Today in History for 27th March 2014

Historical Events

1910 - Fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, killed 312

1920 - Hermann Muller becomes German chancellor (SPD)

1943 - Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau

1966 - Anti Vietnam war demonstrations in US, Europe and Australia

1966 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Louise Suggs Delray Beach Golf Invitational

1992 - Bruce Springsteen releases "Human Touch" and "Lucky Town"

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Famous Birthdays

1627 - Stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)

1893 - Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslavian general/nazi collaborator

1901 - Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD)

1943 - Phil Frank, American cartoonist (d. 2007)

1950 - Petros Efthimiou, Greek politician

1977 - Tom van der Leegte, Dutch soccer player (PSV)

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Famous Deaths

1865 - Petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar (b. 1786)

1961 - Jack Kane, orchestra leader (Steve and Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37

1967 - Jim Thompson, American designer (disappeared) (b. 1906)

1987 - Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director, dies at 90

1989 - May Allison, actress (Youth for Salem Men of Steel), dies

2006 - Ruari McLean, British typographer (b. 1917)

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