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28 March| 28 March 1005 | Poland [wars] | King Henry II of Germany makes an alliance with the Wends (a Slav tribe) against King Boleslaw of Poland, who has seized territory between the River Oder and the River Elbe. Henry later invades Poland as far as Poznan but is defeated by Boleslaw. | | 28 March 1897 | Japan [banking and finance] | Japan adopts the gold standard, linking its paper money directly to its gold reserves, the accepted Western base for a stable financial system. | | 28 March 1898 | Germany [legislation] | The first German Navy Bill is introduced by Alfred von Tirpitz and begins the expansion of the German navy and competition with Britain's naval power. | | 28 March 1919 | Hungary, Czechoslovakia [wars] | Hungary declares war on Czechoslovakia over disputed areas of Slovakia. | | 28–29 March 1939 | Spain [Spanish Civil War (1936–39)] | Madrid surrenders to the Spanish Nationalists, after a siege of almost two and a half years. The remaining Republican areas capitulate on 29 March, ending the Spanish Civil War. | | 28 March 1941 | England [births and deaths] | Virginia Woolf, English author and critic, dies near Rodmell, Sussex, England (59). | | 28 March 1942 | Wales [births and deaths] | Neil Kinnock, British politician, leader of the Labour Party 1983–92, born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales. | | 28 March 1969 | USA [births and deaths] | Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th president of the USA 1953–61, a Republican, dies in Washington, DC (78). | | 28 March 2005 | Indonesia [natural disasters] | The west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, still struggling to recover from the earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004, is hit by another huge under-sea tremor. Although this earthquake, measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale, does not trigger a tidal surge, it devastates the islands of Nias and Simeulue. Over 400 people are confirmed dead with many missing. |
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