Events
Pre-1600
AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.
193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.Herodian, Roman History, ii.6–13
364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
1566 – The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
1601–1900
1737 – The Marathas under Baji Rao I attack and defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Delhi.
1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1794 – Allies under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1801 – Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.
1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.
1814 – War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels of equal strength.
1842 – First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
1862 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory.
The battle began on March 26.
1871 – The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
1883 – Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
1901–present
1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
1918 – General John J. Pershing, during World War I, cancels 42nd 'Rainbow' Division's orders to Rolampont for further training and diverted it to the occupy the Baccarat sector.
Rainbow Division becomes "the first American division to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for a period of three months".
1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
1933 – The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
1942 – World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
1946 – Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1951 – First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
1959 – The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
1965 – An  7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town El Cobre and killing at least 500.
1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students.
1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1970 – An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.
1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
1979   – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
1990 – United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1994 – In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.
1999 – Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
2003 – In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
2005 – An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.
2006 – Massive protests are mounted against France's First Employment Contract law, meant to reduce youth unemployment.
Births
Pre-1600
931 – Liu Chengyou, emperor of Later Han (d. 951)
1097 – Atsiz, Abbasid caliph (d. 1156)
1416 – Jodha of Mandore, Ruler of Marwar (d. 1489)
1468 – Charles I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1490)
1472 – Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter (d. 1517)
1483 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
1515 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1582)
1522 – Albert the Warlike, German prince (d. 1557)
1527 – Isabella Markham, English courtier (d. 1579)
1591 – William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English earl (d. 1668)
1592 – John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop and educator (d. 1670)
1599 – Witte de With, Dutch captain (d. 1658)
1601–1900
1613 – Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (d. 1688)
1621 – Heinrich Schwemmer, German composer and educator (d. 1696)
1638 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch botanist and anatomist (d. 1731)
1652 – Samuel Sewall, English judge (d. 1730)
1725 – Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (d. 1795)
1727 – Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, (d. 1777)
1743 – Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, Russian academic and politician (d. 1810)
1750 – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 1816)
1760 – Thomas Clarkson, English activist (d. 1846)
1773 – Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
1793 – Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist (d. 1864)
1795 – Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian and author (d. 1876)
1806 – Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist (d. 1891)
1811 – John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (d. 1860)
1815 – Arsène Houssaye, French author and poet (d. 1896)
1818 – Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1902)
1819 – Joseph Bazalgette, English architect and engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge and Battersea Bridge (d. 1891)
1828 – Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (d. 1914)
1832 – Henry D. Washburn, American politician, general and explorer (d. 1871)
1836 – Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904)
1840 – Emin Pasha, German-Jewish Egyptian physician and politician (d. 1892)
1847 – Gyula Farkas, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1930)
1849 – James Darmesteter, French historian and author (d. 1894)
1850 – Kyrle Bellew, English theatre actor (d. 1911)
1851 – Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (d. 1944)
1862 – Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
1866 – Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)
1868 – Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1936)
1871 – Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor (d. 1951)
1873 – John Geiger, American rower (d. 1956)
1878 – Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-American painter (d. 1965)
1879 – Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork (d. 1920)
1881 – Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (d. 1918)
1884 – Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1951)
1886 – Gustave Mesny, French general (d. 1945)
1890 – Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1967)
1892 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1892   – Tom Maguire, Irish general (d. 1993)
1893 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (d. 1971)
1894 – Ernst Lindemann, German captain (d. 1941)
1895 – Ángela Ruiz Robles, Spanish teacher, writer and inventor, pioneer of the electronic book (d. 1975)
1895   – Christian Herter, American politician, 53rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1966)
1895   – Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (d. 1960)
1895   – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1985)
1897 – Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
1897   – Tillie Voss, American football player (d. 1975)
1899 – Gussie Busch, American businessman (d. 1989)
1899   – Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1973)
1899   – Buck Shaw, American football player and coach (d. 1977)
1900 – Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004)
1901–present
1902 – Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
1902   – Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech fiddler and composer (d. 1988)
1903 – Rudolf Serkin, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1991)
1904 – Isabel Cuchí Coll, Puerto Rican author and journalist (d. 1993)
1905 – Pandro S. Berman, American production manager and producer (d. 1996)
1905   – Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host (d. 1986)
1906 – Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2002)
1906   – Robert Allen, American actor (d. 1998)
1906   – Dorothy Knowles, South African-English author, fencer and academic (d. 2010)
1907 – Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun (d. 2005)
1907   – Norrey Ford, English author (d. 1985)
1907   – Irving Paul Lazar, American lawyer and talent agent (d. 1993)
1909 – Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1981)
1910 – Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American librarian and art collector (d. 2001)
1910   – Jimmie Dodd, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
1910   – Ingrid of Sweden, (d. 2000)
1911 – Consalvo Sanesi, Italian race car driver (d. 1998)
1912 – A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian author (d. 1984)
1912   – Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943)
1913 – Kazuo Taoka, Japanese crime boss (d. 1981)
1913   – Toko Shinoda, Japanese artist (d. 2021)
1914 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
1914   – Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author (d. 1997)
1914   – Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist and academic (d. 2003)
1914   – Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (d. 1996)
1914   – Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934)
1915 – Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1917 – Claude Bertrand, Canadian neurosurgeon and scholar (d. 2014)
1918 – Edward Amy, Canadian soldier (d. 2011)
1919 – Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (d. 2013)
1919   – Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (d. 2007)
1919   – Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (d. 2010)
1919   – Vic Raschi, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
1921 – Harold Agnew, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
1921   – Dirk Bogarde, English actor and author (d. 1999)
1921   – Herschel Grynszpan, German assassin of Ernst vom Rath (d. 1960)
1921   – Walter Neugebauer, Croatian-German author and illustrator (d. 1992)
1922 – Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
1922   – Grace Hartigan, American painter and educator (d. 2008)
1922   – Joey Maxim, American boxer and actor (d. 2001)
1922   – B. Neminathan, Sri Lankan politician (d. unknown)
1923 – Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
1923   – Thad Jones, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1986)
1924 – Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (d. 1992)
1924   – Fred Flanagan, Australian footballer (d. 2013)
1925 – Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Russian actor (d. 1994)
1925   – Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress (d. 2010)
1926 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (d. 2014)
1926   – Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)
1927 – Theo Colborn, American zoologist and academic (d. 2014)
1927   – Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2007)
1927   – Vina Mazumdar, Indian academic and activist (d. 2013)
1928 – Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American political activist and analyst; 10th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2017)
1928   – Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)
1929 – Paul England, Australian race car driver and engineer (d. 2014)
1930 – Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer (d. 2014)
1930   – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1930   – Elizabeth Bainbridge, English soprano
1933 – Tete Montoliu, Spanish pianist (d. 1997)
1933   – Frank Murkowski, American soldier, banker, and politician, 8th Governor of Alaska
1934 – Lester R. Brown, American environmentalist, founded the Earth Policy Institute and Worldwatch Institute
1934   – Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (d. 2006)
1935 – Frank Judd, Baron Judd, English politician, Secretary of State for International Development (d. 2021)
1935   – Michael Parkinson, English journalist and author
1935   – Józef Szmidt, Polish triple jumper
1936 – Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, politician, journalist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 – Hans-Jürgen Bäsler, German footballer (d. 2002)
1939 – Dov Frohman, Israeli electrical engineer and business executive
1940 – Tony Barber, English-Australian television host
1940   – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013)
1942 – Daniel Dennett, American philosopher and academic
1942   – Kitanofuji Katsuaki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 52nd Yokozuna
1942   – Neil Kinnock, Welsh politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
1942   – Mike Newell, English director and producer
1942   – Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
1942   – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998)
1942   – Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020)
1943 – Richard Eyre, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1943   – Conchata Ferrell, American actress (d. 2020)
1944 – Rick Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster
1944   – Ken Howard, American actor (d. 2016)
1945 – Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino politician, 16th President of the Philippines
1945   – Johnny Famechon, French-Australian boxer
1945   – Björn Hamilton, Swedish engineer and politician
1946 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014)
1946   – Henry Paulson, American banker and politician, 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury
1946   – Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian economist and politician, 48th President of Peru
1947 – Greg Thompson, Canadian educator and politician, 25th Minister of Veterans Affairs (d. 2019)
1948 – John Evan, English keyboard player and songwriter
1948   – Janice Lynde, American actress
1948   – Dianne Wiest, American actress
1948   – Milan Williams, American keyboard player (d. 2006)
1949 – Ronnie Ray Smith, American sprinter (d. 2013)
1952 – Keith Ashfield, Canadian politician (d. 2018)
1952   – Tony Brise, English race car driver (d. 1975)
1953 – Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian banker and politician, 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993)
1953   – Rosemary Ashe, British actress and singer
1954 – Donald Brown, American pianist and educator
1955 – John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Northern Irish psychiatrist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
1955   – Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1956 – Susan Ershler, American mountaineer and author
1957 – Harvey Glance, American sprinter and coach
1958 – Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer
1958   – Elisabeth Andreassen, Swedish-Norwegian singer
1958   – Bart Conner, American gymnast and sportscaster
1958   – Curt Hennig, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2003)
1959 – Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica
1959   – Chiaki Morosawa, Japanese anime screenwriter (d. 2016)
1959   – Chris Myers, American journalist and sportscaster
1960 – Chris Barrie, British actor and comedian
1960   – José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician, Prime Minister of Cape Verde
1960   – Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French-Belgian author and playwright
1961 – Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach
1962 – Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
1962   – Simon Bazalgette, English businessman
1963 – Jan Masiel, Polish politician
1964 – Karen Lumley, English politician
1966 – Cheryl James, American rapper and actress
1967 – John Ziegler, German-American radio host and director
1968 – Iris Chang, Chinese-American journalist and author (d. 2004)
1968   – Nasser Hussain, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster
1968 – Colin Brazier, English journalist
1969 – Rodney Atkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969   – Brett Ratner, American director and producer
1970 – Vince Vaughn, American actor
1970   – Jennifer Weiner, American journalist and author
1971 – Christianne Meneses Jacobs, Nicaraguan-American journalist and educator
1971   – Orfeh, American singer, songwriter and actress
1972 – Nick Frost, English actor and screenwriter
1972   – Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
1973 – Björn Kuipers, Dutch footballer and referee
1975 – Fabrizio Gollin, Italian race car driver
1975   – Kate Gosselin, American television personality
1975   – Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
1975   – Shanna Moakler, American model
1976 – Dave Keuning, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Lauren Weisberger, American author
1978 – Nathan Cayless, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
1979 – Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer and media personality
1980 – Cho Seung-woo, South Korean actor
1980   – David Lee, English footballer
1980   – Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter and producer
1980   – Luke Walton, American basketball player
1981 – Lindsay Frimodt, American fashion model
1981   – Edwar Ramírez, American baseball player
1981   – Julia Stiles, American actress
1983 – Ladji Doucouré, French sprinter and hurdler
1984 – Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi actor
1984   – Christopher Samba, Congolese footballer
1984   – Nikki Sanderson, English actress
1985 – Stefano Ferrario, Italian footballer
1985   – Sauli Koskinen, Finnish TV host and entertainer
1985   – Steve Mandanda, French footballer
1985   – Stanislas Wawrinka, Swiss tennis player
1986 – Bowe Bergdahl, American sergeant
1986   – Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter, dancer, producer, and actress
1986   – J-Kwon, American rapper
1986   – Amaia Salamanca, Spanish actress
1986   – Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player
1987 – Jean-Paul Adela, Seychellois footballer
1987   – Yohan Benalouane, French-Tunisian footballer
1987   – Simeon Jackson, Canadian soccer player
1987   – Kagney Linn Karter, American pornographic actress
1987   – Yotam Solomon, Israeli/American fashion designer
1987   – Mary Kate Wiles, American actress
1988 – Ryan Kalish, American baseball player
1988   – Lacey Turner, English actress
1989 – Afrikan Boy, English rapper
1989   – David Goodwillie, Scottish footballer
1989   – Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
1989   – Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
1989   – Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
1990 – Zac Clarke, Australian footballer
1990    – Delroy Edwards, American musician
1990   – Zoella (Zoe Sugg), English Youtuber
1991 – Amy Bruckner, American actress
1991   – Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player
1991   – Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
1991   – Ondřej Palát, Czech ice hockey player
1992 – Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer
1992   – Lucho Ayala, Filipino actor
1994 – Jackson Wang, Hong Kong rapper
1995 – Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player
1996 – Matt Renshaw, English-Australian cricketer
2004 – Anna Shcherbakova, Russian figure skater (two-time Russian National Champion - '19 & '20)
Deaths
Pre-1600
193 – Pertinax, Roman emperor (b. 126)
592 – Guntram, French king (b. 532)
741 – Hatsusebe, Japanese princess
965 – Arnulf I, count of Flanders
966 – Flodoard, Frankish canon and chronicler
1072 – Ordulf, Duke of Saxony (b. 1022)
1134 – Stephen Harding, founder of the Cistercian order
1239 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
1241 – Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)
1254 – William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (b. 1193)
1285 – Pope Martin IV (b. 1220)
1346 – Venturino of Bergamo, Dominican preacher (b. 1304)
1461 – John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (b. 1435)
1563 – Heinrich Glarean, Swiss poet and theorist (b. 1488)
1566 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian historian and diplomat (b. 1486)
1583 – Magnus, Duke of Holstein (b. 1540)
1584 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (b. 1530)
1601–1900
1687 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
1818 – Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)
1865 – Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
1866 – Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
1868 – James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
1870 – George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
1874 – Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
1881 – Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
1893 – Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
1900 – Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
1901–present
1910 – Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
1916 – James Strachan-Davidson, English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author (b. 1843)
1917 – Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)
1923 – Charles Hubbard, American archer (b. 1849)
1927 – Joseph-Médard Émard, Canadian archbishop (b. 1853)
1929 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)
1929   – Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Quebec (b. 1861)
1934 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and educator (b. 1891)
1941 – Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)
1941   – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (b. 1877)
1941   – Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1882)
1942 – Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)
1943 – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
1944 – Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)
1947 – Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
1949 – Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (b. 1889)
1953 – Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)
1958 – W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)
1962 – Hugo Wast, Argentinian author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
1963 – Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)
1965 – Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)
1965   – Jack Hoxie, American actor (b. 1885)
1969 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
1971 – Robert Hunter, American golfer (b. 1886)
1972 – Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (b. 1887)
1974 – Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)
1974   – Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (b. 1905)
1974   – Françoise Rosay, French actress (b. 1891)
1976 – Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)
1977 – Eric Shipton, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1907)
1979 – Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor (b. 1898)
1980 – Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)
1982 – William Giauque, Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
1984 – Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (b. 1914)
1985 – Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter and poet (b. 1887)
1986 – Virginia Gilmore.
American actress (b. 1919)
1987 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1905)
1992 – Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1909)
1993 – Scott Cunningham, American author (b. 1956)
1994 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (b. 1909)
1996 – Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1914)
1999 – Franco Gasparri, Italian actor (b. 1948)
2000 – Anthony Powell, English soldier and author (b. 1905)
2001 – Moe Koffman, Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1928)
2004 – Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2005 – Moura Lympany, English-Monacan pianist (b. 1916)
2005   – Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
2006 – Pro Hart, Australian painter (b. 1928)
2006   – Charles Schepens, Belgian-American ophthalmologist and author (b. 1912)
2006   – Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
2009 – Maurice Jarre, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
2009   – Janet Jagan, 6th President of Guyana (b. 1920)
2010 – June Havoc, American actress, dancer, and director (b. 1912)
2011 – Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917)
2012 – John Arden, English author and playwright (b. 1930)
2012   – Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian pianist and composer (b. 1920)
2012   – Harry Crews, American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1935)
2012   – Addie L. Wyatt, African American labor leader (b. 1924)
2013 – George E. P. Box, English-American statistician and educator (b. 1919)
2013   – Manuel García Ferré, Spanish-Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2013   – Richard Griffiths, English actor (b. 1947)
2013   – Art Malone, American race car driver (b. 1936)
2013   – Hugh McCracken, American guitarist, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1942)
2013   – Heinz Patzig, German footballer and manager (b. 1929)
2013   – Bob Teague, American college football star and television news-reporter (b. 1929)
2013   – Gus Triandos, American baseball player and scout (b. 1930)
2013   – Robert Zildjian, American businessman, founded Sabian (b. 1923)
2014 – Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (b. 1924)
2014   – Lorenzo Semple, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
2014   – Avraham Yaski, Israeli architect and academic (b. 1927)
2015 – Chuck Brayton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)
2015   – Joseph Cassidy, Canadian-English priest and academic (b. 1954)
2015   – Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cinematographer (b. 1934)
2015   – Gene Saks, American actor and director (b. 1921)
2016 – James Noble, American actor (b. 1922)
2021 -  Didier Ratsiraka, Malagasy politician and naval officer (b. 1936)
Holidays and observances
Christian feast day:
Guntram
Priscus
Pope Sixtus III
Tuotilo
March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Commemoration of Sen no Rikyū (Schools of Japanese tea ceremony)
Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet)
Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
References
External links
BBC: On This Day
Historical Events on March 28
Today in Canadian History
