On March 27, 1998, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves use of the drug Viagra, an oral medication that treats impotence.

The world of design and fashion was shocked when Maurizio Gucci was shot dead in 1995. His execution would lead to an even greater sensation three years later.

A floating apartment for oil workers in the North Sea collapses, killing 123 people, on March 27, 1980.

On March 27, 1979, one of pop music’s most famous love triangles shifts when British Blues guitarist Eric Clapton finally marries his muse, former model Pattie Boyd.

On March 27, 1977, two 747 jumbo jets crash into each other on the runway at an airport in the Canary Islands, killing 583 passengers and crew members.

In 1975, a monumental engineering endeavor began in the heart of North America: the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

On March 27, 1973, the actor Marlon Brando declines the Academy Award for Best Actor for his career-reviving performance in The Godfather.

Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space, Dies in Tragic Jet Crash Moscow, March 27, 1968 – In a somber moment for the Soviet Union and the world, Yuri Gagarin, the pioneering cosmonaut who made history as the first man to orbit the Earth, tragically died today at the age of 34 in a MiG-15 jet crash during a routine training flight near Moscow.

On March 27, 1964, Alaska was rocked by a seismic event that would go down in history as one of the most devastating natural disasters on record.

On March 27, 1958, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev replaces Nicolay Bulganin as Soviet premier, becoming the first leader since Joseph Stalin to simultaneously hold the USSR’s two top offices.