Today in History
On March 27, 1977, in aviation's worst disaster, 583 people were killed when a KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off in heavy fog, crashed into a Pan Am 747 on an airport runway on the Canary Island of Tenerife (ten-uh-REEF').
In 1952, the MGM movie musical "Singin' in the Rain," starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, had its world premiere at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
In 1957, "Around the World in 80 Days" won the Academy Award for best picture of 1956; Yul Brynner won best actor for "The King and I," Ingrid Bergman was awarded best actress for "Anastasia" and George Stevens was recognized as best director for "Giant."
In 1996, an Israeli court convicted Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's (YIT'-sahk rah-BEENZ') confessed assassin of murder, then sentenced former law student Yigal Amir (YEE'-gahl ah-MEER') to life in prison.
In 2002, President George W. Bush signed landmark bipartisan legislation designed to limit the role of big money in political campaigns.
Truck bombs hit markets in Tal Afar (tahl AH'-fur), Iraq, killing at least 152 people and wounding more than 150.
NFL owners voted 30-2 (with Cincinnati and Arizona dissenting) to make the video replay system a permanent officiating tool.
(Clayton Osbon was charged with interference with a flight crew; he was found not guilty by reason of insanity.) Award-winning poet Adrienne Rich, 82, died in Santa Cruz, California.
The Syrian government recaptured the historic city of Palmyra (pahl-MEER'-uh) from Islamic State fighters who had waged a 10-month reign of terror there.