Here is what happened on this day in history.
March 27th:
1912- Japanese cherry trees planted along the Potomac
1958- Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier
1964- Strongest earthquake in U.S. history rocks Alaska
1998- FDA approves Viagra
1939- “March Madness” crowns its first men’s NCAA Champion
1929- Herbert Hoover has a telephone installed in Oval Office
1836- Mexican army executes 417 Texas revolutionaries at Goliad
1979- Pattie Boyd and Eric Clapton are married
1973- Marlon Brando declines Best Actor Oscar
1980- Oil workers drown in North Sea
1977- Jumbo jets collide at Canary Islands airport
1865- Lincoln, Sherman and Grant plan final stages of Civil War
1952- Kiichiro Toyoda, founder of the Toyota Motor Corporation, dies
1775- Thomas Jefferson elected to the Continental Congress
Read more about these events at https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
