March 28 in Pop Culture History |
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1783 (Earthquake) Calabria, Italy 1920 – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford married; it was the first high-profile celebrity wedding. 1949 – Fred Hoyle coined the term “Big Bang” in a radio interview. 1960 – Stanley Kramer was the first to get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 1964 (Earthquake) Alaska – the 8.4 on the Richter scale quake killed 125 people. 1979 – Three Mile Island Nuclear Disaster happened when a pressure valve in The Unit-2 reactor on Three Mile Island did not close. China SyndromeThe film “Under Pressure” is about a nuclear explosion that was caused by an error in the sensor readings and by a pressure release valve stuck open. This movie, which was only released 12 days before 3 Mile Island Meltdown (caused by a malfunctioning sensor reading and stuck pressure release valve), was not available to watch until then. 1981 – #1 Hit March 28, 1981 – April 10, 1981: Blondie – Rapture 1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awarded Olympic athlete Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal. 2005, (Earthquake), Northern Sumatra Indonesia |
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