IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MARCH 28:

These are some of the historical events that happened on this day:  March 28.  They are brought to you by the Publishers of  ALPHA-PHONICS.  Be sure to look at the special video at the bottom of this post.

• 193 Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.  Learn about the “Year of Five Emperors.”  MORE

845 Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving
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1556 Karel V’s son Philip II crowned King of Spain

• 1774 Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts.  The “Intolerable Acts.”  More

• 1797 Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine.  MORE

• 1834 Senate censure President Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US.  “The Bank Wars.”  MORE

• 1866 1st ambulance goes into service.  MORE

• 1885 US Salvation Army officially organized

• 1910 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre)

• 1917 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities

• 1922 1st microfilm device introduced

1939 Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco

• 1945 Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London

• 1979 Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths)

• 1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley.  MORE

2013 Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to wash the feet of women in the Maundy

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• 2017 World’s largest dinosaur footprint at 1.7 metres found in Kimberley, Western Australia.  MORE

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