Interesting things that happened March 27th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1813 Nathaniel Currier, lithographer (Currier and Ives)
In 1845 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, physicist (discovered x-rays)
In 1863 Sir Henry Royce, one of the founders of Rolls-Royce
In 1892 Ferde Grofe, composer
In 1899 Gloria Swanson, actor
In 1912 James Callaghan, former British Prime Minister
In 1914 Snooky Lanson, singer
In 1917 Cyrus R. Vance, former U.S. Secretary of State
In 1924 Sarah Vaughn (in Newark, NJ), singer
In 1927 Anthony Lewis, newspaper columnist
In 1934 Arthur Mitchell, dancer, dance company director
In 1939 Cale Yarborough, auto racer
In 1942 Michael York, actor (Three Musketeers)
In 1952 Maria Schneider, actor (Last Tango in Paris)
In 1986 'Baby M', born to surrogate mother, object of custody fight
Events worth noting:
In 1512 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida.
In 1625 James I dies.
+ Charles I King of England, Scotland, and Ireland ascends to
throne.
In 1794 Pres. Wa****ngton and Congress authorized creation of U.S. Navy.
In 1836 First Mormon temple was dedicated in Kirtland, Ohio.
In 1860 M. L. Byrn of New York patented a corkscrew.
In 1863 President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and
prayer.
In 1912 First Japanese cherry trees planted in Wa****ngton, D.C.
In 1917 Seattle Metropolitans first US team to win Stanley Cup beat
Canadiens.
In 1930 First US radio broadcast from a ****p at sea.
In 1933 Farm Credit Administration (US) authorized.
In 1945 Gen. Eisenhower declared German defenses on Western Front
broken.
In 1958 Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier and first secretary of
Communist Party.
In 1964 Earthquake in Alaska (8.4 on the Richter scale, 131 dead).
In 1968 Japanese Trade and Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated.
+ Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit earth, dies in plane
crash.
In 1969 Mariner 7 is launched (Mars Flyby Mission).
In 1977 582 die in aviation's worst disaster as KLM 747 crashes into Pan
Am
747 on a foggy runway.
+ Diana Hyland dies at age 41.
And remember ...
Foot Health Month
International Hamburger and Pickle Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Furniture Refini****ng Month
National Nutrition Month (US)
National Peanut Month
National Women's History Month
Red Cross Month
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