March 28th
1797
Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.
1939
The Spanish Civil War ended.
1941
Novelist and critic Virginia Woolf drowned herself near her home in England at age 59.
1943
Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff died at age 70.
1969
Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, died in Washington, D.C., at age 78.
1979
Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Birthdays
68 Charlie McCoy Country musician
66 Conchata Ferrell Actress
65 Ken Howard Actor ("The White Shadow")
61 Dianne Wiest Actress
54 Reba McEntire Country singer-actress
43 Salt Rapper (Salt-N-Pepa)
42 Tracey Needham Actress
41 Max Perlich Actor
40 Rodney Atkins Country singer
40 Vince Vaughn Actor
40 Brett Ratner Director ("Rush Hour" movies)
36 Ken L. Actor
33 Dave Keuning Rock musician (The Killers)
32 Annie Wersching Actress ("24")
28 Julia Stiles Actress
28 Edwar Ramírez Baseball player (New York Yankees)
27
Troop_lee Cigar Asylum Inmate
90 August Busch 3/28/1899 - 9/29/1989 American chairman of Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
67 Freddie Bartholomew 3/28/1924 - 1/23/1992 Irish-born American child actor
44 'Mr Perfect' Curt Hennig 3/28/1958 - 2/10/2003 Professional wrestler