Talk:March 28
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March 28: Teachers' Day in the Czech Republic
- 193 - Praetorian Guards assassinated Roman Emperor Pertinax and sold the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
- 845 - Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, captured Paris and held the city for a huge ransom.
- 1862 - American Civil War: An invasion of New Mexico Territory by the Confederate States Army was halted in the Battle of Glorieta Pass.
- 1979 - A nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island (pictured) near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania suffered a loss of coolant and a partial meltdown.
Recent days: March 27 – March 26 – March 25
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[edit] Computer games on this page
Let me make my position quite clear - this page is for events of global significance, which does include cultural significance as well as political and environmental. However, that cultural significance needs to be very significant indeed. So while the release of a game such as Space Invaders or Pac-Man constitutes a major cultural landmark, if a game isn't making normal news headlines (not games news, news news) across the planet there is no way it warrants an entry here. Average Earthman 11:26, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
- Strongly agree - there is no way that the edit alluded to is any way globally significant. Martin Hinks 12:12, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Inclusion of everyone
I'd suggest if you want to include every single person born on March 28th you create a category. A list comprised largely of people almost nobody has heard of will be little used. We're not creating something to show off how much data we can collect, we're trying to write something that people will actually find useful. Average Earthman 23:17, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
- Comments to me suggest that my suggestion wasn't actually that popular. Since I'm complaining there are more important people not on the list than some who are, if removing people is unpopular, I guess I'd better add the people I think are more deserving of being on here. Average Earthman 15:03, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
The Great Alaska Earthquake (Good Friday Earthquake) happened on March 27, NOT March 28!
I don't want to step on any toes by deleting the reference, but if someone who is a toe-stepper could please handle this, I'd appreciate the correction! It's already listed correctly on March 27, by the way...
