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| March 27th |
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| About March 27th is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1813 - Nathaniel Currier, Currier & Ives lithographer 1886 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect 1899 - Gloria Swanson, actress (Sunset Boulevard) 1935 - Julian Glover, actor (The Empire Strikes Back) 1963 - Quentin Tarantino, film director, screenwriter 1969 - Pauley Perrette, actress, activist (NCIS) 1970 - Mariah Carey, singer, actress 1975 - Fergie, singer, actress (Black Eyed Peas) 1988 - Brenda Song, actress, singer, model Deaths 1378 - Pope Gregory XI, Pope from 1370-1378 1625 - King James I of England, King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1918 - Henry Adams, journalist, historian, novelist 1968 - Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut, first man in space 2002 - Dudley Moore, actor, comedian, musician (Arthur) 2002 - Milton Berle, actor, comedian (The Milton Berle Show) Events 1513 - What would later become the state of Florida is found by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. 1625 - Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of King James I. 1794 - President George Washington and Congress authorizes creation of the U.S. Navy and the building of six frigates. 1836 - The first Mormon temple is dedicated, in Kirtland, Ohio. 1939 - Oregon beats Ohio State in the first NCAA men's basketball tournament by a score of 46-33. 1958 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union. 1998 - The Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer drug Viagra as a treatment for male impotence. 2006 - Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testifies at his federal trial that he was supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on September 11th, 2001, and fly it into the White House. |
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