March 27 - New Vest

New Vest

Man walks down the street in a vest like that, folks know he's not afraid of anything.

This Day In History

1613

The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy.^*

1794

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

1841

First US steam fire engine tested in New York City.

1851

First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans.

1871

The first international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, is played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.

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.

1976

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

2004

HMS Scylla (F71), a decommissioned Leander class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.

Famous Birthdays

1760

Ishmail Spicer, American composer (d. 1832)

1813

Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (d. 1888)

1845

Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)

1863

Sir Henry Royce, English automobile pioneer (d. 1933)

1868

Patty Smith Hill, American educator, author, and songwriter (Happy Birthday To You) (d. 1946)

1886

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (d. 1969)

1905

Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (d. 1980)

1927

Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007)

1942

Michael York, English actor
Michael Jackson, English writer (d. 2007)

1952

Dana Stabenow, American mystery and science fiction author

1963

Quentin Tarantino, American director, writer, and producer

1969

Pauley Perrette, American actress, photographer, poet, writer

1971

Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor

* - Well. Presumably to Mrs. Guy. Even in Newfoundland.