On This Day in History
Discover key historical events within the Genesis range (1950–2049) that occurred on this calendar day, and claim their commemorative registry plaques.
March 28
7 historical milestones registered between 1950 and 2049
Civil rights movement: Over one hundred high school students conducted a sit-in protest in Rome, Georgia.
Wikipedia: Civil rights movement
Colonel Sun, written by Kingsley Amis, was published, becoming the first James Bond novel published after the death of Ian Fleming in 1964.
Wikipedia: Colonel Sun
British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.
Wikipedia: James Callaghan
In the Tragedy of Otranto, the Italian Navy vessel Sibilla collided with the Albanian civilian vessel Kateri i Radës, causing the latter to sink and leading to dozens of deaths.
Wikipedia: Tragedy of Otranto
Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.
Wikipedia: Kosovo War
A siege of a hotel in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab militants, which began the previous day and killed at least 20 people, ended with the Somali Armed Forces recapturing the premises.
Wikipedia: Makka al-Mukarama hotel attack
A magnitude-7.7 earthquake killed more than 5,000 people in Myanmar and Thailand.
Wikipedia: 2025 Myanmar earthquake