Daily Archives: March 27, 2015

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ debuts on ABC-TV 10 years ago this hour (Mar 27 2005)


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(Sunday, March 27, 2005, 10:00 p.m. EST)Grey’s Anatomy, a medical drama series about lives of surgical interns and residents as they gradually evolve into seasoned doctors while trying to maintain personal lives and relationships, debuted tonight as a television series on ABC.

It starred Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T.R. Knight, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens, Jr., Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey.

‘Forrest Gump’ wins Best Picture at 67th Academy Awards 20 years ago this hour (Mar 27 1995)


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(Monday, March 27, 1995, 6:00 p.m. PST)Forrest Gump, an epic romantic-comedy-drama film about a mentally challenged man who stumbles through formative events in U.S. history, won six Oscars tonight at the 67th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Robert Zemeckis for Best Director and Tom Hanks for Best Actor. Continue reading ‘Forrest Gump’ wins Best Picture at 67th Academy Awards 20 years ago this hour (Mar 27 1995)

Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Porter confer at City Point, Virginia 150 years ago this evening (Mar 27 1865)


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(Monday, March 27, 1865, evening; during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln met with union generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman and Admiral David D. Porter onboard the passenger steamboat River Queen tonight at City Point, Virginia, to plot the final stages of the Civil War. The four met again the next day, Mar. 28, 1865.

Eisenhower declares German army ‘whipped’ 70 years ago today (Mar 27 1945)


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(Tuesday, March 27, 1945; on the Western Front of World War II) — The German Army’s “main defensive line has been broken” and the Germans “as a military force on the Western Front are a whipped army,” Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower declared today.