About March 28
March 28, 2025 is the 87th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 278 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Aries is the sun 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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 326 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On March 28
- 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.
- 364 –Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
- 845 –Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
- 1794 –Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
- 1802 –Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
- 1809 –Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
- 1854 –Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
- 1860 –First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
- 1871 –The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
- 1889 –The Yngsjö murder occurs in Yngsjö, Sweden and Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son.
- 1913 –Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1930 –Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
- 1946 –Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
- 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 –The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal’s history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill’s Roddick Gates. This led to the majority of the protesters getting arrested.
- 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.
- 1979 –The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan’s government, precipitating a general election.
- 1994 –BBC Radio 5 is closed and replaced with a new news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live.
- 2003 –In a friendly fire incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard’s 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
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