History for March 28, 2015

History for March 28 - On-This-Day.com
August Busch 1899, Dianne Wiest 1948 - Actress ("Law and Order"), Reba McEntire 1955 - Actress, country singer 


Vince Vaughn 1969 - Actor, Julia Stiles 1981 - Actress, Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) 1986 - Musician 


1774 - Britain passed the Coercive Act against Massachusetts. 


1797 - Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine. 


1854 - The Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring war on Russia. 


1865 - Outdoor advertising legislation was enacted in New York. The law banned "painting on stones, rocks and trees." 


1885 - The Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S. 


1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen. This meant that they could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act. 



1917 - During World War I the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded. 


1930 - Constantinople and Angora changed their names to Istanbul and Ankara respectively. 


1933 - In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools. 



1945 - Germany launched the last of the V-2 rockets against England. 



1979 - A major accident occurred at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A nuclear power reactor overheated and suffered a partial meltdown. 


1986 - More than 6,000 radio stations of all format varieties played "We are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST.