Once Upon A Time – March 27 – 1914 – 1st Successful Non-direct Blood Transfusion Performed By Dr. Albert Hustin

1513 Spaniard Juan Ponce de León and his expedition first sight Florida

1625 Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland ascends the English throne

1914 1st successful non-direct blood transfusion is performed by Dr. Albert Hustin in Brussels

1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet Premier as well as First Secretary of the Communist Party

1977 583 die in aviation’s worst ever disaster when two Boeing 747s collide at Tenerife airport in Spain

Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
1952 “Singin’ in the Rain”, musical comedy directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC

Today in Music
1948 Just 11 days after being released from prison, Billie Holiday plays in front of a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall

Today in Sport
1871 First international rugby union match – Scotland beats England, 1-0 at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh

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1964 The Great Alaska Earthquake (9.2 magnitude) and resulting tsunami kill 139 people in the largest US earthquake and second largest ever recorded

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1995 “Back for Good” single released by British boy band Take That, reaches No. 1 in 31 countries