On This Day: March 28th

An earthquake strikes close to Mandalay, Myanmar with a magnitude of 7.7, killing over 5400 people.

The region of Uusimaa (with the capital city Helsinki) is temporarily isolated from the rest of Finland due to increased COVID-19 infections.

At least one million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.

An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.

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.

Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos begins operation.

Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill at least 130 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.

In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.

United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

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.