Seeds of Fire: A People’s Chronology

Recalling events that happened on this day in history.
Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence.

Compiled by Ulli Diemer

March 28, 1863
Birth of Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), Russian author and socialist.
March 28 - April 1, 1918
Anti-conscription riots break out in Quebec. The federal government invokes the War Measures Act and sends troops to put down the riots. Five people are killed, and about 150 injured. Related Topics: Riots
March 28, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. leads a march in support of striking black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. He is assassinated six days later. Related Topics: Strikes: United States
March 28, 1979
A cooling system failure causes a partial meltdown of the reactor core at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Related Topics: Nuclear Disasters – Nuclear Emergency