CoM Moderators Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Historical Events 1841 - 1st US steam fire engine tested, NYC 1930 - 1st US radio broadcast from a ship at sea 1941 - Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years 1957 - 29th Academy Awards: "Around World in 80 Days", Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner win 1982 - Randy Holt sets Wash Cap record of 34 penalty minutes 2021 - 114 people including children killed in one day by armed forces in Myanmar, with more than 420 killed since protests began against the military coup More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1845 - Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist who discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901), born in Lennep, Rhine Province (d. 1923) 1921 - Harold Nicholas, American dancer known as one of the world's greatest dancers (Nicholas Brothers), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (d. 2000) 1939 - Maurice Petty, American auto racing crew chief, engine builder and team owner (Petty Enterprises, International Motorsports and NASCAR Hall of Fame), born in Level Cross, North Carolina (d. 2020) 1970 - Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress (Lost), born in Los Angeles, California 1972 - Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer, born in Paramaribo, Suriname 1984 - Bonnie Milligan, American theater actress and singer (Kimberley Akimbo), born in Decatur, Illinois More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1714 - Anton Ulrich, German Duke of Brunswick and poet, dies at 80 1916 - Susan Blow, American educator who pioneered kindergarten education and was known as the "Mother of the Kindergarten", dies at 72 1982 - Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect (Sears Tower, Chicago; John Hancock Center, Chicago; Metrodome, Minneapolis), dies of a heart attack at 52 1993 - Kate Reid, British actress (The Andromeda Strain, Heaven Help US), dies of cancer at 62 2003 - Paul Zindel, American writer (b. 1936) 2023 - Jocelyn Morlock, Canadian contemporary and post-modern classical composer (My Name is Amanda Todd; Bird in the Tangled Sky), and music educator, dies at 53 More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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