March 27
1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted present-day Florida.
1625 - Charles I acceded to the English throne upon the death of James I.
1794 - Congress authorized the U.S. Navy.
1866 - President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill which would later become the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
1884 - The first long-distance telephone call was made, connecting Boston and New York City.
1912 - First lady Helen Herron Taft and the wife of Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Viscountess Chinda, planted the first two of 3,000 cherry trees given to the U.S. as a gift by the mayor of Tokyo.
1945 - During World War II, General Dwight D. Eisenhower told reporters in Paris that German defenses on the Western Front had been broken.
1958 - Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier.
1964 - A 9.2-magnitude earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in North America, hit 80 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska, killing 117 people and producing a 50-foot tsunami that traveled over 8,000 miles.
1968 - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth in 1961, died when his MiG-15 jet crashed during a routine training flight near Moscow; he was 34.
1973 - "The Godfather" won the Academy Award for Best Picture, but its star, Marlon Brando, refused to accept his Oscar for Best Actor, and in what would become one of the Oscars' most famous moments sent in his place actor and activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who spoke out about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood. (In 2022, months before her death, the Academy would apologize for the "abuse" Littlefeather received at the time.)
1975 - Construction began on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which was completed two years later.
1977 - Pan American and KLM Boeing 747s collided on a runway in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. The 542 people killed is the highest ever for an aviation disaster.
1980 - 123 workers died when a North Sea floating oil field platform, the Alexander Kielland, capsized during a storm.
2001 - A federal judge ruled that the University of Michigan's affirmative action policy was invalid, a ruling that would later be reversed on appeal.
2018 - Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, in an essay on The New York Times website, called for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation.
2019 - Facebook said it was extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism.
2022 - Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage at the Oscar and won best actor just minutes later. (Smith was later expelled from the movie academy and received a 10-year ban from the Oscars.)
Birthdays
20 - Amira Willighagen (singer)
22 - Amelie Zilber (model)
24 - Halle Bailey (actress/singer)
24 - Sophie Nelisse (actress)
29 - Taylor Atelian (actor)
29 - Demi Rose Mawby (model)
34 - Kimbra (singer)
36 - Brenda Song (actress)
36 - Jessie J (singer)
37 - Buster Posey (baseball player)
40 - Emily Ann Lloyd (actress)
49 - Fergie (singer)
53 - Nathan Fillion (actor)
54 - Elizabeth Mitchell (actress)
54 - Mariah Carey (singer)
55 - Pauley Perrette (actress)
56 - Ben Koldyke (actor)
57 - Talisa Soto (actress)
61 - Quentin Tarantino (director)
82 - Michael York (actor)
88 - Jerry Lacy (actor)
89 - Julian Glover (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 27
1917 - The Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast League defeated the Montreal Canadiens to become the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup.
1939 - Oregon defeats Ohio State 46-33 to win the inaugural NCAA men's basketball tournament.
1945 - Oklahoma State defeats New York University 49-44 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1951 - Kentucky defeats Kansas 68-58 to win the NCAA Tournament; this tournament featured a field that had been expanded to 16 teams.
1971 - UCLA defeats Villanova 68-62 to win a fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament.
1978 - Kentucky defeats Duke 94-88 to win their fifth NCAA Tournament.
1989 - Sports Illustrated exposed Pete Rose's gambling activities. The magazine article alleged Rose bet on baseball from the Riverfront dugout using hand gestures with an associate.
1991 - Scotty Bowman is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
1994 - Magic Johnson was named head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers for the final 16 games of the 1993-94 season.
1998 - A regular season game between the Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, drawing 62,046 fans, the largest crowd for an NBA game in league history.
2007 - NFL owners voted 30-2 to make the video replay system a permanent officiating tool.
1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted present-day Florida.
1625 - Charles I acceded to the English throne upon the death of James I.
1794 - Congress authorized the U.S. Navy.
1866 - President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill which would later become the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
1884 - The first long-distance telephone call was made, connecting Boston and New York City.
1912 - First lady Helen Herron Taft and the wife of Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Viscountess Chinda, planted the first two of 3,000 cherry trees given to the U.S. as a gift by the mayor of Tokyo.
1945 - During World War II, General Dwight D. Eisenhower told reporters in Paris that German defenses on the Western Front had been broken.
1958 - Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier.
1964 - A 9.2-magnitude earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in North America, hit 80 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska, killing 117 people and producing a 50-foot tsunami that traveled over 8,000 miles.
1968 - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth in 1961, died when his MiG-15 jet crashed during a routine training flight near Moscow; he was 34.
1973 - "The Godfather" won the Academy Award for Best Picture, but its star, Marlon Brando, refused to accept his Oscar for Best Actor, and in what would become one of the Oscars' most famous moments sent in his place actor and activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who spoke out about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood. (In 2022, months before her death, the Academy would apologize for the "abuse" Littlefeather received at the time.)
1975 - Construction began on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which was completed two years later.
1977 - Pan American and KLM Boeing 747s collided on a runway in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. The 542 people killed is the highest ever for an aviation disaster.
1980 - 123 workers died when a North Sea floating oil field platform, the Alexander Kielland, capsized during a storm.
2001 - A federal judge ruled that the University of Michigan's affirmative action policy was invalid, a ruling that would later be reversed on appeal.
2018 - Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, in an essay on The New York Times website, called for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation.
2019 - Facebook said it was extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism.
2022 - Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage at the Oscar and won best actor just minutes later. (Smith was later expelled from the movie academy and received a 10-year ban from the Oscars.)
Birthdays
20 - Amira Willighagen (singer)
22 - Amelie Zilber (model)
24 - Halle Bailey (actress/singer)
24 - Sophie Nelisse (actress)
29 - Taylor Atelian (actor)
29 - Demi Rose Mawby (model)
34 - Kimbra (singer)
36 - Brenda Song (actress)
36 - Jessie J (singer)
37 - Buster Posey (baseball player)
40 - Emily Ann Lloyd (actress)
49 - Fergie (singer)
53 - Nathan Fillion (actor)
54 - Elizabeth Mitchell (actress)
54 - Mariah Carey (singer)
55 - Pauley Perrette (actress)
56 - Ben Koldyke (actor)
57 - Talisa Soto (actress)
61 - Quentin Tarantino (director)
82 - Michael York (actor)
88 - Jerry Lacy (actor)
89 - Julian Glover (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 27
1917 - The Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast League defeated the Montreal Canadiens to become the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup.
1939 - Oregon defeats Ohio State 46-33 to win the inaugural NCAA men's basketball tournament.
1945 - Oklahoma State defeats New York University 49-44 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1951 - Kentucky defeats Kansas 68-58 to win the NCAA Tournament; this tournament featured a field that had been expanded to 16 teams.
1971 - UCLA defeats Villanova 68-62 to win a fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament.
1978 - Kentucky defeats Duke 94-88 to win their fifth NCAA Tournament.
1989 - Sports Illustrated exposed Pete Rose's gambling activities. The magazine article alleged Rose bet on baseball from the Riverfront dugout using hand gestures with an associate.
1991 - Scotty Bowman is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
1994 - Magic Johnson was named head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers for the final 16 games of the 1993-94 season.
1998 - A regular season game between the Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, drawing 62,046 fans, the largest crowd for an NBA game in league history.
2007 - NFL owners voted 30-2 to make the video replay system a permanent officiating tool.