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March 27, 1997 "Young Man From Atlanta," opens at Longacre New York City for 85 performances March 27, 1997 39 cult memebers in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp) March 27, 1997 Martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray March 27, 1996 "State Fair," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 118 performances March 27, 1995 67th Academy Awards - "Forest Gump," Jessica Lange and Tom Hanks win March 27, 1994 23rd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Andrews March 27, 1994 Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed March 27, 1994 Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk and Platov (RUS) March 27, 1994 Ice Pairs Championship at Chiba won by Shishkova/Vadim Naumov (RUS) March 27, 1994 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Yuka Sato (JPN) March 27, 1994 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) March 27, 1994 Radio personality Rush Limbaugh weds wife #3, Marta Fitzgerald March 27, 1992 Bruce Springsteen releases "Human Touch" and "Lucky Town" March 27, 1991 NCAA bans University of Minnesota football team from postseason play in 1992 March 27, 1991 New Kid Donnie Wahlberg, arrested on arson charges in Kentucky March 27, 1991 Scotty Bowman and Neil Armstrong elected to NHL Hall of Fame March 27, 1990 Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die March 27, 1990 NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final March 27, 1989 1st half-black soap opera, "Generations," premieres on NBC-TV March 27, 1989 Delhi beat Bengal by innings and 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy March 27, 1988 Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS) March 27, 1988 Ice Pairs Championship at Budapest won by E Valova and O Vasiliev (URS) March 27, 1988 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Budapest won by Katarina Witt (GDR) March 27, 1988 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA) March 27, 1988 Ok-Hee Ku wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament March 27, 1988 Wrestlemania IV at Trump Plaza, "Macho Man" Savage pins Ted Dibiase March 27, 1987 President Habre's troops reconquer Faya Largeau Chad March 27, 1986 Disney-MGM Studio Tour ground breaking March 27, 1985 Billy Dee Williams receives a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame March 27, 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber/Richard Stilgoe's "Starlight Express," premieres March 27, 1983 13th Easter Seal Telethon March 27, 1983 Larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 for heavyweight boxing title March 27, 1983 Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs," premieres in New York City March 27, 1982 "Best Little Whorehouse..." closes at 46th St. New York City after 1577 performances March 27, 1982 Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match vs. Sri Lanka at Lahore March 27, 1982 Randy Holt sets Washington Capitals record of 34 penalty minutes March 27, 1981 John Lennon releases "Watching the Wheels" in U.K. March 27, 1980 "Happy New Year" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 17 performances March 27, 1980 "Reggae" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 21 performances March 27, 1980 Elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900m down (23 die) March 27, 1980 Mount St. Helens becomes active after 123 years March 27, 1979 Supreme Court rules, 8-1, police can't randomly stop cars March 27, 1978 40th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Duke 94-88 March 27, 1978 Bob Fosse's "Dancin'" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 1,774 performances March 27, 1978 Rutles "All You Need is Cash" is shown on British TV March 27, 1977 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash on Tenerife March 27, 1977 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic March 27, 1976 Delta States beat Immaculata, 69-64, for AIWA basketball title March 27, 1976 Washington D.C. underground Metro opens March 27, 1973 Dennis Amiss out for 99 vs. Pakistan, 3rd 99 in Test Cricket March 27, 1973 Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) stopped for speeding and LSD possession March 27, 1973 45th Academy Awards - "Godfather," Marlon Brando and Liza Minnelli win Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians March 27, 1972 Adolph Rupp retires after 42 years of coaching University of Kentucky March 27, 1972 Venera 8 launched to Venus March 27, 1971 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title March 27, 1970 Ringo releases his 1st solo album "Sentimental Journey" March 27, 1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. March 27, 1969 Black Academy of Arts and Letters forms in Boston March 27, 1969 Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars March 27, 1968 Japanese Trade and Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in San Francisco March 27, 1968 Suharto succeeds Sukarno as president of Indonesia March 27, 1966 Anit Vietnam war demonstrations in U.S., Europe and Australia March 27, 1966 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Louise Suggs Delray Beach Golf Invitational March 27, 1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die March 27, 1964 Great Train Robbers sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars March 27, 1964 U.N. troops arrive on Cyprus March 27, 1962 Ann Jellicoe's "Knack," premieres in London March 27, 1962 Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school March 27, 1962 Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy March 27, 1961 Belgium government of Eyskens resigns March 27, 1961 Failed assassination attempt on King Saif al-Islam Achmad of Yemen March 27, 1960 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Royal Crown Golf Open March 27, 1958 CBS Labs announce new stereophonic records March 27, 1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier and 1st sect of Communist Party March 27, 1957 29th Academy Awards - "Around World in 80 Days," Bergman, Brynner win March 27, 1956 French commandos land in Algeria March 27, 1956 U.S. seizes U.S. communist newspaper "Daily Worker" March 27, 1955 9th Tony Awards: Desperate Hours and Pajama Game win March 27, 1955 Steve McQueen makes his network TV debut (Goodyear Playhouse) March 27, 1955 WPRI TV channel 12 in Providence, RI (ABC) begins broadcasting March 27, 1953 21 die in a train crash in Conneaut Ohio March 27, 1952 Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer March 27, 1952 Sun Records of Memphis begins releasing records March 27, 1951 13th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas 68-58 March 27, 1951 Frank Sinatra recorded "I'm a Fool to Want You" March 27, 1950 Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleveland, Ohio) March 27, 1950 Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China March 27, 1950 WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting March 27, 1945 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU 49-44 March 27, 1945 British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine March 27, 1945 DePaul beats Bowling Green for NIT title March 27, 1945 Ella Fitzgerald and Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon" March 27, 1945 General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken March 27, 1945 Iwo Jima occupied, after 22,000 Japanese and 6,000 U.S. killed March 27, 1945 U.S. 20th Army corps captures Wiesbaden March 27, 1944 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp March 27, 1944 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania March 27, 1944 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo March 27, 1944 Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno March 27, 1943 Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau March 27, 1943 Blue Ribbon Town (with Groucho Marx) 1st heard on CBS Radio March 27, 1943 U.S. begins assault on Fondouk-pass, Tunisia March 27, 1942 Allies raid German submarine base in St. Nazaire March 27, 1942 Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward March 27, 1942 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York City) March 27, 1941 Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to U.S. for 99 years March 27, 1941 Hitler signs Directive 27 (assault on Yugoslavia) March 27, 1941 Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul March 27, 1940 Himmler orders building of Auschwitz concentration camp, at Katowice March 27, 1939 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33 March 27, 1937 Feyenoord-stadium official opens in Rotterdam March 27, 1936 WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air March 27, 1933 U.S. Farm Credit Administration authorized March 27, 1933 Japan leaves League of Nations March 27, 1933 Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson and Eric William Fawcett March 27, 1932 De Bataven soccer team forms in Gendt March 27, 1931 Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor March 27, 1931 John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on March 27, 1930 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a ship at sea March 27, 1929 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson March 27, 1929 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner March 27, 1928 KGB-AM in San Diego, California begins radio transmissions March 27, 1928 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson March 27, 1928 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner March 27, 1924 Canada recognizes U.S.S.R. March 27, 1924 New French government of Poincare begins March 27, 1920 Film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks wed March 27, 1920 Hermann Muller becomes German chancellor (SPD) March 27, 1914 1st successful blood transfusion (in Brussels) March 27, 1912 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington D.C. March 27, 1884 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston - New York March 27, 1879 Longest championship fight (136 rounds) March 27, 1871 1st international rugby game-Scotland 1, England 0 March 27, 1866 Andrew Rankin patents the urinal March 27, 1866 President Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amendment March 27, 1865 Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals March 27, 1863 President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer March 27, 1861 Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars March 27, 1860 M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew) March 27, 1855 Abraham Gesner patents kerosene March 27, 1849 Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill March 27, 1848 John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster March 27, 1841 1st U.S. steam fire engine tested, New York City March 27, 1836 1st Mormon temple dedicated in Kirtland, Ohio March 27, 1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend: Gen Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians March 27, 1808 Joseph Haydns oratorio "Die Schopfung" premieres in Vienna March 27, 1802 Treaty of Amiens-French Revolutionary War ends March 27, 1794 U.S. Navy forms March 27, 1790 The shoelace invented March 27, 1758 Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine March 27, 1721 France and Spain sign Treaty of Madrid March 27, 1713 Spain losses Menorca and Gibraltar March 27, 1709 Dike at Hardinxveld breaks (Alblasserwaard flooded) March 27, 1708 English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk March 27, 1668 English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company March 27, 1625 Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends English throne March 27, 1599 Robert Devereux becomes lt-general of Ireland March 27, 1513 Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida |