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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.

Citazione del giorno : 28 Marzo

Mario Vargas Llosa
If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know.

Compleanni : 28 Marzo

Aristide Briand, Politico frances, Premio Nobel per la pace (1862)
Maxim Gorky, Scrittore russo (1868)
Flora Robson, Attrice inglese (1902)
Pandro S. Berman, Produttore americano (1905)
Dirk Bogarde, Attore inglese (1921)
Freddie Bartholomew, Attore irlandese (1924)
Jerome Isaac Friedman, Fisico americano, Premio Nobel (1930)
Mario Vargas Llosa, Scrittore peruviano, premio Nobel per la letteratura (1936)
Neil Kinnock, Politico inglese (1942)
Ken Howard, Attore americano (1944)
Henry Paulson, Economista americano (1946)
Dianne Wiest, Attrice americana (1948)
Susan Ershler, Alpinista americana (1956)
Vince Vaughn, Attore americano (1970)
Benjamin Castaldi, Presentatore televisivo francese (1970)
Annie Wersching, Attrice americana (1977)
Chae Rim, Attrice sud coreana (1979)
Julia Stiles, Attrice americana (1981)
Ladji Doucouré, Atleta francese (1983)
Nikki Sanderson, Attrice e modella inglese (1984)
Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga), Cantante americana (1986)

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Nicolas de Condorcet, Matematico francese (1794)
Modest Mussorgsky, Compositore russo (1881)
Virginia Woolf, Scrittrice inglese (1941)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Compositore e pianista russo (1943)
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34o presidente degli Stati Uniti (1969)
Richard Arlen, Attore americano (1976)
Eric Shipton, Alpinista britannico (1977)
William Giauque, Chimico canadese, Premio Nobel (1982)
Marc Chagall, Pittore russo-francese (1985)
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