History's Top 5 Events on March 28 Uncovered #historicalevents #historicalfacts #historymonth
Channel: Mr. Dearmon - US History Teacher
Date: 03/04/2024

Uncover history's top 5 events that happened on March 28 in this video! From important milestones to fascinating facts, learn all about March 28 in history. #historicalevents #historicalfacts #historymonth 

37 Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known as Caligula (which means "little soldier's boots"), accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate
1804 Ohio passes law restricting movement of Blacks
1845 Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
1866 1st ambulance goes into service
1881 "Greatest Show On Earth" formed by P. T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey
1885 US Salvation Army officially organized
1910 1st seaplane to take off from water under its own power is piloted by Henri Fabre from the Étang de Berre lagoon at Martigues, France
1922 1st microfilm device introduced
1930 Turkish cities Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara
1935 Robert Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
1964 Discovery of Epstein-Barr virus, the first human tumor virus, identified by pathologists English Anthony Epstein and Yvonne Barr published in “Lancet"
1971 Last original edition of "The Ed Sullivan Show" broadcasts on CBS-TV
1979 A partial meltdown at Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the US results in the release of radioactive gas and iodine into the atmosphere but no deaths
1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley
2009 The first cases of H1N1 swine flu in the United States occur in two people in California
2013 Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to wash the feet of women in the Maundy Thursday service
2017 Britain introduces 1st new pound coin in 30 years with secret security feature inside to stop counterfeiting
2017 World's largest dinosaur footprint at 1.7 meters found in Kimberley, Western Australia

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