Born on this day – Maria Ewing:

Maria Ewing

Opera singer

Soprano

March 27, 1950 – January 9, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Carmen (2010); Don Giovanni (1984); From This Moment On (1990); La damoiselle elue; Iberia; Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (1987); Pelléas et Mélisande (1992); Shéhérazade:  Alborada del gracioso; Ma mère l'oye; La valse; L'éventail de Jeanne - Fanfare; La vallée des cloches (1991).

Movies and television:

Carmen (1985–1989); Carmen by Georges Bizet (1991); Cosi fan tutte (1978); Dido and Aeneas (1995); Grâce à la musique (1980); Great Performances (1984–1995); La Périchole (1982); L'incoronazione di Poppea (1984); Salome (1992); The Barber of Seville (1981); The Marriage of Figaro (1976); The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1987); The South Bank Show (1997); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem (1988).

Born on this day – John Saint Ryan:

John Saint Ryan

Actor

Horse trainer

Equestrian

Stunt man

March 27, 1953 – April 3, 2025

Credits:

A Small Problem (1987); American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1993); Babylon 5 (1995); Bad Cat (2015); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000); CIA II: Target Alexa (1993); Coronation Street (1987–1994); Cover-Up (1991); Crusade (1999); Cybill (1997); Dark Skies (1997); Delta Force 3: The Killing Game (1991); Emmerdale Farm (1987); EZ Streets (1996–1997); Floodtide (1987); G.B.H. (1983); Gargoyles (1995–1996); General Hospital (1963); Gunpowder (1986); Into the Darkness (1993); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); L.A. Heat (1997); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1995); MacGyver (1986); Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow (2023); Medicine Man (1992); Murder, She Wrote (1995); No Greater Love (1995); Out of the Wild (2019); Players (1998); Revolution (2012); Roar (1997); Roar: The Making of (1997); Scene (1986); Screen Two (1989); SeaQuest 2032 (1993); Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994); Target Eve Island (1983); The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999); The Agency (2001); The Assassinator (1992); The Butcher (2009); The Eye of Satan (1992); The Heidi Chronicles (1995); The Sharp End (1991); The Sweeper (1996); The Twilight Zone / Segment: The Storyteller (1986); The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992); Wipe Out (1988).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 26.

Episode entitled: Ghost Town.

Released March 27, 1959.

Directed by John Brahm.

Written by Jack Laird, Lawrence Resner, John Francis Larkin and Boris Ingster.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Alan Marshal, Sally Todd, John Herman Shaner, Maggie McCarter, Charles Herbert, Bill Baldwin, Sid Melton.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Enterprise

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Starship Mine.

Released March 27, 1993.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Written by Morgan Gendel, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, David Spielberg, Marie Marshall, Tim Russ, Glenn Morshower, Tom Nibley, Tim DeZarn, Patricia Tallman, Arlee Reed, Alan Altshuld, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Tracee Cocco, Hal Donahue, Grace Harrell, Gina Saadi.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 1. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: Acquisition.

Released March 27, 2002.

Directed by James Whitmore Jr.

Written by Maria Jacquemetton, André Jacquemetton, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Stephen Beck, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Velton Ray Bunch.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Jeffrey Combs, Clint Howard, Matt Malloy, Ethan Phillips, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Amy Kate Connolly, Mark Correy, Stacy Fouche, Hilde Garcia, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, Bryan Heiberg, Aldric A. Horton, John Jurgens, Bobby Pappas, Cynthia Uhrich, Gary Weeks.

On this day in television history - Justified (2012)

Justified
Season 3. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Measures.

Released March 27, 2012.

Directed by John Dahl.

Written by Graham Yost, Benjamin Cavell, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Ingrid Escajeda, Ryan Farley, Jon Worley.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.
 
Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Raymond J. Barry, Jeremy Davies, Jere Burns, Marshall Allman, David Andrews, Adam Arkin, Michael Ironside, David Meunier, Demetrius Grosse, Mickey Jones, Jenn Lyon, Abby Miller, Chris Tardio, Clay Wilcox, Mykelti Williamson, Neal McDonough, McCready Baker, Madeline Blue, Linc Hand, Blake Heron, Janet Hoskins, Jonathan Kowalsky, Jesse Luken.

On this day in music history - 7800° Fahrenheit, by Bon Jovi (1985)

7800° Fahrenheit

by Bon Jovi

was released on March 27, 1985.

Track list:

In and Out of Love; The Price of Love; Only Lonely; King of the Mountain; Silent Night; Tokyo Road; The Hardest Part Is the Night; Always Run to You; To the Fire; Secret Dreams.

Harper Lee, on writing:

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer.

There are people who write, but I think they’re quite different from people who must write.

– Harper Lee.