🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Saturday, March 28. Today, we're checking out the Crimean War, the first-ever World Weightlifting Championship, the debut of the seaplane, the end of the Spanish Civil War, the launch of the first pirate radio station, and a bunch more — all quickly and clearly.
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🚀 Time Machine
-364
Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother, Flavius Valens, as co-emperor.
-1854
France and Britain declare war on Russia, expanding the Crimean War.
-1862
The Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory at Glorieta Pass.
-1891
Edward Lawrence won the first World Weightlifting Championship in London.
-1910
Henri Fabre pilots the first seaplane from the Étang de Berre lagoon, France.
-1939
The Spanish Civil War ended as Madrid fell to the Nationalists, headed by Francisco Franco.
-1946
US State Department releases Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining international control of nuclear power.
-1960
Hollywood Walk of Fame's first star is laid at Hollywood Boulevard and Gower Street, honoring film producer and director Stanley Kramer.
-1964
Radio Caroline, the first true pirate radio station, starts broadcasting at noon from the MV Caroline off the coast of Suffolk.
-1979
Three Mile Island nuclear plant's partial meltdown released radioactive gas and iodine, but caused no deaths.
📸 Snapshot
Telephone operators ran the New York Central telephone exchange, 1899
🗨️ Last Words
“Be fruitful.”