TUESDAY, March 28, 2023

1837-Felix Mendelssohn marries Cecile Jeanrenaud

1885-U.S. Salvation Army officially organized

1917-Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities

1939-Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco

1944-Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle & begins writing “Pippi Longstocking”

1962-Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees

1967-U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam

1972-Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game

1985-International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley's Comet

1991-Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son

1994-Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed

1995-World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank & Bank of Tokyo merge