Birthday March 27, 1785 Louis XVII, pretender to the throne during French Rev
Birthday March 27, 1813 Nathaniel Currier, lithographer (Currier & Ives)
Birthday March 27, 1845 Wilhelm Rontgen, discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901)
Birthday March 27, 1847 Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910)
Birthday March 27, 1863 Sir Henry Royce, Rolls-Royce founder
Birthday March 27, 1871 Heinrich Mann, German novelist & essayist
Birthday March 27, 1879 Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography
Birthday March 27, 1892 Ferde Grofe, composer
Birthday March 27, 1899 Gloria Swanson, Actress (Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly)
Birthday March 27, 1901 Sato Eisaku, (Lib), Japanese PM (1964-72) (Nobel 1974)
Birthday March 27, 1903 Walt Kiesling, NFL guard, coach
Birthday March 27, 1912 James Callaghan, (Labour), British PM (1976-79)
Birthday March 27, 1914 Snooky Lanson
Birthday March 27, 1914 Budd Schulberg, author
Birthday March 27, 1917 Cyrus R. Vance, Sec of State
Birthday March 27, 1923 Poet Louis Simpson born
Birthday March 27, 1924 Sarah Vaughn, Newark NJ, jazz singer
Birthday March 27, 1927 Anthony Lewis, Newspaper columnist
Birthday March 27, 1934 Arthur Mitchell, choreographer
Birthday March 27, 1939 March Madness is born
Birthday March 27, 1939 Cale Yarborough, auto racer
Birthday March 27, 1942 Michael York, Actor (Cabaret)
Birthday March 27, 1952 Maria Schneider, Last Tango in Paris
Birthday March 27, 1953 Annemarie Proell, Alpine skier
Birthday March 27, 1956 Brian Kelly, CFL wide receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
History March 27, 1512 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights Fla
History March 27, 1625 Charles I King of England Scotland & Ireland ascends to throne
History March 27, 1775 Jefferson elected to the Continental Congress
History March 27, 1794 Pres Washington & Congress creates US Navy
History March 27, 1802 Pallas (asteroid) discovered by Heinrich Olbers
History March 27, 1807 Vesta (asteroid) discovered by OLbers
History March 27, 1829 Jackson appoints John Eaton as secretary of war and starts scandal
History March 27, 1836 Mexicans execute defenders of Goliad
History March 27, 1836 1st Mormon temple dedicated in Kirtland Ohio
History March 27, 1855 Abraham Gesner receives a patent for kerosene
History March 27, 1860 ML Byrn patents corkscrew (NY)
History March 27, 1865 Lincoln, Sherman and Grant meet
History March 27, 1905 Fingerprint evidence is used to solve a British murder case
History March 27, 1912 1st Japanese cherry trees planted in Wash DC
History March 27, 1912 Japanese cherry trees planted along the Potomac
History March 27, 1917 Seattle Metropolitans 1st US team to win Stanley Cup beat Canadiens
History March 27, 1918 Bessarabia annexed by Romania
History March 27, 1933 Farm Credit Administration (US) authorized
History March 27, 1945 Germans launch last of their V-2s
History March 27, 1945 Gen Eisenhower declared German defenses on Western Front broken
History March 27, 1952 Toyota founder dies
History March 27, 1958 Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier
History March 27, 1958 Khrushchev became Soviet premier & 1st sect of Communist Party
History March 27, 1964 Earthquake rocks Alaska
History March 27, 1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska - 8.4 on Richter scale - 100 die
History March 27, 1965 South Vietnamese forces conduct combat operations in Cambodia
History March 27, 1968 Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated
History March 27, 1968 Yuri Gagarin - 1st man to orbit Earth & Seryogin died in a plane crash
History March 27, 1972 Venera 8 launched to Venus
History March 27, 1973 Bombing of Cambodia to continue
History March 27, 1973 Marlon Brando declines Best Actor Oscar
History March 27, 1977 Diana Hyland dies at 40
History March 27, 1977 Jumbo jets collide at Canary Islands airport
History March 27, 1977 582 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM 747-Pan Am 747 crash
History March 27, 1979 Pattie Boyd and Eric Clapton are married
History March 27, 1980 Mt. St. Helens becomes active after 123 years
History March 27, 1986 Disney-MGM Studio Tour groundbreaking
History March 27, 1990 TV Marti begins broadcasting to Cuba
March 27, 1785 Louis XVII, pretender to the throne during French Rev
March 27, 1813 Nathaniel Currier, lithographer (Currier & Ives)
March 27, 1845 Wilhelm Rontgen, discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901)
March 27, 1847 Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910)
March 27, 1863 Sir Henry Royce, Rolls-Royce founder
March 27, 1871 Heinrich Mann, German novelist & essayist
March 27, 1879 Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography
March 27, 1892 Ferde Grofe, composer
March 27, 1899 Gloria Swanson, Actress (Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly)
March 27, 1901 Sato Eisaku, (Lib), Japanese PM (1964-72) (Nobel 1974)
March 27, 1903 Walt Kiesling, NFL guard, coach
March 27, 1912 James Callaghan, (Labour), British PM (1976-79)
March 27, 1914 Snooky Lanson
March 27, 1914 Budd Schulberg, author
March 27, 1917 Cyrus R. Vance, Sec of State
March 27, 1923 Poet Louis Simpson born
March 27, 1924 Sarah Vaughn, Newark NJ, jazz singer
March 27, 1927 Anthony Lewis, Newspaper columnist
March 27, 1934 Arthur Mitchell, choreographer
March 27, 1939 March Madness is born
March 27, 1939 Cale Yarborough, auto racer
March 27, 1942 Michael York, Actor (Cabaret)
March 27, 1952 Maria Schneider, Last Tango in Paris
March 27, 1953 Annemarie Proell, Alpine skier
March 27, 1956 Brian Kelly, CFL wide receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
March 27, 1512 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights Fla
March 27, 1625 Charles I King of England Scotland & Ireland ascends to throne
March 27, 1775 Jefferson elected to the Continental Congress
March 27, 1794 Pres Washington & Congress creates US Navy
March 27, 1802 Pallas (asteroid) discovered by Heinrich Olbers
March 27, 1807 Vesta (asteroid) discovered by OLbers
March 27, 1829 Jackson appoints John Eaton as secretary of war and starts scandal
March 27, 1836 Mexicans execute defenders of Goliad
March 27, 1836 1st Mormon temple dedicated in Kirtland Ohio
March 27, 1855 Abraham Gesner receives a patent for kerosene
March 27, 1860 ML Byrn patents corkscrew (NY)
March 27, 1865 Lincoln, Sherman and Grant meet
March 27, 1905 Fingerprint evidence is used to solve a British murder case
March 27, 1912 1st Japanese cherry trees planted in Wash DC
March 27, 1912 Japanese cherry trees planted along the Potomac
March 27, 1917 Seattle Metropolitans 1st US team to win Stanley Cup beat Canadiens
March 27, 1918 Bessarabia annexed by Romania
March 27, 1933 Farm Credit Administration (US) authorized
March 27, 1945 Germans launch last of their V-2s
March 27, 1945 Gen Eisenhower declared German defenses on Western Front broken
March 27, 1952 Toyota founder dies
March 27, 1958 Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier
March 27, 1958 Khrushchev became Soviet premier & 1st sect of Communist Party
March 27, 1964 Earthquake rocks Alaska
March 27, 1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska - 8.4 on Richter scale - 100 die
March 27, 1965 South Vietnamese forces conduct combat operations in Cambodia
March 27, 1968 Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated
March 27, 1968 Yuri Gagarin - 1st man to orbit Earth & Seryogin died in a plane crash
March 27, 1972 Venera 8 launched to Venus
March 27, 1973 Bombing of Cambodia to continue
March 27, 1973 Marlon Brando declines Best Actor Oscar
March 27, 1977 Diana Hyland dies at 40
March 27, 1977 Jumbo jets collide at Canary Islands airport
March 27, 1977 582 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM 747-Pan Am 747 crash
March 27, 1979 Pattie Boyd and Eric Clapton are married
March 27, 1980 Mt. St. Helens becomes active after 123 years
March 27, 1986 Disney-MGM Studio Tour groundbreaking
March 27, 1990 TV Marti begins broadcasting to Cuba