On This Day March 27th
OTD
March 27th is the Eighty–sixth Day of the year in the Gregorian
calendar; 279 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern
end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
1625 – Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland, and Ireland,
claiming the title King of France.
1638 – The first of four destructive Calabrian earthquakes strikes
southern Italy. Measuring magnitude 6.8 and assigned a Mercalli intensity of
XI, it kills 10,000–30,000 people.
1794 – The United States Government established a permanent navy
and authorized the building of six frigates.
1866—President of the United States of America, Andrew Johnson,
vetoes the Civil Rights Act 1866. Congress overrides his veto, and the bill
passes into law on April 9.
1871 – The first international rugby football match, Scotland
defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
1871 – The first international rugby football match, Scotland
defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
1886 – Geronimo, an Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army,
ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
1915 – Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of the disease ever
identified in the United States, is put in quarantine for the second time,
where she would remain for the rest of her life.
1933—Japanese invasion of Manchuria: Japan left the League of
Nations after it approved the Lytton Report, which ruled in favor of China.
1976 – The first section of the Washington Metro opens to the
public.
1981—The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike,
during which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approved Viagra for use as
a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this
condition in the United States.
Birthdays
1844 – Adolphus Greely, American general and explorer, Medal of
Honor recipient (d. 1935)
1863 – Henry Royce, an English engineer and businessman, founded
Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1933)
1879 – Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (d.
1929)
1924 – Sarah Vaughan, American singer (d. 1990)
1939 – Cale Yarborough, American race car driver and businessman
1963 – Xuxa, Brazilian actress, singer, businesswoman, and
television presenter
Holidays And Observance
MANATEE APPRECIATION DAY
The sea's gentle giants, manatees, are closely related to
elephants, with their egg-shaped heads and flat tails. They are 10 to 13 feet
in length, weigh almost 1,300 pounds, and, despite looking bulky, can move or
swim very quickly if necessary. They can be found in slow rivers, saltwater
bays, estuaries, canals, and other coastal areas, spending their lives either
sleeping, eating, or traveling. Manatees don’t have a care in the world and
only need to surface occasionally to replenish their oxygen.
Unfortunately, manatees have become endangered in recent
years, mainly due to the loss of their habitat. There are only three distinct
species worldwide—West African, Amazonian, and West Indian—and the aquatic
animals regularly fall victim to poaching for their meat, the destruction of
waterways, and careless collisions with ships.
New developments destroy their natural nesting areas, contaminate
the water with toxic sewage, manure, and fertilizers, and cause algal blooms.
Manatees often fatally collide with boats and ships in the shallow waters where
they must live to feed on the seagrass, their only food resource.
Manatee Appreciation Day was created by Save the Manatee Club, the
world’s leading manatee conservation organization. Founded in 1981 by
songwriter Jimmy Buffet and former U.S. senator Bob Graham, the organization
protects the manatee and its habitat. It established this holiday to
support its mission of rescuing the slow-moving sea cows from thoughtless,
deadly human activities.
Others Include.
American Red Cross Giving Day
Celebrate Exchange Day
Holy Wednesday
Little Red Wagon Day
Manatee Appreciation Day
National Joe Day
National Scribble Day
National Spanish Paella Day
Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day
Viagra Day
Whole Grain Sampling Day
World Theatre Day
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