| March 27th 1971 | | 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title
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| March 27th 1972 | | Adolph Rupp retires after 42 years of coaching U of Kentucky
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| March 27th 1972 | | Venera 8 launched to Venus
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| March 27th 1973 | | Dennis Amiss out for 99 v Pakistan, 3rd 99 in Test Cricket
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| March 27th 1973 | | Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) stopped for speeding & LSD possession
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| March 27th 1973 | | 45th Academy Awards - "Godfather," Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians
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| March 27th 1976 | | Delta States beat Immaculata, 69-64, for AIWA basketball title
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| March 27th 1976 | | Washington DC underground Metro opens
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| March 27th 1977 | | 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash on Tenerife
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| March 27th 1977 | | Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic
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| March 27th 1978 | | 40th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Duke 94-88
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| March 27th 1978 | | Bob Fosse's "Dancin'" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1,774 perfs
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| March 27th 1978 | | Rutles "All You Need is Cash" is shown on British TV
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| March 27th 1979 | | Supreme Court rules, 8-1, cops can't randomly stop cars
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| March 27th 1980 | | "Happy New Year" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 17 performances
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