Today is Tuesday, March 27, the 86th day of 2007. There are 279 days left in the year. On this date in 1977, 583 people are killed when a KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off, crashes into a Pan Am

Today is Tuesday, March 27, the 86th day of 2007. There are 279 days left in the year. On this date in 1977, 583 people are killed when a KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off, crashes into a Pan Am 747 on the Canary Island of Tenerife.
In 1625, Charles I ascends the English throne upon the death of James I. In 1794, Congress approves "An Act to provide a Naval Armament" of six armed ships. In 1836, the first Mormon temple is dedicated, in Kirtland, Ohio. In 1957, "Around the World in 80 Days" wins the Academy Award for best picture; Yul Brynner wins best actor for "The King and I," Ingrid Bergman is awarded best actress for "Anastasia" and George Stevens receives best director for "Giant." In 1958, Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier in addition to first secretary of the communist party. In 1964, Alaska is rocked by a powerful earthquake that kills 131 people.
March 27, 1982: Brig. Gen. Robert G. Lynn, speaking at Youngstown State University's 12th winter commencement, tells 852 graduates that intelligence, ingenuity, imagination, initiative and integrity are the five "traveling companions to leadership."
Rayen School's Tigers lose their bid for a state basketball championship, losing to Dayton Roth, 68-56, in the Class AA championship finals.
March 27, 1967: Three burglars escaped a cordon of police and deputy sheriffs after they were interrupted while loading a truck with merchandise at the Federal Wholesale Co. on Myron Street in Hubbard. Police thought they had the warehouse surrounded, but the burglars disappeared on foot into the night, leaving a truck loaded with 30,000 in loot.
A merger is in the works between Wean Industries Inc., Wean Engineering, McKay Machine Co. and Youngstown Foundry and Machine Co., which would create an industrial empire with national and international influence in industrial machinery and equipment.
A contingent of Ohio state legislators takes a tour of Youngstown University, in anticipation of passage of a bill that will add the university to the state system.
March 27, 1957: Ohio Gov. C. William O'Neill is arranging an interstate meeting to organize opposition to any additional diversion of water from the Great Lakes by Illinois and the city of Chicago.
Jet Broadcasting Co. of Youngstown protests the recent Federal Communications Commission approval for WKST-TV to change its Channel 45 transmission location from New Castle, Pa., to Midlothian Blvd. in Youngstown.
March 27, 1932: Mary Daly of Elm St., Youngstown, portrays the role of Lord Mountararat in the Gilbert-Sullivan operetta, "Iolanthe" in Seton College's production at the Pitt Theater.
The Youngstown Garden Club is hoping to turn 600 vacant lots in the city into gardens yielding corn, potatoes, tomatoes, beans, carrots and other vegetables.