March 28

    What happened on March 28 in history

    3 events fall on March 28, from 1930 to 1979. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

    Events on March 28

    1. 1930

      Constantinople is renamed Istanbul

      The Turkish republic makes the Turkish name official for foreign post too.

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    2. 1939

      The Spanish Civil War ends

      Nationalist troops enter Madrid and the republic collapses.

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    3. 1979

      The Three Mile Island accident

      A partial meltdown in Pennsylvania becomes America's worst nuclear incident.

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