In the present day is Friday, March 28, the 87th day of 2025. There are 278 days left within the 12 months.
In the present day in historical past:
On March 28, 1979, America’s worst industrial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown contained in the Unit 2 reactor on the Three Mile Island plant close to Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Additionally on this date:
In 1898, the U.S. Supreme Court docket, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, dominated 6-2 that Wong, who was born in the US to Chinese language immigrants, was an American citizen. It was the primary Supreme Court docket determination to rule on the citizenship standing of a kid born in the US to noncitizen mother and father.
In 1935, the infamous Nazi propaganda movie “Triumph des Willens” (Triumph of the Will), directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin with Adolf Hitler current.
In 1941, writer Virginia Woolf, 59, drowned herself close to her residence in Lewes, East Sussex, England.
In 1969, the thirty fourth president of the US, Dwight D. Eisenhower, died in Washington, D.C., at age 78.
In 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Florida Parental Rights in Schooling Act (generally known as the “Don’t Say Homosexual” legislation), which incorporates the prohibition of classroom dialogue about sexual orientation or gender identification in some grade ranges in Florida faculties.
In 2024, FTX cryptocurrency trade founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in jail after being convicted on fraud and conspiracy costs associated to the collapse of the trade.
In the present day’s Birthdays:
- Creator Mario Vargas Llosa is 89.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Rick Barry is 81.
- Actor Dianne Wiest is 79.
- Singer-actor Reba McEntire is 70.
- Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Bart Conner is 67.
- Rapper Salt (Salt-N-Pepa) is 59.
- Nation musician Rodney Atkins is 56.
- Actor Vince Vaughn is 55.
- Sen. Ashley Moody, a Republican from Florida, is 50.
- Actor Julia Stiles is 44.
- Singer-actor Woman Gaga is 39.
- Stylist-TV character Jonathan Van Ness is 38.