TODAY IN HISTORY - MARCH 27TH

1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.

1812 – Hugh McGary Jr. establishes what is now Evansville, Indiana on a bend in the Ohio River.

1813 – Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator, co-founded Currier and Ives (d. 1888) is born.

1836 – Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army butchers 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.

1851 – First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans.

1884 – A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury who had returned a verdict of manslaughter in a clear case of murder, and then over the next few days would riot and destroy the courthouse.

1847 – Richard Martin Meredith, Canadian judge and academic, founded University of Western Ontario (d. 1934) is born.

1863 – Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1933) is born.

1886 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building (d. 1969) is born.

1886 – Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.

1890 – A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.

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.

1927 – Mo Ostin, American record producer, co-founded Warner Bros. Records and Reprise Records is born.

1945 – Vincent Hugo Bendix, American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (b. 1881) dies.

1964 – The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.

1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.

1975 – Fergie, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (The Black Eyed Peas and Wild Orchid) is born.

1976 – The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens.

1982 – Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi-American engineer and architect, designed the John Hancock Center and Willis Tower (b. 1929) dies.

1990 – The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí, an anti-Castro propaganda network, to Cuba.

2000 – A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one and injures 71.

2002 – Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (b. 1908) dies.

2013 – Canada becomes the first country to announce its intention to withdraw from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.