Today in History - History - March 28th

197749th Academy Awards - "Rocky", Peter Finch & Faye Dunaway win

1995Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovette split-up

1991Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son

1935Robert Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket

1990Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game

1954Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open

1985Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues" premieres in NYC

1933German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler

1972Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game

37Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.

1986Lady Gaga [Stefani Germanotta], New York, singer/songwriter (Bad Romance)

1944Rick Barry, Elizabeth New Jersey, ABA/NBA forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors)

1970Vince Vaughn, Minneapolis, Minnesota, American actor (Swingers, Wedding Crashers)

1981Julia Stiles, New York City, NY, American actress (Bourne series, Save the Last Dance)

1957Jazz musician Billie Holiday (41) weds mafia enforcer Louis McKay

1948Musician Nat King Cole (29) weds jazz singer Maria Hawkins (25) at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York

1978Actor Jeremy Irons (29) weds actress Sinéad Cusack (30)

1920Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford

1870Impressionist Painter Claude Monet (29) weds model Camille Doncieux in Paris

1996Actress Angelina Jolie (20) weds actor Jonny Lee Miller

1941Virginia Woolf-Stephen [Adeline], author (To Lighthouse), dies from suicide at 59

1953Jim Thorpe, versatile American athlete (Olympic gold 1912), dies at 64