March 27

Happy Birthday RIP Sir Frederick Henry Royce(1863–1933) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe(1886–1969) Gloria Swanson(Svensson 1899 –1983) ; Michael York–75 Arthur Evans–75 Bart Conner–59 Quentin Tarantino–54 David Koz–54 Kevin Corrigan–48 Mariah Carey–47 Nathan Fillion–46 Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson–42 Holliday Grainger–29 ; 1794 – President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy ; 1976 – The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens