Daily Archives: March 27, 2018

FDA approves sale of impotence pill Viagra 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 27 1998)


Video: 'Erection Drug Discovery - Horizon: Pill Poppers - BBC Two'

(Friday, March 27, 1998) — The Food and Drug Administration today approved the drug Viagra, made by Pfizer, for use as a treatment for male impotence, becoming the first oral treatment approved to treat erectile dysfunction in the United States. Continue reading FDA approves sale of impotence pill Viagra 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 27 1998)

Lennon concludes recording exploits of Maurice DuPont 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 27 1978)


Video: 'Maurice Dupont (Act III) [March 27 1978]'

(Monday, March 27, 1978) — Former Beatle John Lennon concluded recording the humorous exploits of French detective Maurice Dupont, a fictional agent provocateur, today from the seclusion of his Dakota apartment in New York City. Continue reading Lennon concludes recording exploits of Maurice DuPont 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 27 1978)

‘London Town’ album by Wings released 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 27 1978)


Video: 'London Town' (14 videos)

(Monday, March 27, 1978)London Town by Wings, Paul McCartney’s eighth studio album since the 1970 break-up of The Beatles (the sixth with his band Wings), was released today in the U.S. (Mar. 31, 1978 in the UK). Continue reading ‘London Town’ album by Wings released 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 27 1978)

First human in space dies in routine training flight 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 27 1968)


Video: 'Last flight of Yury Gagarin: What killed the space icon'

(Wednesday, March 27, 1968, 10:31 a.m. MSK; during the Cold War) — Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space in 1961, died today when his MiG-15 jet crashed during a routine training flight near the town of Kirzhach.

Gagarin was 34.


Video: 'Life and the tragic death of Yuri Gagarin' (Mar. 27, 1968, at 26:41)