So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

March 28th


- Christian Feast Day
- Commemoration of Sen no Riky?
- Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet)
- Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)

March 28th


- 2006 - At least 1 million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
- 2005 - The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since .
- 2003 - In a "friendly fire" incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
- 2000 - A Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train (3 children die in this accident).
- 1994 - In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.
- 1994 - 12-year-old schoolgirl Nikki Conroy is stabbed to death at Hall Garth School in Middlesbrough after an armed man walked into her maths classroom and attacked pupils with a knife. Stephen James Wilkinson is later convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
- 1990 - President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
- 1979 - Operators of Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania fail to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system has stuck open following an unexpected shutdown. As a result, enough coolant drains out of the system to allow the core to overheat and partially melt down.
- 1979 - The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election.
- 1978 - The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
- 1969 - Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
- 1969 - The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal's history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill's Roddick Gates. This led to the majority of the protesters getting arrested.
- 1968 - Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.
- 1959 - The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet.
- 1946 - Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
- 1942 - World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
- 1941 - World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan – in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers.
- 1940 - Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair.
- 1939 - Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.
- 1930 - Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
- 1920 - Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
- 1913 - Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1910 - Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
- 1889 - The Yngsjö murder occurs in Yngsjö, Sweden and Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son.
- 1871 - The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass – in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.
- 1860 - First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
- 1854 - Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
- 1834 - The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in de-funding the Second Bank of the United States.
- 1809 - Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
- 1802 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
- 1795 - Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
- 1794 - Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
- 1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
- 845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
- 364 - Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
- 193 - Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
- 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.

March 28th


- 1991 - Amy Bruckner, American actress
- 1990 - Zac Clarke, Australian rules footballer
- 1989 - Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
- 1989 - Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
- 1989 - Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
- 1988 - Lacey Turner, British soap actress
- 1986 - Abuda, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 - J-Kwon, American rapper
- 1986 - Lady GaGa, American singer-songwriter and dancer
- 1986 - Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, Czech tennis player
- 1984 - Christopher Samba, French-born footballer
- 1984 - Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model
- 1984 - Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer
- 1984 - Ol Drake, English guitarist (Evile)
- 1983 - Ryan Ashington, English footballer
- 1982 - Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress
- 1981 - Lindsay Frimodt, American model
- 1981 - Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh Actor
- 1981 - Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player
- 1981 - Antonio Rizzo, Italian footballer
- 1981 - Julia Stiles, American actress
- 1980 - Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
- 1980 - Luke Walton, American basketball player
- 1980 - Chitrangada Singh, Bollywood Actress
- 1979 - Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress
- 1979 - Crystal Cox, American Olympian/reality television contestant
- 1977 - Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player
- 1977 - Lauren Weisberger, American novelist
- 1977 - Annie Wersching, American actress
- 1976 - Dave Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers)
- 1975 - Shanna Moakler, former beauty queen
- 1975 - Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
- 1975 - Matt Reis, American soccer goalkeeper
- 1975 - Richard Kelly, American film director
- 1975 - Derek Hill, American racing driver
- 1975 - Kate Gosselin, TV personality
- 1974 - Mark King, English snooker player
- 1974 - Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey
- 1973 - Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler (d. 2009)
- 1973 - Matt Nathanson, American singer-songwriter
- 1972 - Eby J. Jose, Indian Journalist and Human Rights Activist
- 1972 - Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
- 1972 - Nick Frost, English comedian and actor
- 1971 - Christianne Meneses Jacobs, Nicaraguan born bilingual writer
- 1971 - Mr. Cheeks, American rapper
- 1971 - Wesley Person, American basketball player
- 1970 - Vince Vaughn, American actor
- 1970 - Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician
- 1970 - Aiga Zagorska, Lithuanian track and road cyclist
- 1969 - Brett Ratner, American film director
- 1969 - Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter
- 1969 - Elliot Perry, American basketball player
- 1968 - Iris Chang, American author (d. 2004)
- 1968 - Nasser Hussain, English cricketer
- 1968 - Jon Lee, British drummer (d. 2002)
- 1968 - Tim Lovejoy, British television presenter
- 1968 - Max Perlich, American actor
- 1967 - John Ziegler, American talk-show host
- 1965 - Steve Bull, English footballer
- 1962 - Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
- 1962 - Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler
- 1961 - Orla Brady, Irish actress
- 1961 - Byron Scott, American basketball player and head coach
- 1960 - Chris Barrie, British actor
- 1960 - José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician
- 1960 - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author and dramatist
- 1959 - Chris Myers, American sportscaster
- 1958 - Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
- 1958 - Edesio Alejandro, Cuban music composer.
- 1956 - Susan Ershler, American mountaineer
- 1956 - April Margera, Bam Margera's mother
- 1955 - John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician
- 1955 - Reba McEntire, American singer and actress
- 1954 - Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985)
- 1953 - Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician (d. 1993)
- 1952 - Tony Brise, racing driver (d. 1975)
- 1951 - Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
- 1951 - Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995)
- 1950 - Claudio Lolli, Italian singer-songwriter
- 1948 - Dianne Wiest, American actress
- 1948 - Gerry House, American radio personality
- 1948 - John Evan, British musician (Jethro Tull)
- 1948 - Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (d. 2006)
- 1948 - Matthew Corbett, English retired actor
- 1948 - Jayne Ann Krentz, née Castle (Amanda Quick), American novelist
- 1947 - John Landecker, American disk jockey
- 1946 - Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
- 1946 - Henry Paulson Jr., Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
- 1946 - Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut
- 1945 - Count Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician
- 1944 - Rick Barry, American basketball player
- 1944 - Ken Howard, American actor
- 1943 - Conchata Ferrell, American actress
- 1942 - Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
- 1942 - Kitanofuji Katsuaki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 52nd Yokozuna
- 1942 - Neil Kinnock, British politician
- 1942 - Mike Newell, English film director
- 1942 - Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
- 1942 - Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998)
- 1942 - Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and head coach
- 1941 - Alf Clausen, America orchestra conductor
- 1941 - Jim Turner, American football player
- 1941 - Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, American author
- 1940 - Tony Barber, Australian television personality
- 1940 - Kevin Loughery, American basketball head coach
- 1937 - Liz Trotta, American journalist
- 1936 - Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author, politician and Nobel Prize laureate
- 1935 - Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster
- 1934 - Lester Brown, American environmentalist
- 1933 - Tete Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist (d. 1997)
- 1933 - Frank Murkowski, American politician
- 1930 - Robert Ashley, American composer
- 1930 - Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer
- 1930 - Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1929 - Paul England, Australian racing driver
- 1928 - Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. National Security Adviser
- 1928 - Alexander Grothendieck, German mathematician
- 1927 - Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (d. 2007)
- 1926 - Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
- 1925 - Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress (d. 2010)
- 1924 - Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (d. 1992)
- 1922 - Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
- 1922 - Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (d. 1990)
- 1922 - Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001)
- 1921 - Herschel Grynszpan, German political assassin
- 1921 - Dirk Bogarde, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1919 - Vic Raschi, American baseball player (d. 1988)
- 1915 - Jay Livingston, American composer and songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1914 - Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1914 - Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (d. 1997)
- 1914 - Edmund Muskie, American politician (d. 1996)
- 1914 - Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist (d. 2003)
- 1912 - A. Bertram Chandler Australian author (d. 1984)
- 1912 - Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943)
- 1911 - J. L. Austin, British philosopher of language (d. 1960)
- 1910 - Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American Librarian (d. 2001)
- 1910 - Jimmie Dodd, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1910 - Queen Ingrid of Denmark (d. 2000)
- 1909 - Nelson Algren, American writer (d. 1981)
- 1907 - "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993)
- 1905 - Marlin Perkins, American naturalist and television host (d. 1986)
- 1905 - Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (d. 1996)
- 1903 - Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (d. 1991)
- 1903 - Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1902 - Dame Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
- 1902 - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988)
- 1900 - Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (d. 2004)
- 1899 - Harold B. Lee, American religious leader (d. 1973)
- 1899 - August Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing magnate and American baseball executive (d. 1989)
- 1899 - Ernst Lindemann, German naval officer (d. 1941)
- 1899 - Buck Shaw, American football coach (d. 1977)
- 1897 - Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977)
- 1897 - Tillie Voss, American football player (d. 1975)
- 1895 - Christian Herter, 59th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1966)
- 1895 - Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1985)
- 1893 - Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (d. 1971)
- 1892 - Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993)
- 1892 - Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
- 1890 - Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (d. 1967)
- 1879 - Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican (d. 1920)
- 1871 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951)
- 1868 - Maxim Gorky, Russian author (d. 1936)
- 1866 - Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)
- 1862 - Aristide Briand, French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
- 1851 - Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (d. 1944)
- 1849 - James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (d. 1894)
- 1842 - William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officer (d. 1908)
- 1840 - Emin Pasha, Equatorian politician (d. 1892)
- 1836 - Frederick Pabst, American brewer (d. 1904)
- 1819 - Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (d. 1891)
- 1818 - Wade Hampton III, American soldier and politician (d. 1902)
- 1815 - Arsène Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896)
- 1806 - Thomas Hare, English barrister (d. 1891)
- 1795 - Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
- 1793 - Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist (d. 1864)
- 1773 - Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
- 1760 - Thomas Clarkson, British abolitionist (d. 1846)
- 1750 - Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary (d. 1816)
- 1725 - Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
- 1652 - Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (d. 1730)
- 1613 - Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager, Empress of Manchu (d. 1688)
- 1609 - King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670)
- 1599 - Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658)
- 1592 - Comenius, Czech bishop (d. 1670)
- 1569 - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)
- 1522 - Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)
- 1515 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun (d. 1582)
- 1472 - Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)