Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 364 | Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor. | Ritchie Valens | Come On Let's Go | Come On Let's Go |
2 | 845 | Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. | The Del Vikings | Come Go With Me | Come Go With Me |
3 | 1920 | Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states. | Sufjan Stevens | The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake | The Avalanche |
4 | 1930 | Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara. | City of Caterpillar | A Little Change Could Go a Long Ways | City of Caterpillar |
5 | 1979 | Operators of Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania fail to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system has stuck open following an unexpected shutdown. As a result, enough coolant drains out of the system to allow the core to overheat and partially melt down. | Saves the Day | Three Miles Down | Can't Slow Down |
6 | 1990 | President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal. | Nice Nice | Make it Gold | Extra Wow |
7 | 2006 | At least 1 million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law. | Aloha | Protest Song | Sugar |
(Historical facts about March 28 are from Wikipedia.)
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