March 28, 1981 (Saturday)
- Phil Mahre became the first American to ever win the world championship in skiing.
- Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 was hijacked and flown from Indonesia to Thailand.
- Born: Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh TV actor (Ianto Jones on Torchwood), in Bettws, Newport
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“The march of conquest through wild provinces, may be the march of Mind; but not the march of Love.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)