Today is Monday, March 28, the 87th day of 2011. There are 278 days left in the year.
1556 _ Origin of Fasli Era (India)
1794 _ Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)
1866 _ First ambulance goes into service
1885 _ U.S. Salvation Army officially organized
1922 _ First microfilm device introduced
1930 _ Constantinople and Angora changes names to Istanbul and Ankara
1959 _ Eleven days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama
1979 _ Major nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, Middletown, Pa. (no deaths)
1990 _ President Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal
1995 _ World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge