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Good morning, it’s Thursday March 27 and the clouds should give way to sun and warm temperatures later in the day. It’s the 69th anniversary of a legendary singer’s appearance in Central Texas that served as a warm-up for an historic Easter Sunday concert heard by millions.
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Good morning, it’s Thursday, March 27, the 87th day of 2008. There are 279 days left in the year. The forecast calls for clouds this morning, sun by afternoon and highs in the 80s.

On March 27, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson performed in Waco Hall on the Baylor campus. Two weeks later, she gave an historic performance from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the behest of then First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt after the DAR refused her permission to perform for an integrated audience in Constitution Hall. More than 75,000 gathered for the Easter Sunday performance. Millions listened on the radio.

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Blue skies and new flowers signal the beginning of a new season. The photo was taken by Jimmy Wyatt and was selected for the 2008 News 10 Weather Authority Calendar.Click here for information about the 2008 News 10 Weather Authority Calendar.





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Today's Highlight in History:
On March 27, 1977, 583 people were killed when a KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off, crashed into a Pan Am 747 on the Canary Island of Tenerife.

On This Date:
In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted present-day Florida.
In 1625, Charles I acceded to the English throne upon the death of James I.
In 1794, Congress approved "An Act to provide a Naval Armament" of six armed ships.
In 1836, the first Mormon temple was dedicated, in Kirtland, Ohio.
In 1945, during World War II, General Dwight D. Eisenhower told reporters in Paris that German defenses on the Western Front had been broken.
In 1958, Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier in addition to First Secretary of the Communist Party.
In 1964, Alaska was hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunamis that killed about 130 people.
In 1968, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the earth, died in a plane crash.
In 1980, 123 workers died when a North Sea floating oil field platform, the Alexander Kielland, capsized during a storm.
In 1996, an Israeli court convicted Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's confessed assassin of murder, then sentenced former law student Yigal Amir to life in prison.

Ten years ago:
The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Viagra, made by Pfizer, saying it had helped about two-thirds of impotent men improve their sexual function. Ferdinand Porsche, Jr., who founded the sports car firm that bears his name, died at age 88 in Zell am See, Austria.

Five years ago:
Serbian police killed two major suspects in the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic. Russia's Evgeni Plushenko won his second World Figure Skating Championships title, edging American Tim Goebel. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Zindel died in New York at age 66.

One year ago:
Truck bombs hit markets in Tal Afar, Iraq, killing at least 152 people and wounding more than 150. NFL owners voted 30-2 to make the video replay system a permanent officiating tool.

Today's Birthdays:
Former newspaper columnist Anthony Lewis is 81. Dance company director Arthur Mitchell is 74. Actor Julian Glover is 73. Actor Jerry Lacy is 72. Actor Austin Pendleton is 68. Actor Michael York is 66. Rock musician Tony Banks (Genesis) is 58. Actress Maria Schneider is 56. Rock musician Andrew Farriss (INXS) is 49. Movie director Quentin Tarantino is 45. Rock musician Derrick McKenzie (Jamiroquai) is 44. Actress Talisa Soto is 41. Actress Pauley Perrette is 39. Singer Mariah Carey is 38. Rock musician Brendan Hill (Blues Traveler) is 38. Actress Elizabeth Mitchell is 38. Actor Nathan Fillion is 37. Hip-hop singer Fergie (Black Eyed Peas) is 33. Actress Emily Ann Lloyd is 24. Actress Taylor Atelian is 13.

Thought for Today:
"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." -- Dorothy Thompson, American journalist (1894-1961).

(Source: Associated Press)
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