Today is Friday, March 28, the 87th day of 2025 with 278 to follow.
The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter and Mars. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include St. Teresa of Avila in 1515; writer Maxim Gorky in 1868; brewer Frederick Pabst in 1836; brewer August Anheuser Busch Jr. in 1899; naturalist Marlin Perkins in 1905; actor Freddie Bartholomew in 1924; Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter administration national security adviser, in 1928; actor Conchata Ferrell in 1943; Basketball Hall of Fame member Rick Barry in 1944 (age 81); actor Ken Howard in 1944; actor Dianne Wiest in 1948 (age 77); musician/actor Reba McEntire in 1955 (age 70); Cape Verdean President José Maria Neves in 1960 (age 65); actor Alexandra Billings in 1962 (age 63); musician Cheryl "Salt" James (Salt-N-Pepa) in 1966 (age 59); actor Vince Vaughn in 1970 (age 55); actor Nick Frost in 1972 (age 53); TV personality Kate Gosselin in 1975 (age 50); model/TV personality Shanna Moakler in 1975 (age 50); musician Dave Keuning (Killers) in 1976 (age 49); actor Julia Stiles in 1981 (age 44); actor/musician Flula Borg in 1982 (age 43); musician/actor Lady Gaga in 1986 (age 39); TV personality Jonathan van Ness in 1987 (age 38); musician Clayton Knight (Odesza) in 1988 (age 37); actor Laura Harrier in 1990 (age 35); actor Cailey Fleming in 2007 (age 18).
On this date in history:
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In 1881, P.T. Barnum and James A. Bailey merged their circuses to form The Greatest Show on Earth. The circus later merged with the Ringling Bros. to form Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which closed for five years beginning in 2017.
In 1939, Madrid surrendered to the nationalist forces of Generalissimo Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War.
In 1968, the counterculture musical Hair opened on Broadway.
In 1969, Dwight D. Eisenhower, World War II hero and 34th president of the United States, died in Washington at age 78.
In 1979, a failure in the cooling system at the nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania caused a near meltdown. It was the worst accident at a U.S. civilian nuclear facility.
In 1984, Bob Irsay moved the Baltimore Colts NFL team to Indianapolis without any announcement. Less than a month later, two longtime fans of the team sued the owner for severe emotional distress.
In 1991, just days before the 10th anniversary of an attempt on his life, former U.S. President Ronald Reagan endorsed a seven-day waiting period for handgun purchases, reversing his earlier opposition.
In 1993, Russian President Boris Yeltsin survived an impeachment vote by the Congress of People's Deputies.
In 1996, the U.S. Congress approved the presidential line-item veto.
In 2005, an 8.6-magnitude earthquake jolted the western coast of Sumatra, killing at least 1,300 people and destroying hundreds of buildings.
In 2006, lobbyist Jack Abramoff, with ties to several members of Congress, was sentenced to six years in prison after a conviction on fraud charges. He was released from prison in 2010.
In 2009, the space shuttle Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a 13-day mission to the International Space Station during which the ISS was brought up to full power with the installation of its fourth set of solar wings.
In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama visited Afghanistan for the first time since taking office, an unannounced trip to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and address U.S. troops.
In 2018, 68 people died after a fire broke out during a riot at a police station in Valencia, Venezuela. Prisoners there set fire to a mattress in an attempt to escape.
In 2024, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison after he was found guilty on fraud charges related to the downfall of the failed cryptocurrency exchange.
A thought for the day: "Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong." -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower
