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.

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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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