Born on this day – Nelson Algren:

Nelson Algren

Writer

March 28, 1909 – May 9, 1981

Credits:

Books:

A Walk on the Wild Side (1956); Chicago, a City On the Make (poems) (1951); Never Come Morning (1942); Somebody in Boots (1935); The Devil's Stocking (1983); The Last Carousel (1973); The Man with the Golden Arm (1949); The Neon Wilderness (1947); The Texas Stories of Nelson Algren (1995).

Movies and television:

Algren's Last Night (2003); America After Dark (1957); Book Beat (1963–1974); Calendar (1963); Danger (1951); Day at Night (1974); Down You Go (1951); Fearless Frank (1967); Goldstein (1964); Nelson Algren Live (2016); Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day (2001); NET Playhouse (1970); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Shoestring Theatre (1960); The David Susskind Show (1963); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); The Merv Griffin Show (1965); The New Deal for Artists (1976); Today (1965); Walk on the Wild Side (1962).

Liane Moriarty, on writing:

My real thinking and planning gets done when I'm doing something else,

like driving or walking or taking a shower.

- Liane Moriarty.

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

Album by Bon Jovi,
released 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.

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.

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 – Art Evans:

Art Evans

Actor

March 27, 1942 – December 21, 2024

Credits:

227 (1988); A Different World (1990–1991); A Fond Little Memory (1991); A Hill of Our Own (1996); A House Divided (2019); A Soldier's Story (1984); A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2022); Adventures in Babysitting (1989); After All (1999); Alien Rising (2013); Always Outnumbered (1998); Amazing Grace (1974); American Playhouse (1984); Anderson's Cross (2010); Beauty and the Baller (2017); Between Two Brothers (1982); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: They Towed My Car (1998); Big Time (1977); Bitter Harvest (1993); Boys Klub (2001); Bushwhacked (1995); CB4 (1993); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1993); Chico and the Man (1976); Christine (1983); Church (2010); City of Angels (2000); Class Reunion (1982); Claudine (1974); Deadly Rhapsody (2001); Death Wish (1974); Die Hard 2 (1990); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990); Downtown (1990); Dream On (1995); Ellen Bond Secret Agent (2018); Enos (1981); Everybody Hates Chris (2007); Family Matters (1994); First Family (1980); Forcin' the Blues (2011); Fright Night (1985); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); Gas (2004); Handsome Harry's (1985); Hill Street Blues (1981–1984); House Under Siege (2010); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979); In the Heat of the Night (1990); Interstate 60 (2002); Into the Night (1985); iSteve (2013); Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986); King (1978); L.A. Heat (1997); Last Man Standing (2011); Leadbelly (1976); Lincoln Heights (2007–2009); Long Time Gone (1986); Love That Girl! (2014); M*A*S*H (1979); Machete Joe (2010); Mad About You (1992); Maximum Security (1984); Metro (1997); Midnight Caller (1991); Minstrel Man (1977); Moe's World (1992); Mom (1990); Monk (2006); Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (1995); Murder Was the Case: The Movie / Segment: Natural Born Killaz (1995); Native Son (1986); Never Die Alone (2004); Nine to Five (1986–1988); Orphaned (2018); Performance (2008); Police Woman (1976); Pretend Time (2010); Real Husbands of Hollywood (2022); Revenge of the Nerds (1991); Roc (1994); Roddy McDowall: From Apes to Bats (2016); Roosevelt and Truman (1977); Ruthless People (1986); School Daze (1988); Seduced (1985); Shades of Ray (2008); Sisters (1972); Skag (1980); So Little Time (2001); Some Kind of Miracle (1979); Sonny Listening (2002); Stevie Wonder: Go Home (1985); Tales from the Hood (1995); Testify (2006); The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979); The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980); The Breaks (1999); The Cheapest Movie Ever Made (2000); The Cracker Factory (1979); The Fall Guy (1983); The Finishing Touch (1992); The Great White Hype (1996); The In-Laws (1979); The Main Event (1979); The Mighty Quinn (1989); The Orphan and the Dude (1975); The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022–2023); The Sarah Silverman Program. (2010); The Script (2002); The Seduction of Gina (1984); The Story of Us (1999); The Watermelon Heist (2003); The X-Files (2000); Trespass (1992); Tuff Turf (1985); Us Against Them (1997); Walker, Texas Ranger (1996); We Are Family (2012); What Is Fright Night? (2016); White of the Eye (1987); World War III (1982); Wrong Is Right (1982); Young Cesar (2007); Youngblood (1978); You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night (2016).