Paracultural Calendar for March 27

[Mark Thibodeau]

On this day in *1513*, Spanish explorer *Juan Ponce de León* reaches the
northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.

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On this day in *1625*, *Charles I* becomes King of England, Scotland and
Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.

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On this day in *1814*, in central Alabama, U.S. forces under General *Andrew
Jackson* defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

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On this day in *1836*, the Goliad massacre takes place when *Antonio López
de Santa Anna *orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texas POWs at
Goliad, Texas.

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On this day in *1854*, the United Kingdom declares war on Russia. It's
the *Crimean
War: Phase One*.

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On this day in *1886*, famous Apache warrior, *Geronimo*, surrenders to the
U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.

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On this day in *1915*, *Typhoid Mary*, the first healthy carrier of disease
ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would
remain for the rest of her life.

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On this day in *1958*, *Nikita Khrushchev* becomes Premier of the Soviet
Union.

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On this day in *1964*, the Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful
earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central
Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of
Anchorage.

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On this day in *1977*, two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway
on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on
Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst
aviation accident in history.

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On this day in *1980*, the Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland
collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.

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On this day in *1981*, the Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning
strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four
hours.

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On this day in *1998*, the Food and Drug Administration approves *Viagra *for
use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for
this condition in the United States.
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