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Events in March 1928 8
1928Muslim Brotherhood foundedHassan al-Banna founds the society in IsmailiaSchoolteacher Hassan al-Banna founded the Society of the Muslim Brothers in Ismailia, Egypt. It became one of the most influential Islamist movements of the 20th century. It spread across the Arab world.
1928 – 1998James Earl Ray (1928-1998)Died 23 April 1998, aged 70James Earl Ray, convicted of assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, died in prison on 23 April 1998 while serving a 99-year sentence. He had spent decades unsuccessfully seeking a retrial, claiming he had been framed.
1928 – 2016Edward Albee (1928-2016)Died 16 September 2016, aged 88Albee was an American playwright best known for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and other works exploring the darker undercurrents of American domestic life. He won three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama over his career. His plays remain widely staged and studied.
1928St. Francis Dam collapseDam failure floods the Santa Clara River valleyThe St. Francis Dam in northern Los Angeles County failed just before midnight. The flood that followed killed more than 400 people. It was one of the worst American civil engineering disasters of the 20th century and ended William Mulholland's career.
1928 – 2003Fred Rogers (1928-2003)Died 27 February 2003, aged 74Fred Rogers created and hosted the children's television programme 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood', which ran on US public television from 1968 to 2001. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he addressed subjects such as death, divorce and anger in a calm, direct way. He died of stomach cancer.
1928 – 2025Jim Lovell (1928-2025)Died 7 August 2025, aged 97American astronaut of the Gemini and Apollo programmes who commanded Apollo 13, bringing a crippled spacecraft home from the Moon in 1970.
1928 – 2017Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017)Died 26 May 2017, aged 89Polish-American political scientist who served as US National Security Advisor under President Jimmy Carter, shaping American Cold War strategy toward the Soviet Union. He was an influential foreign policy thinker for decades after leaving government. He died after a brief illness.
1928 – 2016Gordie Howe (1928-2016)Died 10 June 2016, aged 88Howe was a Canadian ice hockey player who spent 26 seasons in the NHL, mostly with the Detroit Red Wings, and was nicknamed "Mr. Hockey." He remains one of the sport's all-time leading scorers. He continued playing professionally into his 50s.