Today is Thursday, March 27, the 87th day of 2008. There are 279 days left in the year.
1625 _ Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends to throne
1914 _ First successful blood transfusion (in Brussels)
1931 _ Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor
1933 _ Japan leaves League of Nations
1958 _ Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier and first Secretary of Communist Party
1966 _ Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations in U.S., Europe and Australia
1973 _ 45th Academy Awards: ``Godfather", Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win; Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians
1977 _ 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash, Tenerife
1983 _ Thirteenth Easter Seal Telethon
1988 _ Ku Ok-hee wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament