On This Day In History
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) March 26, 2022
Throwback to when Taylor Hawkins and the Foo Fighters rick rolled the bigots of Westboro Baptist church...I'm fucking devastated man rip Taylor Hawkins pic.twitter.com/jjL8sqo4Ym
— Cory Landel (@CoryLandel) March 26, 2022
Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for American rock outfit Foo Fighters, has died at the age of 50, according to a statement from the band https://t.co/MIPXhnhAH4
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) March 26, 2022
Quote from Barney Rubble on March 26, 2022, 4:50 amTaylor Hawkins, drummer with the Foo Fighters has been found dead in his hotel room in Bogota where the band were playing.
He leaves behind a wife and 3 children.
Just after watching him singing Under Pressure with the band with Roger Taylor’s son Rufus on the drums.
Rock in Peace Taylor.
Shocking, sad news that Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins has died.
Here he is taking the mic at Glastonbury 2017 to cover ‘Under Pressure’.#Glastonbury #Glasto #RIPTaylorHawkins #FooFighters pic.twitter.com/OahgM3Xn8O
— Gl⛺️stobation 💦 (@glastobation) March 26, 2022
March 27th
1513 Spaniard Juan Ponce de León and his expedition first sight Florida
1625 Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland ascends the English throne
1914 1st successful non-direct blood transfusion is performed by Dr. Albert Hustin in Brussels
1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet Premier as well as First Secretary of the Communist Party
1977 583 die in aviation’s worst ever disaster when two Boeing 747s collide at Tenerife airport in Spain
Did You Know?
The Great Alaska Earthquake (9.2 magnitude) and resulting tsunami kill 139 people in the largest US earthquake and second largest ever recorded
Today in History in 1964
Would You Believe?
"Back for Good" single released by British boy band Take That, reaches No. 1 in 31 countries
Today in History in 1995
This day 371 years ago – 27 March 1650 – Kilkenny, the capital of Confederate Ireland, surrendered to Oliver Cromwell.
This brought to an end the Irish Catholic Confederacy established in 1642, which had aligned itself on the side of King Charles I in the English Civil War. pic.twitter.com/XUJ6Zw6g53
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) March 27, 2021
This day 48 years ago – 27 March 1972 – eight people died when a fire broke out at Noyeks Timber Merchants on Parnell Street in Dublin City.
One of those who died was 19-year-old Patricia Gore. It was her first day working at the company. pic.twitter.com/EbwUYAb6ww
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) March 27, 2020
On Mother's Day (UK) we remember Agnes E Meyer, mother of famous Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham. The 1st female reporter for the New York Sun in 1907, Meyer became a campaigning journalist. She was also a literary publisher & early visual poet. https://t.co/ivgr2o7igc pic.twitter.com/WNCyF8MPF7
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) March 27, 2022
On this day in 1908, an Alabama Congressman shot a Black man for cursing in front of a white woman on a street car in Washington, D.C. His fellow representatives commended his actions. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/4gZKFJUxZB
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) March 27, 2022
Comedy legend Dudley Moore died #OTD in 2002. Here he is with Peter Cook in the famous “Bloody Greta Garbo” sketch. pic.twitter.com/b09Kft5pHZ
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 27, 2021
On 27 March 1968, while on a routine training flight from Chkalovsky Air Base, Yuri Gagarin died when his MiG-15UTI crashed near the town of Kirzhach.
"Looking at the earth from afar you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for co-operation." pic.twitter.com/eWn3QF8mpq
— Marina Amaral (@marinamaral2) March 27, 2021
March 28th
364 Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor
1854 Britain and France declare war on Russia during the Crimean War
1939 Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to the Nationalists headed by Francisco Franco
1946 Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
Did You Know?
Turkish cities Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara
Today in History in 1930
Would You Believe?
World's largest dinosaur footprint at 1.7 metres found in Kimberley, Western Australia
Today in History in 2017
This day 375 years ago – 28 March 1646 – the first Ormond Peace deal was signed.
In exchange for greater freedom of religion, Irish Catholics agreed to send troops to reinforce the Royalist town of Chester, which was under siege from Parliamentarians. pic.twitter.com/N6VnpRnOmq
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) March 28, 2021
Renowned in the seventeenth century for her poems of friendship and her bestselling plays, Katherine Philips (aka 'Orinda') was a pioneering dramatist, admired by Dryden. https://t.co/J7VpbAVVng pic.twitter.com/lIqSV6FcfO
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) March 28, 2022
On this day in 1958, the State of Alabama executed a 22-year-old Black man named Jeremiah Reeves after police tortured him into giving a false confession as a 16-year-old child. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/t6UjomGk5T
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) March 28, 2022