March 28
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Art and culture
- 1871 - The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
Births
- 1909 - Nelson Algren, American writer (d. 1981)
- 1914 - Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (d. 1997)
- 1921 - Dirk Bogarde, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1930 - Robert Ashley, American composer
- 1936 - Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and politician
- 1975 - Richard Kelly, American film director
- 1975 - Derek Hill, American racing driver
- 1976 - David Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers)
- 1977 - Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player
- 1977 - Lauren Weisberger, American novelist
- 1979 - Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress
- 1980 - Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
- 1980 - Luke Walton, American basketball player
- 1981 - Julia Stiles, American actress
- 1981 - Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player
- 1982 - Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress
- 1983 - Ryan Ashington, English footballer
- 1984 - Christopher Samba, French-born footballer
- 1984 - Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model
- 1984 - Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer
- 1986 - J-Kwon, American rapper
- 1986 - Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player
- 1988 - Lacey Turner, British soap actress
- 1989 - Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
- 1989 - Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
- 1989 - Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
- 1989 - Afrikan Boy, a grime MC
- 1991 - Amy Bruckner, American actress
- 1991 - Sophie Mullen, English actress
Deaths
- 193 - Pertinax, Roman Emperor (b. 126)
- 1072 - Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
- 1239 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
- 1285 - Pope Martin IV
- 1563 - Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)
- 1566 - Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (b. 1486)
- 1677 - Václav Hollar, Czech-born actor (b. 1607)
- 1687 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
- 1794 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
- 1850 - Gerard C. Brandon, American politician (b. 1788)
- 1866 - Solomon Foot, American politician (b. 1802)
- 1868 - James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, British military leader (b. 1797)
- 1870 - George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
- 1874 - Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (b. 1795)
- 1881 - Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer (b. 1839)
- 1910 - David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837)
- 1910 - Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (b. 1838)
- 1929 - Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (b. 1861)
- 1939 - Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)
- 1941 - Virginia Woolf, English feminist writer (b. 1882)
- 1942 - Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet, death in prison (b. 1910)
- 1943 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1873)
- 1944 - Stephen Leacock, Canadian humorist (b. 1869)
- 1946 - Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904)
- 1947 - Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
- 1949 - Grigoraş Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (b. 1889)
- 1953 - Jim Thorpe, American athlete (b. 1887)
- 1958 - W.C. Handy, American composer (b. 1873)
- 1965 - Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (b. 1885)
- 1965 - Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (b. 1888)
- 1969 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
- 1974 - Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (b. 1905)
- 1976 - Arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1905)
- 1976 - Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)
- 1978 - Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941)
- 1979 - Emmett Kelly, American clown (b. 1898)
- 1980 - Dick Haymes, Argentine-born singer and actor (b. 1918)
- 1982 - William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
- 1984 - Carmen Dragon, American conductor, composer and arranger (b. 1914)
- 1985 - Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (b. 1887)
- 1986 - Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
- 1987 - Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (b. 1905)
- 1987 - Patrick Troughton, British actor (b. 1920)
- 1993 - Scott Cunningham, Occult author (b. 1956)
- 1994 - Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born French playwright (b. 1909)
- 1995 - Hugh O'Connor, American actor (b. 1962)
- 1999 - Freaky Tah, American rapper (Lost Boyz) (b. 1971)
- 2000 - Anthony Powell, British novelist (b. 1905)
- 2001 - Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (b. 1928)
- 2003 - Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (b. 1923)
- 2004 - Art James, American game show host (b. 1929)
- 2004 - Peter Ustinov, British actor (b. 1921)
- 2005 - Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)
- 2006 - Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
- 2006 - Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
- 2006 - Kevin Pro Hart, Australian artist (b. 1928)
- 2006 - Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)
Notes
Albert Goldman Marc Chagall Dirk Bogarde Jean-Jacques Lequeu Virginia Woolf Jacques Callot Pamela Green Nelson Algren Bohumil Hrabal Robert Ashley Teresa of Ávila Mario Vargas Llosa Richard Kelly (director)
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