What Happened on March 27, 1940

Famous Birthdays

Austin Pendleton, American actor (Short Circuit, Simon, Hello Again), born in Warren, Ohio
Janis Martin, American rockabilly and country singer, born in Sutherlin, Virginia (d. 2007)
June Wilkinson, English actress (Absolutely Glamarous), born in Essex, England

Michael Joseph Savage, Australian-born New Zealand politician and first Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand (1935-40), dies of colon cancer at 68