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What happened in history on this day: March 28?
On March 28 in ...
- 193 - Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated.
- 193 - Rule of Emperor Didianus Julianus of Rome begins.
- 593 - Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about age 67.
- 1134 - Stefanus Harding third abbott of Cîteaux/saint, dies.
- 1138 - Spanish rabbi/philosopher Maimonides is born; Spanish rabbi/philosopher.
- 1285 - Martinus IV [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies.
- 1468 - Birth of Charles I Duke of Savoy.
- 1472 - Birth of Fra Bartolomeo monk, Florentine Renaissance painter.
- 1483 - Birth of Raphael Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens).
- 1515 - Birth of Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus Spanish mystic writer/saint.
- 1535 - Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked and destroyed.
- 1556 - Karel V's son Philip II crowned king of Spain.
- 1556 - Origin of Fasli Era (India).
- 1566 - Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein Austrian diplomat, dies at age 79.
- 1592 - Birth of Jan Amos Komensky [Comenius] Moravian educational reformer.
- 1603 - Birth of Stephan Otto composer.
- 1615 - Birth of Pieter de Groot Dutch regent/diplomat.
- 1621 - Birth of Heinrich Schwemmer composer.
- 1660 - Birth of Georg Ludwig German monarch of Hanover/King George I of Great Britain.
- 1673 - Adam Pijnacker Dutch landscape painter/etcher, buried at age 51.
- 1677 - Wenzel Hollar Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about age 69.
- 1687 - Constantine Huygens diplomat/poet/composer (Bluebottles), dies at age 90.
- 1712 - Jan van der Heyden Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at age 75.
- 1727 - Birth of Maximilian III Jozef Elector of Bayern (1745-77).
- 1729 - Birth of Pieter Fouquet Dutch art seller (Atlas of Fouquet).
- 1731 - Birth of Rámon de la Cruz Spanish playwright/interpreter.
- 1738 - English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear).
- 1750 - Birth of Francisco A G de Miranda Venezuelan freedom fighter.
- 1758 - Jonathan Edwards US theologist (Great Awakening), dies at age 54.
- 1760 - Birth of Thomas Clarkson English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation).
- 1766 - Birth of Joseph Weigl Austria composer, conductor (Emmeline).
- 1774 - Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts.
- 1794 - Louvre Museum in Paris, France, opens to the public (although officially opened since August).
- 1796 - Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church.
- 1797 - Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine.
- 1799 - Birth of Karl Adolph von Basedow; German artist (Ziekte van Basedow).
- 1799 - Death of Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders at age 55; Dutch adventurer/spy.
- 1799 - New York State abolishes slavery.
- 1801 - Death of Ralph Abercromby at age 66; English army commander (North Holland).
- 1802 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
- 1806 - Birth of Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele; Governor-General of Netherland Indies (1861-66).
- 1818 - Birth of Wade Hampton in Charleston, South Carolina, USA; Lieutenant General (Confederate Army) (dies 1902).
- 1834 - US Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of United States.
- 1840 - Birth of Mehemed Emin Pasja; German explorer/Governor (Equatoria).
- 1845 - Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US.
- 1853 - Birth of Rudolf Kittel; German theologist (Psalms).
- 1854 - Great Britain and France declare war on Russia (Crimea War).
- 1859 - Birth of Joséphin Péladan; French writer/founder (French Rosicrucians).
- 1862 - Birth of Aristide Briand in France; premier (1909-22) (Nobel Prize 1926).
- 1863 - James Cooper, US attorney/senator/USA-Brigadier-General, dies at age 52.
- 1868 - James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about age 70.
- 1868 - Birth of Aleksei Peshikov AKA Maxim Gorki in Russia; playwright (The Lower Depths, Night Asylum).
- 1871 - Birth of Willem Mengelberg in Utrecht, Netherlands; conductor (New York Philharmonic 1922-30).
- 1872 - Birth of José Sanjurjo y Sacanell; Spanish General (Morocco).
- 1880 - Birth of Rosina Lhévinne in Kiev, Ukraine; pianist/professor (Juilliard Graduate School).
- 1880 - Eelco Refer, linguistic (Oera Linda Book?), dies at age 49.
- 1885 - US Salvation Army is officially organized.
- 1887 - Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-), dies at age 75.
- 1890 - Birth of Paul Whiteman in Denver, Colorado, USA; orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club).
- 1891 - First world weightlifting championship held.
- 1891 - Birth of Peter Suhrkamp; German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag).
- 1891 - Dick Pilling, cricket player ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", England 1881-88), dies.
- 1895 - Birth of Spencer W Kimball; 12th prophet of Mormon church.
- 1899 - Birth of August Anheuser Busch Junior; brewing magnate and baseball executive (dies 1989).
- 1900 - Birth of Robert Harris; actor (Big Caper, Laughing Anne).
- 1902 - 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee, USA (state record).
- 1902 - Birth of Flora Robson in South Shields, England; actress (Dominique is Dead, The Years Between).
- 1903 - Birth of Rudolf Serkin in Eger, Bohemia; pianist (Marlboro School of Music).
- 1904 - Birth of Fosco Giachetti in Livorno, Italy; actor (Wastrel, We the Living).
- 1905 - Birth of Marlin Perkins in Carthage, Missouri, USA; zoologist, TV show host (Zoo Parade, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom).
- 1905 - Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname; never used.
- 1906 - Birth of Joseph Wright in Canada; oarsman (Olympics-gold-1928).
- 1906 - Birth of Robert (Bob) Allen; actor (Texas Rangers).
- 1909 - Birth of Nelson Algren; US novelist (Man with the Golden Arm).
- 1910 - Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane (the Fabre Hydravion) after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
- 1910 - Birth of Ingrid; Queen Mother of Denmark.
- 1912 - Birth of A[rthur] Bertram Chandler in the United Kingdom; sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space).
- 1912 - Birth of Frank Lovejoy in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Gangbusters radio show, Night Beat radio show, Mr. and Mrs. North radio show, Murder and Mr. Malone radio show, This is Your FBI radio show, The Blue Beetle radio show, Damon Runyon Theater radio show, Man Against Crime TV show, Meet McGraw TV show).
- 1914 - Birth of Edmund Sixtus Muskie; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Maine), US Secretary of State (1980).
- 1915 - Birth of Jay Livingston in McDonald, Pennsylvania, USA; songwriter ("Mona Lisa", "Que Sera, Sera", "Buttons and Bows", "Silver Bells", "Bonanza" TV show theme, "Mr. Ed" TV show theme).
- 1915 - Birth of Raymond Emery; cricket player (New Zealand Test batsman versus West Indies 1952).
- 1917 - Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv and Jaffa by Turkish authorities.
- 1919 - Birth of Jacob Avshalomov in Tsingtao, China; composer ("Sinfonietta", "The Oregon").
- 1919 - Birth of Tom Brooks; cricket player (New South Wales fast bowler of the 1930s, later Test umpire).
- 1920 - Birth of Gene Chappie; American politician (Representative-Republican-California, 1981-86).
- 1920 - Thomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia.
- 1921 - Birth of Dirk Bogarde in Hampstead, London, England; actor (Death in Venice, The Servant).
- 1922 - First microfilm device is introduced.
- 1922 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Saint Patricks (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), three games to 2.
- 1924 - Birth of Freddie Bartholomew in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield).
- 1925 - Birth of Innokenti Smoktunovsky; actor (Bely Prazdnik, Zakoldovannye).
- 1926 - Birth of Polly Umrigar; cricket player (Indian batsman and captain).
- 1928 - Birth of Zbigniew Brzezinski in Warsaw, Poland; US national security advisor (under President Jimmy Carter).
- 1929 - Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador.
- 1930 - Constantinople and Angora changes names to Istanbul and Ankara.
- 1931 - Death of Ban Johnson at age 67, American baseball executive (founded American League) (born 1864).
- 1932 - Birth of Sven Oskar Lindqvist; Swedish writer (Myten om Wu Tao-tzu).
- 1933 - Birth of Frank Murkowski; American politician (Senator-Republican-Alaska).
- 1935 - Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket.
- 1936 - Birth of Mario Vargas in Llosa, Peru; writer (Aunt Julia) / Presidential candidate.
- 1939 - Poland rejects Adolf Hitler's demand that Danzig be ceded to Germany.
- 1939 - Renaissance Big 5 win first pro basketball championship.
- 1939 - Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco.
- 1940 - Birth of J Michael Plumb in Islip, New York, USA; equestrian (Olympics-2 gold/4 silver-1976,1984).
- 1940 - Birth of Kevin Loughery; NBA star/coach (Baltimore, Philadelphia).
- 1941 - Birth of Alf Clausen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; orchestra leader (Mary, The Simpsons, Alf).
- 1941 - Birth of Charlie McCoy in Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA; harmonica player (Hee Haw TV show).
- 1941 - Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy.
- 1941 - Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), commits suicide at age 59.
- 1942 - A British commando raid by 18 naval craft and 611 men is staged on Saint Nazaire, France. The Normandie dry dock gate is destroyed by HMS Campbeltown, the only dock capable of servicing German battleships on the Atlantic. Only two vessels return to England. 169 British men and over 400 Germans die.
- 1942 - 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38.
- 1942 - Birth of Brian Jones [Lewis B Hopkin] in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England; pop guitarist (The Rolling Stones).
- 1942 - Birth of Neil Kinnock in Wales; leader of the British opposition (Labour).
- 1942 - Birth of Samuel Ramey in Colby, Kansas, USA; bass (La Scala).
- 1942 - Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at age 67.
- 1942 - Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies at age 31.
- 1942 - (evening) 234 British aircraft attack Lübeck, Germany. 12 planes are shot down. One-third of the area is burned, leaving 16,000 homeless. The central power station and several factories are destroyed. This raid is the first to have a major impact on the German homeland. The port is closed for three weeks. A week later Joseph Goebbels writes in his diary: "The damage is enormous. It is horrible." British Deputy Chief of Air Staff Arthur Harris writes of the attack, ". . . the first German city went up in flames".
- 1943 - Birth of Conchata Ferrell in Charleston, West Virginia, USA; actress (Deadly Hero, For Keeps, Susan - L.A. Law, Two and a Half Men, Hot L Baltimore, Edward Scissorhands).
- 1943 - Birth of Mike Newell; director (Bad Blood, Awakening, Amazing Grace and Chuck).
- 1943 - Birth of Richard Eyre; British director (National Theatre).
- 1944 - 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40.
- 1944 - In Sweden, Astrid Lindgren sprains her ankle and begins writing Pippi Longstocking.
- 1944 - Birth of Ken Howard in El Centro, California, USA; actor (Ken - White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776, Crossing Jordan).
- 1944 - Birth of Rick Barry in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA; basketball player (San Francisco Warriors/1966 NBA rookie of the year).
- 1944 - Rabbi Chayyim Most Maggid of Kovono is killed by Germans.
- 1944 - Stephen Butler Leacock, writer/economist (Literary Lapses), dies at age 75.
- 1945 - Birth of Chuck Portz in Santa Monica, California, USA; bassist (Turtles - "Happy Together").
- 1945 - Birth of Hans Brunhart; leader of Liechtenstein (1978-93).
- 1945 - Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London, England.
- 1947 - Birth of Bruce Gilbert; producer (The China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond).
- 1948 - Second Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win.
- 1948 - Birth of Dianne Wiest in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actress (Radio Days, Hannah and Her Sisters, Footloose, Law and Order, In Treatment).
- 1948 - Birth of John Evans [Evan]; rock drummer (Jethro Tull, Blades - "A Song for Jeffrey").
- 1948 - Birth of Wubbo J Ockels in Almelo, Netherlands; astronaut (STS 22).
- 1949 - Birth of Milan Williams; American keyboardist (Commodores - "Three Times a Lady").
- 1949 - Birth of Ronnie Ray Smith; 4 X 100 metre relay runner (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1949 - Birth of Shafiq Ahmed; cricket player (Pakistani batsman during the 1970s).
- 1950 - 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: City College of New York beats Bradley 71-68; CCNY becomes first to win NCAA and National Invitation Basketball in same year.
- 1950 - Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at age 67.
- 1952 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.
- 1952 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button.
- 1953 - 7th Tony Awards: Crucible and Wonderful Town win.
- 1953 - Birth of Nydia M Velazquez; American politician (Representative-Democrat-New York, 1993-).
- 1953 - Death of James Francis Thorpe AKA Wa-Tho-Huk (Bright Path) at age 64 of a heart attack in Lomita, California, USA; won pentathlon and decathlon at Stockholm Olympic Games 1912.
- 1953 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.
- 1953 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins.
- 1954 - 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win.
- 1954 - Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at age 69.
- 1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open.
- 1955 - Birth of Reba McEntire in McAlester, Oklahoma, USA; country singer ("Can't Even Get the Blues"), actress.
- 1955 - New Zealand cricket all out for 26 versus England at Eden Park.
- 1956 - Birth of Asoka De Silva; cricket leg-spinner (Sri Lanka in ten Tests 1985-91).
- 1956 - Birth of Evelin Jahl in the German Democratic Republic; discus thrower (Olympics-2 gold-1976).
- 1956 - Birth of T A Sekar; Indian cricket pace-bowler (two Tests 1982-83 little impact).
- 1957 - First American National Curling Championship is held.
- 1957 - Birth of Harvey Glance in Phoenix City, Alabama, USA; 4x100 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1958 - Birth of Bart Wayne Conner in Morton Grove, Illinois, USA; gymnast (Olympics-2 gold-1984).
- 1958 - Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillies' homerun hitter, dies at age 53.
- 1958 - Death of William Christopher Handy at age 84 in New York, USA; conductor/composer ("St. Louis Blues" (1914)).
- 1959 - Eleven days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama.
- 1959 - Birth of Todd Curtis; actor (Capitol, Skip - The Young and the Restless).
- 1959 - James Neblett, cricket player (one Test West Indies versus England 1935), dies.
- 1959 - Birth of Stephanie Dunnam in Oak Harbor, Washington, USA; actress (Emerald Point N.A.S., Mistral's Daughter, Dynasty).
- 1960 - Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I - The Ten Commandments, Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at age 61.
- 1960 - Pope John raises the first Japanese, first African, and first Filipino cardinals.
- 1960 - Scotch factory explodes burying 20 firefighters (Glasgow, Scotland).
- 1961 - Birth of Byron Scott; NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies).
- 1962 - Birth of Ged Grimes [Danny Wilson]; rocker (Mary's Prayer).
- 1962 - Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives West Indies cricket victory over India.
- 1962 - Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees.
- 1963 - AFL's New York Titans become the New York Jets.
- 1963 - Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at age 52.
- 1963 - Birth of Therese Washtock in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; three day equestrian (Olympics-1996).
- 1965 - Birth of Jeff Beukeboom in Ajax, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (New York Rangers).
- 1965 - Near the west coast of central Chile, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs. About 400 persons are killed, 350 injured, and extensive property damage reported throughout the area. 230-foot dam near El Cobre village shatters, releasing 2 million tons of water and mud on the village.
- 1965 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational.
- 1966 - Birth of Jason Garrett; NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1966 - Birth of Serge Djelloul; hockey defenseman (Team France 1998).
- 1967 - Birth of David Lang; NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1967 - Birth of Ed[ward] Grose in Juneau, Alaska, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Shawn Boskie in Hawthorne, Nevada, USA; pitcher (California Angels).
- 1967 - United Nations Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam.
- 1967 - TV movie Ironside airs in the US, starring Raymond Burr.
- 1967 - Birth of Tracey Needham; actress (Life Goes On, JAG, The Division).
- 1968 - Birth of Chad Biafore; hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998).
- 1968 - Birth of Dennis Postlewait in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA; Nike golfer (1994 Wichita Open).
- 1968 - Birth of Max Perlich; actor (JH Brodie - Homicide: Life on the Street, Spawn).
- 1968 - Birth of Nasser Hussain; cricket player (Essex and England batsman).
- 1968 - Birth of Teee Williams in Los Angeles, California, USA; volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Cheryl "Salt" James; rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa - "Shake Ya Thang").
- 1969 - Birth of Craig Paquette in Long Beach, California, USA; infielder (Kansas City Royals).
- 1969 - Birth of Earnest Stewart; soccer player (Willem II).
- 1969 - Birth of Elliot Perry; NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks).
- 1969 - Birth of Scottie Graham; NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings, Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1969 - In Turkey, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurs in the Alasehir region. Eleven people were killed and over 7,000 houses destroyed or moderately damaged.
- 1969 - Death of Dwight David Eisenhower at age 78 in Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington DC, USA; supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II, 34th US President (1953-61), subject of US dollar coin (1971-78).
- 1970 - In Gediz, Turkey, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs. Over 1,000 killed, more than 12,000 houses destroyed or severely damaged in the Gediz-Emet area of Kutahya Province. Over 50 percent of the buildings were damaged in 53 villages in the area. Strong aftershocks cause considerable additional damage.
- 1970 - Birth of James Johnson; NFL/WLAF running back (Tampa Buccaneers, Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1970 - Birth of Jason B Gailes in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA; rower (Olympics-silver-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Shawn Price; NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers, Buffalo Bills).
- 1971 - Birth of Damien Marsh; Australian 100 metre/200 metre swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Wesley Person; NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers).
- 1971 - Birth of Mr. Cheeks; rapper (Lost Boyz).
- 1972 - Birth of Derek West; offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1972 - Birth of Jonathan Edwards in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; doubles luger (Olympics-1994).
- 1972 - Birth of Keith Tkachuk in Melrose, Massachusetts, USA; NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, USA).
- 1972 - Birth of Michael Smith; NBA forward (Sacramento Kings).
- 1972 - Birth of Mike Morton; linebacker (Oakland Raiders).
- 1972 - Birth of Shannon Mitchell; NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers).
- 1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1972 - Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game.
- 1973 - Birth of Andrew Whittall; cricket player (cousin of Guy Zimbabwe off-spinner 1996).
- 1973 - Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies.
- 1974 - Birth of K C Jones; NFL center (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1974 - Dorothy Fields, US singer ("Way you Look Tonight"), dies at age 68.
- 1974 - Françoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at age 82.
- 1975 - Birth of Atta-ur-Rehman; cricket player (Pakistani quickie, debut vs England 1992 age 17).
- 1975 - In Eastern Idaho, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs.
- 1975 - Washington Capitals win first game on road after 37 straight road losses also sets own team record with 17 straight losses.
- 1976 - Birth of Dave Keuning; guitarist (The Killers).
- 1977 - 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina 67-59.
- 1977 - Birth of Angelo Garcia in Brooklyn, New York; singer (Menudo-Cannonball).
- 1977 - Morarji Desai forms government in India.
- 1978 - Birth of Nafisa Joseph; Miss India-Universe (1997).
- 1979 - Birth of Juli Keech; Miss South Dakota Teen-USA (1997).
- 1979 - In Britain, Prime Minister Jim Callaghan's minority Labour government loses a motion of confidence by one vote, forcing a general election, to be held on May 3.
- 1979 - Emmett Kelly, American circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at age 80 (born 1898).
- 1979 - In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, a nuclear energy reactor at Three Mile Island overheats to 4000 degrees, due to a failed drainage valve. Cooling water contaminated with radiation drains into adjoining buildings, releasing radioactive gases throughout the plant and into the atmosphere. By the end of the day, cooling water is restarted, reducing temperature and averting a meltdown.
- 1980 - Talpiot Tomb is found in Jerusalem.
- 1980 - Birth of Cara Lewis; Miss Mississippi Teen-USA (1997).
- 1980 - Death of Dick Haymes at age 63 of lung cancer; vocalist ("Little White Lies", "Count Every Star", "It Can't Be Wrong", "You'll Never Know", "I'll Get By", "Mamselle"), actor (Real Life, Betrayal).
- 1981 - Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 metre (40.18 seconds).
- 1981 - France performs nuclear test.
- 1981 - Gabi Schönbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:01.70).
- 1981 - Viv Richards scores century in the first Test at his home in Antigua.
- 1981 - Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500 metre (36.91 seconds).
- 1981 - Birth of Julia Stiles; American actress (Before Women Had Wings, The '60's).
- 1982 - 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises US$19,500,000.
- 1982 - First NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Louisiana Tech beats Cheney 76-62.
- 1982 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1982 - José Napoleón Duartes' christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador.
- 1982 - Near the coast of Peru, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs. Three people killed and extensive damage at Lunahuana.
- 1982 - Death of William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1895).
- 1983 - Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at age 71.
- 1983 - Martinus A Jansen, bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70), dies at age 77.
- 1984 - Kenneth Whitty, first Secretary at British Embassy in Athens, is shot dead.
- 1984 - Death of Carmen Dragon at age 69; bandleader (Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra on NBC Radio's Standard Oil Hour, Maxwell House Coffee Time, The Railroad Hour).
- 1985 - International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley's Comet.
- 1986 - Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana, India.
- 1986 - Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey - Man From Atlantis), dies at age 39.
- 1986 - Virginia Gilmore, actress (Jennie, Western Union), dies.
- 1987 - Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at age 82 in Vermont, USA (born 1905). Her story was made famous by the movie The Sound of Music.
- 1987 - Patrick Troughton, British actor (Doctor Who), dies at age 56 (born 1920).
- 1989 - New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court.
- 1990 - Bengal beats Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.
- 1990 - Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at age 65.
- 1990 - Michael Jordan scores 69 points, fourth time he scores 60 points in a game.
- 1990 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
- 1991 - Carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at age 85.
- 1991 - NBC airs the 100th episode of L.A. Law TV show.
- 1992 - 6th American Comedy Awards: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal.
- 1992 - Ann Transon runs female world record 50km (3:05:01).
- 1992 - PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel.
- 1993 - 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins.
- 1993 - 22nd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Helen Alfredsson.
- 1993 - Conservative Gaullists win legislative election in France, and Édouard Balladur becomes prime minister.
- 1993 - Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031).
- 1994 - Inkatha Freedom Party and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, South Africa; over 53 killed.
- 1994 - Eugene Ionesco, Romanian-born playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at age 84 (born 1909).
- 1994 - Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election.
- 1994 - Death of Wendell Niles at age 89; radio announcer (The Bob Hope Show, Adventures of Philip Marlowe, The Man Called X), TV announcer (Truth or Consequences, Let's Make a Deal, Colgate Comedy Hour, It Could Be You).
- 1995 - Hugh Edward R O'Connor, actor (In the Heat of the Night), dies of drug overdose at age 32.
- 1995 - Queensland beats South Australia to win first ever cricket Sheffield Shield.
- 1995 - Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge to form the world's largest bank.
- 1996 - Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America.
- 1996 - Ken Dibbs, actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at age 78.
- 1996 - Shin Kanemaru, Vice President of Japan (1986-87), dies at age 81.
- 1996 - Fire breaks out at the Pasar Anyar shopping centre in Bogor, West Java. The first death toll estimate is 78 until rescuers notice that 68 of them are mannequins.
- 1996 - Three British soldiers are found guilty of the manslaughter of Danish tour guide Louise Jensen in Cyprus. Allan Ford, Justin Fowler and Geoffrey Pernell receive life sentences for their crime, which was committed in September 1994.
- 1996 - In Ecuador, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs. At least 27 people killed, 100 injured, several thousand homeless.
- 1997 - ABC-TV airs the last episode of the soap opera City.
- 1999 - 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Purdue beats Duke 62-45 in San Jose California.
- 2001 - Death of Moe Koffman at age 72 from cancer; saxophonist and flute player ("Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (1958))..
- 2003 - Japan launches two spy satellites into orbit. North Korea calls it "a hostile act".
- 2003 - Japan's Mizuho bank, the world's largest, completes raising a record-breaking 1.1 trillion yen (US$9.2 billion), in under two months.
- 2004 - In France, the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin suffers a stunning and unprecedented defeat in regional elections.
- 2004 - The first ever South Atlantic hurricane makes landfall in South Brazil on the state of Santa Catarina - the hurricane is dubbed Hurricane Catarina.
- 2004 - Death of Art James at age 75; broadcaster, actor, host (Say When!, Fractured Phrases, The Who, What, Or Where Game, Matches 'N' Mates, Pay Cards!, Temptation, The Joker's Wild, The Magnificent Marble Machine, Concentration, Classic Concentration, Family Feud, Catchphrase).
- 2004 - Death of Peter Ustinov at age 82 due to heart failure; actor/writer/raconteur (In All Directions radio show, "The Grand Prix of Gibraltar" album).
- 2005 - In Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake occurs. At least 1,300 people killed, 350 injured and hundreds of buildings destroyed. A 3-metre tsunami damaged the port and airport on Simeulue.
- 2006 - Death of Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (born 1917).
- 2006 - Square Enix releases the Kingdom Hearts II video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA.
- 2007 - Former Major League Baseball pitcher Ugueth Urbina is sentenced to 14 years in prison.
- 2009 - NASA's space shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a 13-day mission to the International Space Station.
- 2009 - Earth Hour is observed at 8:30 PM local time around the world, as lights are turned out to raise awareness of climate change.
- 2009 - Three Canadian figure skaters (Barbara Underhill, Paul Martini, and Brian Orser) are inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame, in a ceremony at the world figure skating championships in Los Angeles, California.
- 2009 - Death of Janet Jagan, first white and female president of Guyana (1997-), of abdominal aneurysm, at age 88, in Georgetown, Guyana.
- 2018 - North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un meets Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping, leaving the country for the first time since assuming office in 2011.
- 2018 - At least 78 people die in a fire in the police headquarters of Valencia, Venezuela.
- 2021 - Death of Didier Ratsiraka, 3rd President of Madagascar (born 1936).
- 2022 - Shanghai city authorities of the People's Republic of China begin a lockdown of the entire city to combat a COVID-19 virus outbreak.
- 2022 - Buffalo, New York, announces it will contribute US$850 million toward building a stadium for the Buffalo Bills. Largest ever taxpayer contribution for a professional football facility in the USA.
- 2022 - In Abuja, Nigeria, a train with 400 passengers and guards is bombed, then fired on by gunmen, killing 8, injuring 25, kidnapping over 140 others.
- 2023 - Death of Ryuichi Sakamoto at age 71 of rectal cancer; Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra group, "async" album), composer (The Last Emperor film, Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence movie (1983), The Revenant movie (2015), Oscar award winner), actor (Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence movie (1983)).
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