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This Day In History March 27


Jefferson elected to the Continental Congress Jackson appoints John Eaton as secretary of war and starts scandal Mexicans execute defenders of Goliad Lincoln, Sherman and Grant meet Fingerprint evidence is used to solve a British murder case Japanese cherry trees planted along the Potomac Bessarabia annexed by Romania Poet Louis Simpson born March Madness is born Germans launch last of their V-2s Toyota founder dies Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier Earthquake rocks Alaska South Vietnamese forces conduct combat operations in Cambodia Marlon Brando declines Best Actor Oscar Bombing of Cambodia to continue Jumbo jets collide at Canary Islands airport Pattie Boyd and Eric Clapton are married TV Marti begins broadcasting to Cuba FDA approves Viagra
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