March 27 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 269 days remaining until the end of time.
1790 The shoelace is invented
1860 M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew)
1866 Andrew Rankin patents the urinal
1871 The first international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, is played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
1886 Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars. He gets a Cadillac later.
1914 1st successful blood transfusion in Brussels
1915 Typhoid Mary Mallon, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
1982 "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at 46th St. New York City after 1577 performances
1983 Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" premieres in New York City. Shemar on the gay beach is more memorable IMHO
1998 Food and Drug Administration approves the drug Viagra, made by Pfizer, saying it helps about two-thirds of impotent men improve their sexual function
922 Mansur Al-Hallaj, Sufi mystic, is flogged, stoned, hanged, has his legs and arms cut off and then is beheaded for heresy before being cremated and having his ashes scattered to the four winds. Talk about pissing off someone. . .
1968 Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, shows that it is safer to fly in a rocket than in an airplane
1972 Maurits Cornelis Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), has his ups and downs as he comes and goes
1991 Aldo Ray [DaRe], US actor (Battle Cry), is an angel
2002 Milton "Mr. Television" Berle, US comedian with reported exceptionally large penis, keeps his "Uncle Miltie" in his dress
2002 Dudley Moore, actor (10, Arthur), goes beyond the fringe
2011 Farley Granger, gay US actor (Rope, Strangers on a Train), doesn’t wait for the next big thing
March 21 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 275 days remaining until the end of time.
1866 Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes
1952 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever
1962 A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds. . .and, man oh man, was he pissed!
1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay is closed after Clint escapes
1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
1970 Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.
1980 SPOILER ALERT!!! On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot. Not fatally as it turns out.
1994 Dudley Moore is arrested for hitting girlfriend
1922 Russ Meyer, breast-fixated heterosexual US director/producer/"King of the Nudies"
1978 Kevin Federline, US dancer/rapper/model/model father/Celeb Fit club contestant
1979 Alex Sibley, English model/UK Big Brother 3 contestant
1916 Cole Younger, US outlaw, won’t get older
1974 Candy Darling [James Slattery], gay US female impersonator, takes a walk on the wild side
1985 Sir Michael Redgrave, bisexual English actor (Goodbye Mr. Chips, Mr. Arkadin), lets the chips fall where they may, especially since yesterday was his birthday.
1987 Dean Paul "Dino" Martin, US singer/actor (Billy-Misfits of Science)/US Air Force pilot, is lost in space
1991 Leo Fender, US inventor (Fender guitar), hits a wrong chord
1994 Dack Rambo, gay US actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), succumbs to AIDS
