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March 28

Graeco-RomanMesopotamianHindu
YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance

The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on March 28 this year.

  • Miriam HaNeviahd. 1274 BCE

    Prophetess; sister of Moshe and Aharon

  1. 193 CEGraeco-Roman · died

    The reform-minded emperor Pertinax was killed by the Praetorian Guard in Rome after a reign of under three months, triggering the chaotic Year of the Five Emperors.

  2. 1787 CEMesopotamian · born

    Claudius James Rich, the British resident at Baghdad whose survey of Babylon's ruins is often called the starting point of Mesopotamian archaeology, was born.

  3. 1899 CEHindu · died

    Swami Yogananda, a direct monastic disciple of Ramakrishna and first vice-president of the Ramakrishna Mission, died — the first of the disciples to pass away.

  4. 1994 CEHindu · died

    Shivabalayogi Maharaj, a yogi known for twelve years of tapas who later led public meditation programs in India and abroad, died in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.