TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

March 28, 1942

During World War II, British naval forces staged a successful raid on the Nazi-occupied French port of St. Nazaire in Operation Chariot, destroying the only dry dock on the Atlantic coast capable of repairing the German battleship Tirpitz.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1834

The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Andrew Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.

1941

Novelist and critic Virginia Woolf, 59, drowned herself near her home in Lewes, East Sussex, England.

1977

“Rocky” won best picture at the 49th Academy Awards; Peter Finch was honored posthumously as best actor for “Network” while his co-star, Faye Dunaway, was recognized as best actress.