On March 28, 1979, the worst commercial nuclear accident in America occurred at the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania. In 1898, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants was an American citizen. The infamous Nazi propaganda film “Triumph of the Will” premiered in Berlin in 1935. Author Virginia Woolf tragically drowned in 1941, while President Dwight D. Eisenhower passed away in 1969. In more recent history, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” law in 2022, and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024. Today, notable birthdays include author Mario Vargas Llosa, basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry, and singer-actor Reba McEntire. Rapper Salt, country musician Rodney Atkins, and actor Vince Vaughn also celebrate their birthdays today. Senator Ashley Moody, actor Julia Stiles, singer-actor Lady Gaga, and stylist-TV personality Jonathan Van Ness round out the list of birthday celebrants.
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