March 28 in Pop Culture History |
| March 28th is… Black Forest Cake Day Children’s Picture Book Day Hot Tub Day Respect Your Cat Day Something on a Stick Day National Triglycerides Day Weed Appreciation Day |
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1783 (Earthquake) Calabria, Italy 1920 – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford married; it was the first high-profile celebrity wedding. 1949 – Fred Hoyle coined the term “Big Bang” in a radio interview. 1960 – Stanley Kramer was the first to get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 1964 (Earthquake) Alaska – the 8.4 on the Richter scale quake killed 125 people. 1979 – Three Mile Island Nuclear Disaster happened when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island failed to close. The China Syndrome, a movie about a nuclear meltdown caused by a faulty sensor reading and a stuck-open pressure release valve, was released only 12 days before the 3 Mile Island Meltdown, caused by a faulty sensor reading and a stuck open pressure release valve. 1981 – #1 Hit March 28, 1981 – April 10, 1981: Blondie – Rapture 1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awarded Olympic athlete Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal. 2005 (Earthquake) Northern Sumatra, Indonesia |