrigar cricketer (Indian batsman and captain).
- 1939 - Renaissance Big 5 win first pro basketball championship.
- 1940 - Birth of J Michael Plumb Islip New York, equestrian (Olympics-2 gold/4 silver-1976,1984).
- 1940 - Birth of Kevin Loughery NBA star/coach (Baltimore, Philadelphia).
- 1942 - 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38.
- 1944 - 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40.
- 1944 - Birth of Rick Barry ABA/NBA forward (New York Nets, Golden State Warriors).
- 1944 - Birth of Rick Barry Elizabeth New Jersey, basketball player (San Francisco Warriors/1966 NBA rookie of the year).
- 1949 - Birth of Ronnie Ray Smith 4 X 100 metre relay runner (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1949 - Birth of Shafiq Ahmed cricketer (Pakistani batsman during the 70's).
- 1950 - 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: City College of New York beats Bradley 71-68; CCNY becomes first to win NCAA and National Invitation Basketball in same year.
- 1952 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.
- 1952 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button.
- 1953 - James Francis Thorpe decathlete (Olympics-gold-12), dies at 64.
- 1953 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.
- 1953 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins.
- 1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open.
- 1955 - New Zealand cricket all out for 26 vs England at Eden Park.
- 1956 - Birth of Asoka De Silva cricket leg-spinner (Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91).
- 1956 - Birth of Evelin Jahl German Democratic Republic, discus thrower (Olympics-2 gold-1976).
- 1956 - Birth of T A Sekar Indian cricket pace-bowler (two Tests 1982-83 little impact).
- 1957 - First National Curling Championship held.
- 1957 - Birth of Harvey Glance Phoenix City Alabama, 4x100 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1958 - Birth of Bart Wayne Conner Morton Grove Illinois, gymnast (Olympics-2 gold-1984).
- 1958 - Chuck Klein Philadelphia Phillie homerun hitter, dies at 53.
- 1959 - Birth of Petra Delhees Jauch Switzertand, tennis star.
- 1959 - James Neblett cricketer (one Test West Indies vs England 1935), dies.
- 1961 - Birth of Byron Scott NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies).
- 1962 - Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives West Indies cricket victory over India.
- 1963 - AFL's New York Titans become the New York Jets.
- 1963 - Birth of Therese Washtock Vancouver British Columbia, three day equestrian (Olympics-1996).
- 1965 - Birth of Jeff Beukeboom Ajax, NHL defenseman (New York Rangers).
- 1965 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational.
- 1966 - Birth of Jason Garrett NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1966 - Birth of Nathalie Herreman France, tennis star.
- 1966 - Birth of Serge Djelloul hockey defenseman (Team France 1998).
- 1967 - Birth of David Lang NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1967 - Birth of Ed[ward] Grose Juneau AK, rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Shawn Boskie Hawthorne Nevada, pitcher (California Angels).
- 1968 - Birth of Chad Biafore hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998).
- 1968 - Birth of Dennis Postlewait Jacksonville North Carolina, Nike golfer (1994 Wichita Open).
- 1968 - Birth of Nasser Hussain cricketer (Essex and England batsman).
- 1968 - Birth of Teee Williams Los Angeles California, volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Craig Paquette Long Beach California, infielder (Kansas City Royals).
- 1969 - Birth of Earnest Stewart soccer player (Willem II).
- 1969 - Birth of Elliot Perry NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks).
- 1969 - Birth of Scottie Graham NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings, Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1970 - Birth of James Johnson NFL/WLAF running back (Tampa Buccaneers, Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1970 - Birth of Jason B Gailes Taunton Massachusetts, rower (Olympics-silver-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Shawn Price NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers, Buffalo Bills).
- 1971 - Birth of Damien Marsh Georgia, Australian 100 metre/200 metre swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Wesley Person NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers).
- 1972 - Birth of Derek West offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1972 - Birth of Jonathan Edwards Boston Massachusetts, doubles luger (Olympics-1994).
- 1972 - Birth of Keith Tkachuk Melrose Massachusetts, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix, USA).
- 1972 - Birth of Michael Smith NBA forward (Sacramento Kings).
- 1972 - Birth of Mike Morton linebacker (Oakland Raiders).
- 1972 - Birth of Shannon Mitchell NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers).
- 1972 - Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game.
- 1973 - Birth of Andrew Whittall cricketer (cousin of Guy Zimbabwe off-spinner 1996).
- 1974 - Birth of K C Jones NFL center (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1975 - Birth of Atta-ur-Rehman cricketer (Pakistani quickie, debut vs England 1992 age 17).
- 1975 - Washington Capitals win first game on road after 37 straight road losses also sets own team record with 17 straight losses.
- 1977 - 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina 67-59.
- 1980 - Jesse Owens (Olympics-gold-36), dies in Tucson Arizona at the age of 66.
- 1981 - Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 metre 40.18 seconds).
- 1981 - Gabi Schönbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:01.70).
- 1981 - Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500 metre (36.91 seconds).
- 1982 - First NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Louisiana Tech beats Cheney 76-62.
- 1982 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1990 - Bengal beats Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.
- 1990 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
- 1992 - Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:05:01).
- 1992 - PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel.
- 1993 - 22nd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Helen Alfredsson.
- 1995 - Queensland beats South Australia to win first ever cricket Sheffield Shield.
- 1999 - 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Purdue beats Duke 62-45 in San Jose California.
- 2007 - Former Major League Baseball pitcher Ugueth Urbina is sentenced to 14 years in prison.
- 1985 - International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley's Comet.
- 1985 - STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad.
- 1987 - Stacking of Discovery's solid rocket boosters gets underway.
- 1993 - Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031).
- 1970 - 1,086 die when 7.3 earthquake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey).
- 1996 - In Ecuador, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs. At least 27 people killed, 100 injured, several thousand homeless.
- 2004 - The first ever South Atlantic hurricane makes landfall in South Brazil on the state of Santa Catarina - the hurricane is dubbed Hurricane Catarina.
- 2005 - In Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake occurs. At least 1,300 people killed, 350 injured and hundreds of buildings destroyed. A 3-metre tsunami damaged the port and airport on Simeulue.
Other history:
- 1939 - Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco.
- 1979 - Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths).
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Chronology of World History
What's Notable About this Year?
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