Today's selected anniversaries: 28th March 2024

1942:

Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled  by British naval forces (ship pictured).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid

1946:

The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheson%E2%80%93Lilienthal_Report

1979:

British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_vote_of_no_confidence_in_the_Callaghan_ministry

1999:

Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izbica_massacre

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