Earthquake & Tidal Waves

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March 27th, 1964: A series of tsunamis hit Maui, Molokai, Oahu, and to a lesser extent Kauai and the Big Island. No one is hurt and little damage is reported in Hawii. The tidal waves were triggered by an Alaskan earthquake – the strongest in North American history– that killed 117 people. Signs of the this magnitude 8.4 quake can still be seen near Anchorage to this day. 

EVENTS ON THIS DAY — March 27th

  • 1512: Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights Florida 
  • 1836: First Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland Ohio) 
  • 1860: M L Byrn patents the corkscrew (NY) 
  • 1866: President Andrew Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amendment
  • 1899: Marconi transmits the first international wireless message 
  • 1912: First Japanese cherry trees planted in Washington DC 
  • 1939: University of Oregon wins first NCAA basketball championship 
  • 1945: The last V-2 rocket is fired in WWII 
  • 1998 The FDA approves the drug Viagra, made by Pfizer, to fight male impotence
  • 2001: California regulators approve electricity rate hikes of up to 46 percent 

BORN ON THIS DAY — March 27th

  • 1845: WQilhelm Roewntgen, Nobel physicist 
  • 1914: Budd Schulberg, author 
  • 1914: Richard Denning, actor
  • 1915:  Edward Steichen, photographer
  • 1917: Harry West, Unionist party leader 
  • 1930: David Janssen,  actor
  • 1942: Sarah Vaughan, jazz vocalist and pianist
  • 1942: Michael York, actor
  • 1950: Tony Banks, rock keyboardist 
  • 1963: Quentin Tarantino, director/writer/actor
  • 1963: Randall Cunningham, NFL QB 
  • 1970: Mariah Carey, singer (
  • 1971: Nathan Fillion, actor
  • 1984: Emily Ann Lloyd, actress
  • 1995: Taylor Atelian, actress