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History …
March 28…
1797, The first U.S. patent for a washing machine was granted to Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire.
1834, the U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.
1854, during the Crimean War, Britain and France declared war on Russia.
1898, the Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen.
1930, the names of the Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora were changed to Istanbul and Ankara.
1939, the Spanish Civil War ended as Madrid fell to the forces of Francisco Franco.
1941, novelist and critic Virginia Woolf died in Lewes, England.
1942, during World War II, British naval forces raided the Nazi-occupied French port of St. Nazaire.
1953, athlete Jim Thorpe died in Lomita, Calif.
1969, In London, Ringo Starr announces that there will be no more public appearances by the Beatles.
1979, America's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.
The American Experience: Meltdown at Three Mile Island
On March 28, 1979 there was an accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. PBS Online offers a variety of resources relating to the accident and to nuclear power in general.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/three/
1994, playwright Eugene Ionesco died in Paris at age 81.
Missing in Action
1968 ARCHER BRUCE R. ROCHESTER NY 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 BOYER ALAN LEE IL
1968 BROWN GEORGE R. HOLLYHILL FL
1968 GRAHAM DENNIS L. GREENSBURG KS
1968 GROSSE CHRISTOPHER A. HARLINGEN TX
1968 HUSTON CHARLES G. SIDNEY OH
1968 MAC CANN HENRY E. MARBLEHEAD MA
1968 MONTAGUE PAUL J. ANTHONY KS 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 WALLACE MICHAEL W. SALT LAKE CITY UT REMAINS RETURNED 03/23/89
1969 BELCHER ROBERT A. BATON ROUGE LA
1969 MILLER MICHAEL A. TUCSON AZ
March 27…
1866, President Andrew Johnson vetoes the civil rights bill; it later becomes the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
1912, First lady Helen Taft plants the first Japanese cherry trees in Washington, D.C.
The Cherry Blossoms
Today marks the anniversary of the 1912 planting of two Yoshino cherry trees--gifts from Japan--in Washington D.C. The National Parks Service offers information about cherry blossoms and related annual festivities.
http://www.nps.gov/nacc/cherry/
http://www.arts.wa.gov/progFA/AsianFest/CherryBloss/facherryb2.html
1917, The Seattle Metropolitans become the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup
1924, Sarah Vaughn, American jazz and popular-music singer, one of the premier jazz singers of the 20th century, known for her expressive voice, unique vibrato (slight and rapid variation in pitch), and outstanding vocal range. Vaughan has influenced many singers by her application of jazz instrumental harmony to her vocal improvisations.
1958: Nikita Khrushchev becomes prime minister of the Soviet Union.
1973: Marlon Brando refuses his Oscar for The Godfather in protest of Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans.
Missing in Action
1967 PALENSCAR ALEXANDER J. III NEW YORK NY
1968 BADLEY JAMES LINDSDAY HERMISTON OR
1968 CALHOUN JOHNNY C. NEWMAN GA
1968 WHITTEKER RICHARD LEE EASTON PA
1969 CZERWIEC RAYMOND G. CHICAGO IL
1969 KERNS GAIL M. 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG INJURED ALIVE IN 98
1972 CROW RAYMOND J. JR. SALT LAKE CITY UT "CRASH, NO SURV FOUND"
1972 DREHER RICHARD E. ORRVILLE OH "CRASH, NO SURV FOUND"
1972 MANOR JAMES PANAMA CITY FL "CRASH, NO SURV FOUND"
1972 PANNABECKER DAVID E. WOLMELSDORF PA "CRASH, NO SURV FOUND"
1972 WONG EDWARD PUCK KOW OAKLAND CA
1972 WAGNER RAYMOND A. EVANSVILLE IN "CRASH, NO SURV FOUND"
March 26…
1827, German composer Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna.
1885, The first commercial motion picture film is manufactured by Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company
1911, Tennessee Williams, playwright
1925, Pierre Boulez, composer, conductor, and pianist
1930, Sandra Day O’Connor, American jurist, the first woman associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Born in El Paso, Texas, on March 26, 1930, and educated at Stanford University. O'Connor first entered public office as an assistant attorney general in Arizona (1965-69); she later served as a state senator (1969-74) and a superior court judge (1974-79). In 1979 she was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals. She was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to the U.S. Supreme Court in July 1981 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in September. Initially a strong conservative, in the late 1980s O'Connor became more of a centrist on a court sharply divided between conservatives and liberals. In several cases she upheld abortion rights.
1944, Diana Ross, singer
1953: Dr. Jonas Salk announces that he has successfully tested a vaccine against the crippling disease polio.
1960, Marcus Allen, football player
1962, American poet Robert Frost publishes his first new collection of poems in 15 years, In the Clearing
http://www.ketzle.com/frost/
http://www.nhstateparks.org/ParksPages/FrostFarm/Frost.html
Missing in Action...
1964 THOMPSON FLOYD J. 03/16/73 RELEASED ALIVE IN 98
1964 WHITESIDES RICHARD L. STOCKTON CA "NVA TOLD THOMPSON, FLOYD J. HE WAS KILLED"
1967 CROW FREDERICK A. JR. HAMPTON VA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 FOWLER HENRY P. CHEVY CHASE MD 02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE 98
1968 ALLGOOD FRANKIE E. FORT SCOTT KS SAR FAILED PILOT/CO-PILOT RESCUED
1968 EVANCHO RICHARD FREELAND PA SAR FAILED
1968 GREEN LARRY E. MT MORRIS MI SAR FAILED
1968 KERR ERNEST C. JR. AKRON OH SAR FAILED
1968 LOMAX RICHARD E. MANSFIELD OH
1968 MOWREY GLENN W. CHILLICOTHE OH SAR FAILED
1970 ALLEN HENRY L. DAYTONA FL
1970 ELZINGA RICHARD G. SHEDD OR
March 25…
1807, Britain abolishes the African slave
1911, The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire broke out on March 25, 1911; it lasted only 18 minutes but left 146 workers dead. This site presents an online exhibit about the fire, which inspired a turning point in American labor history.
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/
1920, Howard Cosell, television sports commentator
1925, Flannery O'Connor, writer
1934, born Gloria Steinem, (1934- ), American writer and political activist, a leading figure in the women's rights movement. Born in Toledo, Ohio, Steinem graduated from Smith College in 1956. She also studied in India at the universities of Delhi and Calcutta (now Kolkata). Seeking work in journalism, in 1960 she got a job with Help!, a political-satire magazine in New York City. In 1963, after the success of her article “I Was a Playboy Bunny,” about working undercover in the Playboy Club in Manhattan, New York City, her articles began to appear in such chic magazines as Vogue, Glamour, and Cosmopolitan. From 1964 to 1965 she also wrote scripts for the popular television show “That Was the Week That Was.”
1942, Aretha Franklin, singer
1947, Elton John, singer-songwriter
1957, The Treaty of Rome was signed, providing for the establishment of the European Economic Community (EEC), or Common Market.
Missing in Action
1966 SMITH BRADLEY E. LAKE MILTON OH 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 SHERMAN JOHN B. DARIEN CT REMAINS RETURNED IDENTIFIED 06/30/98
1967 HISE JAMES H. DES MOINES IA REFNO 0631
1969 HERRERA FREDERICK D. ALBUQUERQUE NM
1969 HICKS PRENTICE W. HUNTSVILLE AL
1969 ROBERTS RICHARD D. LANSING MI
1971 MC DONNEL R.D. SWEETWATER TX "KIA, BY GRENADE, AMBUSH"
1971 PUENTES MANUEL R. EL PASO TX "WOUNDED, AMBUSH, LAST SEEN MOVING"
1971 ROSSANO RICHARD J. NEW YORK NY "KIA, PROB HIT BY GRENADE"
March 24…
1882, German scientist Robert Koch announces that he has discovered the bacillus that causes tuberculosis.
1940, born, Robert (Bob) Gordo Mackie (1940- ), American costume and fashion designer. Mackie was born in Monterey Park, California, and attended Pasadena City College and the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. Intrigued as a child by motion-picture actresses and their opulent costumes in musicals, Mackie gravitated naturally to the film and television industry. In the 1960s his former teacher, designer Edith Head, selected him as an assistant; he later struck out on his own, winning Emmy awards for his designs for female entertainers. In the 1970s his designs for Cher dazzled viewers with their scantiness and audacity. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his costumes for Diana Ross in Lady Sings the Blues (1972) and Barbra Streisand in Funny Lady (1975).
1989, The Exxon Valdez oil tanker spills 260,000 barrels of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound.
Missing in Action
1966 BUSH ROBERT E. HAMDEN CT REMAINS RETURNED 12/15/88
1967 ELLISON JOHN C. LAYTON UT
1967 HALLBERG ROGER C. PALO ALTO CA
1967 PLOWMAN JAMES E. PEBBLE BEACH CA
1967 STEWART JACK T. WASHINGTON DC
1969 ARROYO-BAEZ GERASINO MAUNARO PR "08/24/72 DIC, ON PRG DIC LIST REMAINS RET 03/85"
1969 BOWERS RICHARD L. LAKE MILLS WI DIED IN ESCAPE ON CAPTURE DAY
1970 BORONSKI JOHN A. WARE MA SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 BECERRA RUDY M. RICHMOND TX SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 GANOE BERMAN JR. BELLEVIEW FL SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 HOSKEN JOHN C. CHAGRIN FALLS OH SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 HARNED GARY A. SPRINGBORO PA SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 O'DONNELL MICHAEL D. SPRINGFIELD IL SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 POOL JERRY L. FREEPORT IL SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1971 BUTCHER JACK M. ANN ARBOR MI 03/28/73 RELEASED BY PL ALIVE IN 98
1971 BECKWITH HARRY M. FLINT MI
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