In 1912, both the Oxford and Cambridge boats sank in the Thames, so the boat race had to be rerun.
10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 28 March.
Today in 1860, 165 years ago: in New Zealand -in the context of the First Taranaki War - the Battle of Waireka begins.
Today in 1965, 60 years ago: in La Ligua (central area of Chile) there is an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale.
Today in 2017, 8 years ago: in Australia there is a wind storm of up to 270 km/h, causing destruction in much of the country.
Today in 1979, 46 years ago: The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by one vote, precipitating a general election.
Four Levellers - John Lilburne, Richard Overton, Thomas Prince and William Walwyn - were arrested #OnThisDay 1649 for publishing a "highly seditious" pamphlet titled ‘England’s New Chains Discovered’. They were finally released from the Tower of London in November 1649.
Today in WW2 History, 28 Mar 1914: [Photo] Launching of battleship Fuso #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=11665
"We come into the temple of God; we fall prostrate before him; we pray to him, that he will have mercy upon us. But how shall he have mercy upon us, who have had no mercy upon others!"
Thomas Clarkson, a leading campaigner against the slave trade, was born #OnThisDay 1760.
Today in 2011, 14 years ago: Former US President James Carter makes a private visit to Cuba.
Today in 1982, 43 years ago: in Chiapas (Mexico), the Chichonal volcano erupts after being dormant for centuries.
Jack Butler Yeats, brother of WB Yeats and a painter who developed an intensely expressionist style, died on 28th March 1957. He was a close friend of Samuel Beckett.
Today in 1942, 83 years ago: World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
Today in 1894, 131 years ago: the Mexican musician Juventino Rosas arrives in Cuba.
Today in 1871, 154 years ago: the Paris Commune is installed in France, a revolutionary popular government in the French capital.
Today in 1965, 60 years ago: An Mw 7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.
Today in 1998, 27 years ago: in the final of the Lipton tournament in Miami (United States), Chilean tennis player Marcelo Ríos becomes the first Latin American to be number 1 in the world, defeating American Andre Agassi.
Today in 1897, 128 years ago: in the battle of Río Hondo (province of Pinar del Río) the Puerto Rican general Juan Rius Rivera falls prisoner, wounded with three bullets.
Today in 1933, 92 years ago: The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
Today in 1787, 238 years ago: an 8.6 magnitude earthquake occurs in the border area between Guerrero and Oaxaca (Mexico), being the strongest recorded so far in the country.
Today in 2006, 19 years ago: At least one million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
