Updated March 27, 2012, 2:28 pm
On March 28, 1979, America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.
Go to article »On March 28, 1899, August Busch, the American businessman who built Anheuser-Busch into the world’s largest brewery, was born. Following his death on Sept. 29, 1989, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
By The Associated Press
1797 Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patented a washing machine. 1834 The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Andrew Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. 1854 Britain and France declared war on Russia during the Crimean War. 1930 The names of the Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora were changed to Istanbul and Ankara, respectively. 1939 The Spanish Civil War ended as Madrid fell to the forces of Francisco Franco. 1941 Novelist and critic Virginia Woolf drowned herself near her home in England at age 59. 1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, died in Washington, D.C., at age 78. 2001 President George W. Bush publicly rejected the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate, a pact never ratified by the Senate. 2006 More than 1 million people poured into streets across France and strikers disrupted air, rail and bus travel in the largest nationwide protest over a youth labor law. Current Birthdays
By The Associated Press
Singer Lady Gaga turns 26 years old today.
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Actor Vince Vaughn turns 43 years old today.
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1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former national security adviser, turns 84 1933 Frank Murkowski, Former Alaska governor, senator, turns 79 1942 Mike Newell, Director, turns 70 1942 Jerry Sloan, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 70 1944 Ken Howard, Actor (“The White Shadow”), turns 68 1946 Henry Paulson, Former secretary of the treasury, turns 66 1948 Dianne Wiest, Actress, turns 64 1955 Reba McEntire, Country singer, actress, turns 57 1966 Salt, Rapper (Salt-N-Pepa), turns 46 1969 Brett Ratner, Director (“Rush Hour” movies), turns 43 1977 Annie Wersching, Actress (“24”), turns 35 1981 Julia Stiles, Actress, turns 31
Historic Birthdays
August Busch 3/28/1899 – 9/29/1989 American chairman of Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Go to obituary »
70 William Byrd 3/28/1674 – 8/26/1744
American planter, satirist, and diarist71 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 3/28/1793 – 12/10/1864
American explorer and ethnologist; discovered source of Mississippi River48 St. John Neumann 3/28/1811 – 1/5/1860
Bohemian-born American bishop canonized the first American male saint in 197784 Wade Hampton 3/28/1818 – 4/11/1902
American Confederate war hero of the Civil War69 Aristide Briand 3/28/1862 – 3/7/1932
French statesman; served 11 times as premier77 Paul Whiteman 3/28/1890 – 12/29/1967
American bandleader88 Rudolf Serkin 3/28/1903 – 5/8/1991
Austrian-born American pianist and teacher76 Onoe Shoroku II 3/28/1913 – 6/25/1989
Japanese actor and interpreter of kabuki plays67 Freddie Bartholomew 3/28/1924 – 1/23/1992
Irish-born American child actor
