History for March 28

History for March 28 - On-This-Day.com
August Busch 1899, Frank Lovejoy 1912, Dianne Wiest 1948 - Actress ("Law and Order")


Reba McEntire 1955 - Actress, country singer, Vince Vaughn 1969 - Actor, Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) 1986 - Musician

1774 - Britain passed the Coercive Act against Massachusetts.


1854 - The Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring war on Russia.


1885 - The Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S.


1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen. This meant that they could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act.


1917 - During World War I the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded.


1933 - In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.


1974 - A streaker ran onto the set of "The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson."


1979 - A major accident occurred at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A nuclear power reactor overheated and suffered a partial meltdown.