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This is a list of selected March 28 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

March 27 March 29
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Blurb Reason
845 – According to a legendary Norse saga, Viking raiders under Ragnar Lodbrok captured Paris and held the city for a huge ransom. more footnotes
1776 – Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza selected the site for the Presidio of San Francisco, the northernmost outpost of the Spanish Empire in the New World. more footnotes
1795Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceased to exist and became part of the Russian Empire. more footnotes
1959 – After the Dalai Lama fled Tibet, China installed the Panchen Lama as the head of the government. lead too short
1964Radio Caroline began broadcasting as a pirate radio station from a boat anchored in international waters. lead too long, refimprove sections
2005 – The Nias earthquake hit the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, killing approximately 1,300 people. more footnotes

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Notes

  • 4 Vesta appears on March 29, so 2 Pallas should not appear in the same year

March 28: Maundy Thursday (Western Christianity, 2013); Teachers' Day in the Czech Republic; Serfs Emancipation Day in Tibet

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers

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