On this day: 28 March

Selected events and births on 28 March, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1802 – German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet. Read more: Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers 2 Pallas Asteroid
• 1902 – The Hexham Abbey high-altar cross, amongst the most important works produced that year by the Keswick School of Industrial Art, was unveiled on Good Friday. Read more: Hexham Abbey high-altar cross Keswick School of Industrial Art Good Friday
• 1963 – Civil rights movement: Over one hundred high school students conducted a sit-in protest in Rome, Georgia. Read more: Civil rights movement Rome sit-ins Rome, Georgia
• 1979 – British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent. Read more: James Callaghan 1979 vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry Winter of Discontent

Born on this day

• 1930 – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Jerome Isaac Friedman Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1933 – Frank Murkowski, American soldier, banker, and politician, 8th Governor of Alaska Read more: Frank Murkowski List of governors of Alaska
• 1942 – Neil Kinnock, Welsh politician, Vice-President of the European Commission Read more: Neil Kinnock Vice-president of the European Commission
• 1945 – Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino politician, 16th President of the Philippines Read more: Rodrigo Duterte President of the Philippines
• 1946 – Henry Paulson, American banker and politician, 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury Read more: Henry Paulson United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1946 – Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian economist and politician, President of Peru Read more: Alejandro Toledo President of Peru
• 1959 – Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rican politician, 46th President of Costa Rica Read more: Laura Chinchilla President of Costa Rica
• 1960 – José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Cape Verde Read more: José Maria Neves List of prime ministers of Cape Verde
• 1996 – Matt Renshaw, English-Australian cricketer Read more: Matt Renshaw
• 1998 – Lance Morris, Australian cricketer Read more: Lance Morris
• 2001 – Wang Xiyu, Chinese tennis player Read more: Wang Xiyu
• 2004 – Anna Shcherbakova, Russian figure skater Read more: Anna Shcherbakova

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / March 28 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.