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1746 Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney 1785 Louis XVII, pretender to the throne during the French Revolution 1797 Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French writer (Mose Chatterton) 1813 Nathaniel Currier, lithographer (Currier & Ives) 1823 Samuel Kosciusko Zook, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1844 Alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer 1845 Wilhelm Konrad Rntgen, Germany, discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901) 1847 Otto Wallach, Germany, chemist (Nobel 1910) 1851 Vincent d'Indy, Paris France, dandy composer (Symphonie Cvenole) 1854 Edgar Tinel, Flemish composer (Le Chant Grgorien) 1863 Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce) 1867 Edyth Walker, US singer 1871 Heinrich Mann, Germany, novelist/essayist (Blue Angel); bros of Thomas 1879 Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography 1886 Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe, German/US architect (Bauhaus) 1889 Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu, Turkish writer/diplomat 1892 Ferde (Ferdinand Rudolf von) Grof, NY, composer 1893 Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslavian general/nazi collaborator 1897 Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist 1899 Gloria Swanson, actress (Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly) 19-- Brian Tarantina, NYC, actor (Uncle Buck, Lucky-One Life to Live) 19-- Michael O'Leary, Calif, actor (Guiding Light, Fatal Games) 19-- Michael Palance, Long Island NY, actor (Dan-One Life to Live) 1901 Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD) 1901 Sato Eisaku, (Lib) Japanese PM (1964-72) (Nobel 1974) 1903 Walt Kiesling, NFL guard/coach (HOF) 1907 Mary Treen, St Louis Mo, actress (Emily-Willy) 1908 Jacques [Izak] den Haan, writer (Dangerous Book) 1909 Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist 1909 Golo Mann, [Gottfried], German historian (Of Anti semitism) 1910 Rudi Ball, Germany, Jewish ice hockey star (Olympic-bronze-1932) 1912 James Callaghan, (L) British PM (1976-79) 1914 Budd Schulberg, author (On the Waterfront) 1914 Richard Denning, Poughkeepsie NY, actor (Steve-Karen, Hawaii Five-0) 1914 Snooky Lanson, Memphis Tn, singer (Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee) 1917 Cyrus R Vance, US Secretary of State (1977-80) 1917 Harry West, Unionist party leader (Unionist) 1919 Julian Amery, conservatie minister 1919 Simon van Collem, journalist/TV host 1921 Tom Bevill, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- ) 1923 Louis Simpson, Jamaican/US poet (Good News of Death) 1923 Victor Hochhauser, impresario 1924 Harold Nicholas, US actor(?) 1924 Sarah L Vaughan, Newark NJ, jazz scat singer (Broken Hearted Melody) 1925 Lord Plumb, MEP 1925 Robert Cohan, artistic director (Contemporary Dance Trust) 1926 Louis Blom-Cooper QC, press arbiter 1927 Anthony Lewis, newspaper columnist (NY Times) 1927 Lord Fanshawe, MP 1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, Baku, cellist/teacher (Moscow Conservatory) 1928 Douglas Applegate, (Rep-D-OH, 1977- ) 1930 Bob den Uyl, journalist/writer (Birds Look) 1930 David Janssen, [Meyer], Naponee Nebraska, actor (Fugitive, Harry O) 1930 Richard Hayman, Cambridge Mass, orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show) 1933 Geoffrey Parker, high master (Manchestrer Grammar School) 1934 Arthur Mitchell, choreographer (Dance Theater of Harlem) 1934 David Hancock, secretary (British Dept of Education & Science) 1935 Julian Glover, London England, actor (QED, Heat & Dust, Mandela) 1936 Jerry Lacy, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Play it Again Sam) 1939 Jay C Kim, (Rep-R-California) 1939 Ruth Ashton, general secretary (Royal College of Midwives) 1940 Cale Yarborough, auto racer (Won Daytona 500 4 times) 1941 Charles Pashayan Jr, (Rep-R-CA, 1979- ) 1941 June Wilkinson, Eastbourne England, actress (Pajama Tops) 1942 Michael York, actor (Cabaret, Logan's Run, 3 Musketeers) 1942 Raymond J McGrath, (Rep-R-NY, 1981- ) 1943 Bob Carr, (Rep-D-MI, 1975-81, 83- ) 1943 M Robert Carr, (Rep-D-Michigan) 1946 Carl Weintraub, actor (Harry-Executive Suite) 1947 Tom Sullivan, blind actor (If You Could See What I Hear) 1950 Maria Ewing, opera singer 1950 Tony Banks, rock keyboardist (Genesis-Against All Odds) 1952 Chick Vennera, Herkimer NY, actor (High Risk, Milagro Beanfield War) 1952 Maria Schneider, Paris, actress (Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor) 1953 Annemarie Moser-Prll, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1980) 1953 Pamela Roylance, Seattle Wash, actress (Sarah-Little House on Prairie) 1956 Brian Kelly, CFL wide receiver (Edmonton Eskimos) 1956 Thomas Wassberg, Sweden, 15K/50K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1980) 1957 Billy MacKenzie, rock vocalist (The Associates-Affectionate Punch) 1957 Duncan Goodhew, England, 100m breast stroke swimmer (Oly-Gold-1980) 1958 Susan Molinari, (Rep-R-New York) 1960 Jennifer Grey, actress (Dirty Dancing); Joel Grey's daughter 1961 Clark Datchler, vocalist (Johnny Hates Jazz-Don't Say it's Love) 1963 Randall Cunningham, NFL QB (Phila Eagles) 1963 Xuxa, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, singer/actress (Xuxamania) 1966 Kate Donahoo, Las Vegas NV, US judoka (Olympic-92) 1967 Talisa Soto, [Miriam], Brooklyn NY, actress (Licence to Kill) 1971 Mariah Carey, singer (Love Takes Time) 1986 Melissa Stern, [Baby M]/[Sara Whitehead], surrogate baby Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 27965 Arnulf I, count of Flanders dies 1211 Sancho I, King of Portugal, dies at 56 1378 Gregory XI, [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies 1701 Anne Hilarion the Cotentin, earl of Tourville/French admiral, dies 1770 Giovanni B Tiepolo, Italian painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies 1809 Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter/etcher, dies at 92 1850 Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53 1875 Edgar Quinet, French writer/historian (Ahasvrus), dies 1894 Verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies 1910 Alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies 1920 Johan G Dancer, poet (Meetings), dies 1939 Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57 1945 Jírgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42 1961 Jack Kane, orch leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy William Show), dies at 37 1966 Mien Labberton, poetess, dies 1968 Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, die in plane crash 1977 Diana Hyland, actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough), dies at 41 1977 Eve Meyer, X actress (Immoral Mr Teas), dies at 46 in a plane crash 1982 Joris No, Flemish literary, dies 1983 James Hayter, actor, dies at 75 1986 Cass Canfield, US publisher, dies at 88 1987 Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director, dies at 90 1991 Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry), dies at 64 of cancer 1992 Anita Colby, 1st $100 an hour model, dies at 77 of lung disease 1992 Easley Blackwood, expert bridge player, dies at 89 1992 James E Webb, head of NASA (1961-68), dies at 84 1992 Martin Engelman, cartoonist/painter/graphic artist, dies 1993 Carlos Gimenez, director (Theater Festival of Caracas), dies at 47 1993 Wilhelmus MJ Russell, Member of Dutch 1st chamber (KVP/CDA), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 27[Burma] Resistance Day [Alaska] Seward Day (1867) [US Virgin Island] Transfer Day (1917) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 27760 [old RC] Commemoration of St John Damascene, confessor/dr (now 12/4) 1929 [Ang] Feast of Charles H Brent, Bp of Philippines, & of Western NY 1994 [Christian] Palm Sunday of the Passion of Jesus Christ 1994 [Jewish] Passover (Feast of Deliverance) (Nisan 15, 5754 AM) 1997 [Christian] Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 27 [Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time begins [Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow 1512 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights Florida 1625 Charles I King of England Scotland & Ireland ascends to throne 1794 Congress authorizes the president "to provide a naval armament" (Navy) 1802 Pallas (asteroid) discovered by Heinrich Olbers 1802 Treaty of Amiens-French Revolutionary War ends 1807 Vesta (asteroid) discovered by Heinrich Olbers 1836 1st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland Ohio) 1841 1st US steam fire engine tested, NYC 1848 John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster 1849 Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill 1855 Abraham Gesner patents kerosene 1860 M.L. Byrn patents the corkscrew (NY) 1861 Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars 1863 President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer 1865 Seige of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals 1866 Pres Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amend 1871 1st international rugby game-Scotland 1, England 0 1879 Longest championship fight (136 rounds) 1884 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY 1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #595 Polyxena 1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #594 Mireille 1912 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Wash DC 1916 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #825 Tanina 1916 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #850 Altona 1917 Seattle Metropolitans, 1st US team to win Stanley Cup beat Canadiens 1920 Hermann Mller becomes German chancellor (SPD) 1922 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #976 Benjamina 1922 J Palisa discovers asteroid #975 Perseverantia 1924 Canada recognizes USSR 1924 New French cabinet-Poincar term begins 1928 KGB-AM in San Diego CA begins radio transmissions 1930 1st US radio broadcast from a ship at sea 1933 Farm Credit Administration (US) authorized 1933 Japan leaves Leaguew of Nations 1936 WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air 1937 pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge 1939 University of Oregon wins 1st NCAA basketball championship 1940 Himmler orders building of Auschwitz concentration camp, at Katowice 1941 Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years 1941 Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul 1942 Allies raid German submarine base in St Nazaire 1942 Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1« hour forward 1942 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon to retain heavyweight boxing title (NYC) 1943 Assassination group-Van der Veen on Amsterdams registers people 1943 Assassinationattempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau 1943 US begins assault on Fondouk-pass, Tunisia 1944 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp 1944 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania 1944 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo 1944 Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno 1945 Gen Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken 1945 Iwo Jima captured 1945 Okla beats NYU for NCAA basketball championship 1945 US 20th Army corps captures Wiesbaden 1950 Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China 1950 WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, KY (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 Kentucky beats Kansas for NCAA basketball championship 1952 Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer 1952 Sun Records of Memphis begins relasing records 1953 21 die in a train crash in Conneaut Ohio 1955 WPRI TV channel 12 in Providence, RI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 French commandos land in Algeria 1956 US seizes US communistic newspaper "Daily Worker" 1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier & 1st sect of Communist Party 1961 Belgium govt of Eyskens resigns 1962 Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school 1962 Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy 1964 1st true Pirate Radio station, Radio Caroline (England) 1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die 1964 UN-troops arrives on Cyprus 1968 Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in SF 1968 Suharto succeeds Sukarno as president of Indonesia 1969 Black Academy of Arts & Letters forms in Boston 1969 Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars 1970 Ringo releases his 1st solo album "Sentimental Journey" 1971 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title 1972 Venera 8 launched to Venus 1973 Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) stopped for speeding & LSD possession 1973 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #2562 1977 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash on Tenerife 1978 Kentucky beats Duke for NCAA basketball championship 1978 Rutles "All You Need is Cash" is shown on British TV 1979 Supreme Court rules, 8-1, cops can't randomly stop cars 1980 Mount St Helens becomes active after 123 years 1981 John Lennon releases "Watching the Wheels" in UK 1982 Randy Holt sets Wash Cap record of 34 penalty minutes 1986 Disney-MGM Studio Tour groundbreaking 1989 1st half-black soap opera, "Generations," premiers on NBC-TV 1990 Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die 1991 New Kid Donnie Wahlberg, arrested on arson charges in Kentucky 1992 Bruce Springsteen releases "Human Touch" & "Lucky Town" 2134 32nd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 2786th day of the year with 279 days left (Numerology = 3) 1894 20øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1949 75øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 2703/27/42 --- I Don't Want To Walk Without You --- Crosby, Bing 03/27/42 --- Jersey Bounce --- Goodman, Benny 03/27/42 --- Somebody Else Is Taking My Place --- Morgan, Russ 03/27/61 --- One Mint Julep --- Charles, Ray 03/27/61 --- Runaway --- Shannon, Del 03/27/61 --- Take Good Care Of Her --- Wade, Adam 03/27/65 --- I'm Telling You Now --- Freddie & The Dreamers 03/27/65 --- Tired Of Waiting For You --- Kinks 03/27/65 --- Go Now! --- Moody Blues 03/27/65 --- Game Of Love --- Mindbenders 03/27/71 --- Stay Awhile --- Bells 03/27/71 --- Put Your Hand In The Hand --- Ocean 03/27/71 --- Joy To The World --- Three Dog Night 03/27/82 --- I've Never Been To Me --- Charlene 03/27/93 --- Looking Through Patient Eyes --- P.M. 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