Today is Monday, March 28, the 89th day of 2016. There are 277 days left in the year.
1738 — English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin’s Ear)
1774 — Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
1794 — Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)
1796 —Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first African
church in U.S.
1797 — Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine
1799 — New York State abolished slavery
1845 — Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
1849 — Dutch princess Marianne & Prince Albert of Prussia separate
1854 — During the Crimean War, Britain & France declare war on Russia