eso ha pasado un 28 Marso

1930 : Name Changes in Turkey


On 28 March 1930, two of the largest cities of Turkey were renamed : Constantinople became Istanbul and Angora became Ankara.

1939 : End of civil war in Spain


On March 28, 1939, Madrid fell to nationalist general Franco, which ended the civil war. It started in 1936 by a military coup by the nationalist against the Republicans ruling the country, who resisted for almost 3 years before surrendering.

1969 : This anomaly must end


"This anomaly must end". On 28 March 1969, the Greek poet Giorgos Seferis, Nobel Prize for Literature, made ​​a statement to the BBC against the Colonels' regime, in power for two years after a coup. Copies of his declaration were sent to many Greek newspapers.

1979 : Three Mile Island nuclear plant


On March 28, 1979, an accident occured at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A cooling plant malfunction melted nearly half a reactor and radioactive steam escaped from the plant. The state of emergency was declared in the region and the public was informed, 5 hours later.

2005 : Nias Earthquake


On March 28, 2005, an earthquake of moment magnitude of 8.7 occured off the coast of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. 1300 people died, mostly on the island of Nias.

2007 : Peace talks at Arab League summit in Riyadh


On 28 March 2007, at the Arab League summit in Riyadh, the leaders called on Israel to respect the peace agreement proposed in 2002: Arab countries will recognize the state of Israel if Israel withdraws from occupied territories.

Cita del día : 28 Marso

Mario Vargas Llosa
Si te matan porque eres un escritor, esa es la máxima expresión de respeto, ya sabes.

Cumpleaños : 28 Marso

Aristide Briand, Político francés, Premio Nobel de la Paz (1862)
Maxim Gorky, Escritor ruso (1868)
Flora Robson, Actriz inglesa (1902)
Pandro S. Berman, Productor americano (1905)
Dirk Bogarde, Actor inglés (1921)
Freddie Bartholomew, Actor irlandés (1924)
Jerome Isaac Friedman, Físico estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1930)
Mario Vargas Llosa, Escritor peruano, Premio Nobel de Literatura (1936)
Neil Kinnock, Político inglés (1942)
Ken Howard, Actor americano (1944)
Henry Paulson, Economista estadounidense (1946)
Dianne Wiest, Actriz americana (1948)
Susan Ershler, Montañista estadounidense (1956)
Vince Vaughn, Actor americano (1970)
Benjamin Castaldi, Presentador de televisión francés (1970)
Annie Wersching, Actriz americana (1977)
Chae Rim, Actriz Corea del Sur (1979)
Julia Stiles, Actriz americana (1981)
Ladji Doucouré, Atleta francés (1983)
Nikki Sanderson, Actriz y modela inglesa (1984)
Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga), Cantante americana (1986)

Nos han dejado un 28 Marso

Go-Toba, Emperador de Japón (1239)
Nicolas de Condorcet, Matemático francés (1794)
Modest Mussorgsky, Compositor ruso (1881)
Virginia Woolf, Escritora inglesa (1941)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Compositor y pianista ruso (1943)
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34to Presidente de los Estados Unidos (1969)
Richard Arlen, Actor americano (1976)
Eric Shipton, Montañista británico (1977)
William Giauque, Químico canadiense, Premio Nobel (1982)
Marc Chagall, Pintor ruso-francés (1985)
Eugène Ionesco, Dramaturgo rumano y francés (1994)
Peter Ustinov, Actor inglés (2004)
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