THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Today is Tuesday, March 28, the 87th day of 2017. There are 278 days left in the year.

IN THE NATION

1979: America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.

IN THE WORLD

1930: The names of the Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora were changed to Istanbul and Ankara.

1935: The notorious Nazi propaganda film “Triumph des Willens” (“Triumph of the Will”), directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin with Adolf Hitler present.