March 27
\n1794
\nCongress authorizes the construction of six frigates, including the Constitution (Old Ironsides), for the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n
1866
\nPresident Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill which later became the 14th amendment.<\/p>\n
1884
\nThe first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York.<\/p>\n
1917
\nThe Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n
1958
\nNikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier and first secretary of the Communist Party.<\/p>\n
1964
\nA 9.2 magnitude earthquake hit 80 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska, killing 117 and producing a 50-foot tsunami that traveled over 8,000 miles.<\/p>\n
1977
\nPan 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.<\/p>\n
2001
\nA federal judge ruled that the University of Michigan\u2019s affirmative action policy was invalid, a ruling that later would be reversed in an appeal.<\/p>\n
Birthdays<\/p>\n
Georges Eug\u00e8ne Haussmann
\ncivic official and city planner (1809)<\/p>\n
Nathaniel Currier
\nlithographer (1813)<\/p>\n
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
\nphysicist (1845)<\/p>\n
Edward Steichen
\nAmerican photographer (1879)<\/p>\n
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
\narchitect (1886)<\/p>\n
Louis Simpson
\npoet (1923)<\/p>\n
Sarah Vaughan
\nsinger (1924)<\/p>\n
Michael York
\nactor (1942)<\/p>\n
Quentin Tarantino
\nfilmmaker (1963)<\/p>\n
Mariah Carey
\nsinger (1970)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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