March 27
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March 27 is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [change]
- 47 BC – The Relocation of Power of Cleopatra VII with help Roman dictator Julius Caesar in Egypt.
- 1306 – Robert I of Scotland and Elizabeth de Burgh are crowned king and Queen of the Scots.
- 1513 – (not 1512 as often cited) – Explorer Juan Ponce de León sights North America (specifically Florida) for the first time, mistaking it for another island.
- 1625 – Charles I becomes King of England and Scotland.
- 1782 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1794 – The government of the United States establishes a permanent United States Navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
- 1794 – Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
- 1814 – War of 1812: In central Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
- 1836 – Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre – Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texans at Goliad, Texas.
- 1846 – Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas.
- 1851 – First reported case of Europeans seeing Yosemite Valley.
- 1871 – First international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
- 1918 – Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania.
- 1923 – FART construction completed.
- 1938 – Battle of Tai er zhuang
- 1941 – Britain supports Peter II of Yugoslavia in a coup in Yugoslavia.
- 1942 – World War II: United Kingdom forces raid the U-boat base at St. Nazaire, France.
- 1945 – World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins.
- 1952 – Sun Records begins operations.
- 1958 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.
- 1963 – Dr Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network. See Beeching axe.
- 1964 – The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
- 1969 – Mariner 7 is launched.
- 1976 – The first 4.6 miles of the Washington, DC subway system is opened.
- 1977 – Tenerife disaster: Two jumbo jets collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583.
- 1980 – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
- 1986 – Car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer.
- 1988 – Moudud Ahmed becomes Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
- 1989 – Generations, the first American soap opera to have an entire black family in its original core cast, commences telecasts on NBC.
- 1990 – Propaganda: The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba.
- 1993 – Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
- 1993 – Albert Zafy becomes President of Madagascar.
- 1993 – Mahamane Ousmane becomes President of Niger.
- 1994 – One of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent memory hits the Southeastern United States. One tornado slams into a church in Piedmont, Alabama during Palm Sunday services killing 20 and injuring 90.
- 1996 – Yigal Amir is sentenced to life in prison for murdering Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
- 2002 – Passover Massacre: A suicide bomber kills 28 people in Netanya, Israel.
- 2003 – An explosion in the Nitrochimie dynamite factory in Billy-Berclau, France kills 4 people.
- 2004 – HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
- 2006 – The United Nations Commission on Human Rights holds its final meeting.
- 2008 – Geert Wilders releases a film called Fitna. The next days protests were held by people in the Middle East.
- 2009 – The Situ Gintung Dam breaks in Indonesia, leading to many deaths.
Births [change]
- 765– Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid Caliph (d. 809)
- 972 – Robert II of France (d. 1031)
- 1123 – Emperor Shizong of Jin (d. 1189)
- 1753 - Edward Pigott, British astronomer (d. 1825)
- 1761 – James Sykes, 14th Governor of Delaware (d. 1822)
- 1785 – Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
- 1802 – Charles-Mathias Simons, 3rd Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1874)
- 1809 – Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French civic engineer (d. 1891)
- 1809 – Jean-Louis Beaudry, 11th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1886)
- 1817 – Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss botanist and biologist (d. 1891)
- 1839 - John Ballance, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1893)
- 1845 – Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
- 1847 – Otto Wallach, German chemist (d. 1931)
- 1854 - Georges Eekhoud, novelist (d. 1927)
- 1863 – Henry Royce, English automobile pioneer (d. 1933)
- 1869 – James McNeill, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1938)
- 1871 – Heinrich Mann, German author (d. 1950)
- 1874 – Andrés de Segurola, Spanish bass (d. 1953)
- 1876 – Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti, Italian cardinal (d. 1943)
- 1879 – Edward Steichen, Luxembourg-American photographer (d. 1973)
- 1886 – Sergey Kirov, Soviet politician (d. 1934)
- 1886 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (d. 1969)
- 1891 – Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian playwright and author (d. 1974)
- 1893 – Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist and philosopher(d. 1947)
- 1898 – Alma Tell, American stage and film actress (d. 1937)
- 1899 – Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. 1983)
- 1901 – Carl Barks, American cartoonist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1901 – Erich Ollenhauer, German publicist, historian and writer (d. 1994)
- 1901 – Eisaku Sato, Japanese statesman, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1975)
- 1901 – Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (d. 1971)
- 1903 – Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican dramatist (d. 1950)
- 1906 – Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet player and songwriter (d. 1969)
- 1912 – James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
- 1914 – Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter (d. 2009)
- 1917 – Cyrus Vance, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002)
- 1921 – Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (d. 2000)
- 1921 – Fred Foy, American radio and television presenter (d. 2010)
- 1922 – Dick King-Smith, British author (d. 2011)
- 1924 - Sarah Vaughan, American jazz singer and pianist (d. 1990)
- 1927 – Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Daniel Spoerri, Romanian-Swiss artist, writer and director
- 1932 – Roberto Farias, Brazilian screenwriter and director
- 1934 – Peter Schamoni, German film director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2011)
- 1941 – Liese Prokop, Austrian politician (d. 2006)
- 1941 – Ivan Gasparovic, President of Slovakia
- 1942 – John E. Sulston, British chemist
- 1942 – Michael York, British actor
- 1944 – Miguel Enríquez, Chilean physician and activist (d. 1974)
- 1945 – Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress (d. 2004)
- 1946 – Olaf Malolepski, German musician
- 1946 – Michael Aris, British psychologist and author, husband of Aung San Suu Kyi (d. 1999)
- 1947 – Aleksandr Viktorenko, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut
- 1950 – Tony Banks, British musician (Genesis)
- 1952 – Maria Schneider, French actress (d. 2011)
- 1955 – Mariano Rajoy, Prime Minister of Spain
- 1955 – Christian Sarron, French motorcycle racer
- 1960 – Renato Russo, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
- 1961 – Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist and songwriter (B'z)
- 1962 – John O'Farrell, English author and broadcaster
- 1963 – Quentin Tarantino, American director, writer, and producer
- 1970 – Mariah Carey, American singer-songwriter
- 1970 – Derek Aucoin, Canadian baseball player
- 1971 – Matthew Pegg, English bass player and songwriter (Procol Harum)
- 1971 – David Coulthard, Scottish racing driver and sports commentator (BBC)
- 1971 – Leila Pahlavi, Iranian princess (d. 2001)
- 1972 – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer
- 1972 – Charlie Haas, American professional wrestler
- 1973 – Rui Jorge, Portuguese footballer
- 1974 – Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer
- 1975 – Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson, American musician (Black Eyed Peas)
- 1976 – Danny Fortson, American basketball player
- 1979 – Lee Ji-hoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
- 1979 – Denis Golovanov, Russian tennis player
- 1981 – Cacau, Brazilian-German footballer
- 1981 – JJ Lin, Chinese singer-songwriter and actor
- 1984 – Brett Holman, Australian footballer
- 1985 – Oren Eizenman, Israeli-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 – Manuel Neuer, German footballer
- 1987 – Chad Denny, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 – Jessie J, English singer
- 1988 – Brenda Song, American actress
Deaths [change]
- 1191 – Pope Clement III (b. 1130)
- 1350 – Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312)
- 1378 – Pope Gregory XI (b. 1336)
- 1462 – Vasili II of Russia (b. 1415)
- 1482 – Mary of Burgundy (b. 1457)
- 1615 – Margaret of Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
- 1625 – King James I of England and Ireland, James VI of Scotland (b. 1566)
- 1676 – Bernardino de Rebolledo, Spanish poet, soldier and diplomat (b. 1597)
- 1714 – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse0Kassel, Queen of Denmark (b. 1650)
- 1850 – Wilhelm Beer, German astronomer (b. 1797)
- 1878 – George Gilbert Scott, English architect (b. 1811)
- 1898 – Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur (b. 1817)
- 1918 – Henry Adams, American historian (b. 1838)
- 1923 – James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842)
- 1926 – Georges Vezina, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
- 1931 – Arnold Bennett, British novelist (b. 1867)
- 1940 – Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872)
- 1952 – Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894)
- 1967 – Jaroslav Heyrovsky, Czech chemist (b. 1890)
- 1968 – Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1934)
- 1972 – M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (b. 1898)
- 1988 – Renato Salvatori, Italian actor (b. 1934)
- 1993 – Kamal Hassan Ali, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1921)
- 1998 – Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Austrian technician and automobile designer (b. 1909)
- 1999 – Michael Aris, British academic and husband of Aung San Suu Kyi (b. 1946)
- 2000 – Ian Dury, British musician (b. 1942)
- 2002 – Milton Berle, American actor, entertainer and comedian (b. 1908)
- 2002 – Dudley Moore, British actor (b. 1935)
- 2002 – Billy Wilder, Austrian-born director (b. 1906)
- 2006 – Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (b. 1921)
- 2007 – Paul Lauterbur, American chemist (b. 1929)
- 2010 – Dick Giordano, American comic artist (b. 1932)
- 2010 – Peter Herbolzheimer, German musician (b. 1935)
- 2010 – Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Stanley Vann, British church musician (b. 1910)
- 2011 – Farley Granger, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2011 – Dorothea Puente, American serial killer (b. 1929)
- 2012 - Adrienne Rich, American poet and feminist (b. 1929)
