What day of the week was March 28, 1979?

The day of the week March 28th, 1979 fell on was a Wednesday. There were 18 days until Easter Sunday.

Emmett Kelly the American clown (b. 1898) died on this day in 1979.

A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg the Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial melt down. The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government the precipitating a general election.