March 27
day of the year
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
Up to 1900 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 sailing 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.
- 1854 - Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia.
- 1871 – The first international rugby football match, Scotland v. England, is played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
- 1886 - Apache warrior Geronimo surrenders to the United States Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
- 1890 - A tornado hits Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 people.
- 1899 - Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time in the Philippine-American War.
1901 – 2000 change
- 1910 - A fire at a barn-dance in Hungary kills 312 people.
- 1915 - Mary Mallon, known as Typhoid Mary, is quarantined for the rest of her life.
- 1918 – Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania.
- 1923 – FART construction completed.
- 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.
- 1975 - Building work on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline begins in Alaska.
- 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.
- 1981 - The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a "warning strike", as 12 million workers walk out for 4 hours.
- 1984 - The musical Starlight Express is first performed in London.
- 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.
- 1995 - Forrest Gump wins six awards at the 67th Academy Awards.
- 1996 – Yigal Amir is sentenced to life in prison for murdering Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
From 2001 change
- 2002 – Passover Massacre: A suicide bomber kills 28 people in Netanya, Israel.
- 2002 - Nanterre Massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire on councilors at the end of a town council meeting, killing 8 councilors and injuring 19.
- 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 movie called Fitna. The next days protests were held by people in the Middle East.
- 2009 – The Situ Gintung Dam breaks in Indonesia, leading to at least 99 deaths.
- 2009 - A suicide bomber kills at least 48 people at a mosque in Khyber Agency, Pakistan.
- 2016 - A bomb attack on people celebrating Easter in Lahore, Pakistan, kills over 70 people.
Births change
Up to 1800 change
- 45 - Statius, Roman poet (d. 96)
- 765– Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid Caliph (d. 809)
- 972 – Robert II of France (d. 1031)
- 1123 – Emperor Shizong of Jin (d. 1189)
- 1196 - Sviatoslav III of Vladimir (d. 1252)
- 1306 - Philip III of Navarre (d. 1343)
- 1416 - Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1480)
- 1416 - Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint (d. 1507)
- 1679 - Domenico Lalli, Italian poet and librettist (d. 1741)
- 1702 - Johann Ernst Eberlin, German organist and composer (d. 1762)
- 1710 - Joseph Abaco, Belgian cellist and composer (d. 1805)
- 1714 - Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (d. 1795)
- 1753 - Edward Pigott, British astronomer (d. 1825)
- 1761 – James Sykes, 14th Governor of Delaware (d. 1822)
- 1765 - Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841)
- 1767 - Charles Didelot, Swedish-French dancer and choreographer (d. 1837)
- 1785 – King Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
1801 – 1900 change
- 1802 – Charles-Mathias Simons, 3rd Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1874)
- 1809 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French civic engineer (d. 1891)
- 1809 – Jean-Louis Beaudry, 11th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1886)
- 1813 - Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (d. 1888)
- 1813 - David Monro, Scottish-New Zealand physician and politician (d. 1877)
- 1817 – Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss botanist and biologist (d. 1891)
- 1822 - Henri Murger, French writer and poet (d. 1861)
- 1824 - Virginia Minor, American activist (d. 1894)
- 1827 - Ernesto Rossi, Italian actor and playwright (d. 1896)
- 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)
- 1849 - Carlo Dossi, Italian writer and diplomat (d. 1910)
- 1854 - Georges Eekhoud, novelist (d. 1927)
- 1857 - Karl Pearson, British mathematician (d. 1936)
- 1861 - Nikolay Demyanov, Russian chemist (d. 1938)
- 1863 – Henry Royce, English automobile pioneer (d. 1933)
- 1865 - Alessandro Verde, Italian cardinal (d. 1958)
- 1866 - John Allan, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Victoria (d. 1936)
- 1869 – James McNeill, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1938)
- 1869 - Walter Dohm, American runner (d. 1894)
- 1871 – Heinrich Mann, German writer (d. 1950)
- 1873 - Christophorus III, Georgian Patriarch (d. 1932)
- 1874 – Andrés de Segurola, Spanish bass (d. 1953)
- 1876 – Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti, Italian cardinal (d. 1943)
- 1879 – Edward Steichen, Luxembourg-American photographer (d. 1973)
- 1879 - Sandor Garbai, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1947)
- 1885 - Julio Lozano Diaz, 40th President of Honduras (d. 1957)
- 1886 – Sergey Kirov, Soviet politician (d. 1934)
- 1886 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (d. 1969)
- 1891 – Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian playwright and writer (d. 1974)
- 1893 – Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist and philosopher(d. 1947)
- 1894 - Soeprapto, Indonesian lawyer and judge (d. 1964)
- 1898 – Alma Tell, American stage and movie actress (d. 1937)
- 1898 - Titina De Filippo, Italian actress (d. 1963)
- 1898 - Maria Rasputin, daughter of Grigori Rasputin (d. 1977)
- 1899 – Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. 1983)
- 1900 - Arleigh Winston Scott, Governor-General of Barbados (d. 1976)
1901 – 1950 change
- 1901 – Carl Barks, American cartoonist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1901 – Erich Ollenhauer, German publicist, historian and writer (d. 1963)
- 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)
- 1905 - Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, German military officer and Resistance activist (d. 1980)
- 1906 – Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet player and songwriter (d. 1969)
- 1909 - Golo Mann, German writer, historian and publicist (d. 1994)
- 1912 – James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (d. 1945)
- 1914 – Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter (d. 2009)
- 1915 - Bernardo Poli, Italian footballer (d. 1944)
- 1915 - Wang Daohan, Chinese politician, Mayor of Shanghai (d. 2005)
- 1917 – Cyrus Vance, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002)
- 1920 - Richard Hayman, American musician and conductor (d. 2014)
- 1921 – Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (d. 2000)
- 1921 – Fred Foy, American radio and television presenter (d. 2010)
- 1922 – Dick King-Smith, British writer (d. 2011)
- 1923 - Lorenzo Semple Jr., American screenwriter (d. 2014)
- 1924 - Sarah Vaughan, American jazz singer and pianist (d. 1990)
- 1925 - Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, English farmer and politician
- 1927 – Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Daniel Spoerri, Romanian-Swiss artist, writer and director
- 1931 - Stephen Reinhardt, American judge (d. 2018)
- 1932 – Roberto Farias, Brazilian screenwriter and director
- 1932 - Bailey Olter, 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia (d. 1999)
- 1934 – Peter Schamoni, German movie director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2011)
- 1934 - Jutta Limbach, German jurist and politician (d. 2016)
- 1934 - Ioannis Paleokrassas, Greek politician
- 1935 - Lars Andreas Larssen, Norwegian actor (d. 2014)
- 1937 - Thomas Aquinas Daly, American painter
- 1937 - Alan Hawkshaw, English keyboardist and songwriter
- 1941 – Liese Prokop, Austrian politician (d. 2006)
- 1941 – Ivan Gasparovic, former President of Slovakia
- 1942 – John E. Sulston, British chemist (d. 2018)
- 1942 – Michael York, British actor
- 1944 - Enrique Baron Crespo, Spanish politician
- 1944 – Miguel Enríquez, Chilean physician and activist (d. 1974)
- 1944 - Lydia Yu-Jose, Filipino political scientist (d. 2014)
- 1945 – Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress (d. 2004)
- 1945 - Harry Rowohlt, German writer (d. 2015)
- 1946 – Olaf Malolepski, German musician
- 1946 – Michael Aris, British psychologist and writer, husband of Aung San Suu Kyi (d. 1999)
- 1947 – Aleksandr Viktorenko, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut
- 1947 - Daphne Todd, English painter
- 1947 - John Mayhew, English-American musician (Genesis) (d. 2009)
- 1950 – Tony Banks, British musician (Genesis)
- 1950 - Julia Alvarez, Dominican-American poet and novelist
1951 – 1975 change
- 1952 – Maria Schneider, French actress (d. 2011)
- 1953 - Gabriele Gatti, Sammarinese politician
- 1955 – Mariano Rajoy, Prime Minister of Spain
- 1955 – Christian Sarron, French motorcycle racer
- 1958 - Peter Howson, Scottish painter
- 1960 – Renato Russo, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
- 1961 – Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist and songwriter (B'z)
- 1962 – John O'Farrell, English writer and broadcaster
- 1963 – Quentin Tarantino, American director, writer, and producer
- 1963 - Xuxa, Brazilian actress and singer
- 1964 - Clive Rowe, English actor
- 1964 - Ann Sidney, English actress and television host
- 1967 - Anthony Thornton, New Zealand field hockey player
- 1967 - Talisa Soto, American actress and model
- 1968 - Isabelle Tuchband, French-Brazilian sculptor and painter
- 1969 - Gianluigi Lentini, Italian footballer
- 1969 – Mariah Carey, American singer-songwriter
- 1970 – Derek Aucoin, Canadian baseball player
- 1970 - Jarrod McCracken, New Zealand rugby 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
- 1973 - Ade Adepitan, British basketball player
- 1974 – Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer
- 1975 – Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson, American musician (Black Eyed Peas)
From 1976 change
- 1976 – Danny Fortson, American basketball player
- 1977 - Noname Jane, American pornographic actress
- 1979 – Lee Ji-hoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
- 1979 – Denis Golovanov, Russian tennis player
- 1980 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian singer-songwriter and actor
- 1981 – Cacau, Brazilian-German footballer
- 1981 – JJ Lin, Chinese singer-songwriter and actor
- 1981 - Brian Miner, American comedian
- 1982 - Tracy Phillips, American actress, dancer and choreographer
- 1984 - Adam Ashley-Cooper, Australian rugby player
- 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
- 1987 - Lene Egeli, Norwegian model
- 1987 - Polina Gagarina, Russian singer
- 1988 – Jessie J, English singer
- 1988 – Brenda Song, American actress
- 1988 - Atsuto Uchida, Japanese footballer
- 1990 - Kimbra, New Zealand singer-songwriter
- 1990 - Joselu, German-Spanish footballer
- 1991 - Shayne Whittington, American basketball player
- 1993 - Matt Hobden, English cricketer (d. 2016)
- 1997 - Princess Sara bint Al Faisal of Jordan
- 1997 - Princess Aisha bint Al Faisal of Jordan
- 1997 - Lisa Manoban, member of Kpop girl group Blackpink
- 2000 - Sophie Nélisse, Canadian actress
- 2004 - Amira Willighagen, Dutch singer
- 2006 - Josh Mayer,YouTuber
- 2006 - Jean Victor,Streamer
Deaths change
Up to 1900 change
- 710 - Rupert of Salzburg, Austrian saint (b. 660)
- 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 Hesse-Kassel, Queen of Denmark (b. 1650)
- 1737 - Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Georgian King (b. 1675)
- 1745 - Tommaso Crudeli, Italian free thinker, poet and lawyer (b. 1702)
- 1840 - Philipp Albert Stapfer, Swiss philosopher and politician (b. 1786)
- 1844 - Dmitry Golitsyn, Russian-French general, statesman and writer (b. 1771)
- 1849 - Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, 35th Governor General of Canada (b. 1776)
- 1850 – Wilhelm Beer, German astronomer (b. 1797)
- 1867 - Prideaux John Selby, English ornithologist, botanist and artist (b. 1788)
- 1869 - James Harper, American politician, 69th Mayor of New York City (b. 1795)
- 1875 - Juan Crisostomo Torrico, President of Peru (b. 1808)
- 1878 – George Gilbert Scott, English architect (b. 1811)
- 1898 – Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1817)
1901 – 2000 change
- 1910 - Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American scientist and engineer (b. 1835)
- 1918 – Henry Adams, American historian (b. 1838)
- 1921 - Harry Barron, 16th Governor of Western Australia (b. 1847)
- 1923 – James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842)
- 1926 – Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
- 1931 – Arnold Bennett, British novelist (b. 1867)
- 1934 - Francis William Reitz, South African politician, 5th President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844)
- 1940 – Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872)
- 1947 - Edith Craig, English actress, director, producer and fashion designer (b. 1869)
- 1952 – Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894)
- 1954 - Walter M. Pierce, American politician, 17th Governor of Oregon (b. 1861)
- 1958 - Leon C. Phillips, American politician, 11th Governor of Oklahoma (b. 1890)
- 1967 – Jaroslav Heyrovsky, Czech chemist (b. 1890)
- 1968 – Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1934)
- 1968 - Vladimir Seryogin, Russian pilot (b. 1922)
- 1969 - Antonio Pigliaru, Italian jurist and philosopher (b. 1922)
- 1971 - Albin Grau, German architect, occultist, production designer, artist and producer (b. 1884)
- 1972 – M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (b. 1898)
- 1974 - Eduardo Santos, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1888)
- 1975 - Arthur Bliss, English conductor and composer (b. 1891)
- 1981 - Mao Dun, Chinese journalist, writer and critic (b. 1895)
- 1982 - Betty Schade, German-American actress (b. 1895)
- 1988 – Renato Salvatori, Italian actor (b. 1934)
- 1993 – Kamal Hassan Ali, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1921)
- 1993 - Clifford Jordan, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
- 1997 - Layne Dwinell, American politician, 69th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1906)
- 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)
- 1999 - Ernestina de Champourcin, Spanish poet (b. 1905)
- 2000 – Ian Dury, British musician (b. 1942)
From 2001 change
- 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)
- 2013 - Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1923)
- 2014 - James R. Schlesinger, American politician (b. 1929)
- 2014 - Jeffery Dench, English actor (b. 1928)
- 2014 - Per Lillo-Stenberg, Norwegian actor (b. 1928)
- 2014 - Richard Nelson Frye, American orientalist and historian (b. 1920)
- 2014 - Derek Martinus, British television director (b. 1931)
- 2015 - Olga Syahputra, Indonesian comedian (b. 1983)
- 2015 - Rod Hundley, American basketball player (b. 1934)
- 2015 - T. Sailo, Indian politician (b. 1922)
- 2015 - Amaro Silva, Canadian politician (b. 1957)
- 2015 - Daundre Barnaby, Jamaican-born Canadian runner (b. 1990)
- 2015 - B.J. Crosby, American singer and actress (b. 1952)
- 2015 - Rik Battaglia, Italian actor (b. 1927)
- 2015 - Yusuf Mohamed Ismail, Somali diplomat (b. 1960)
- 2016 - Mother Angelica, American nun (b. 1923)
- 2016 - Alain Decaux, French historian and writer (b. 1925)
- 2016 - Antoine Demoitié, Belgian cyclist (b. 1990)
- 2016 - Anatoly Savin, Russian weapons designer (b. 1920)
- 2016 - Vince Boryla, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
- 2017 - Arthur Blythe, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1940)
- 2017 - Arun Sarma, Indian playwright (b. 1931)
- 2017 - David Storey, English novelist (b. 1933)
- 2017 - Chelsea Brown, American-Australian actress (b. 1942)
- 2017 - Armando Nieto, Peruvian Jesuit priest and historian (b. 1931)
- 2017 - Elizabeth Wagele, American writer and musician (b. 1939)
- 2018 - Stéphane Audran, French actress (b. 1932)
- 2018 - Victor Kalashnikov, Russian gundesigner (b. 1942)
- 2018 - Eric McClintock, American businessman (b. 1918)
Observances change
- World Theatre Day
- Armed Forces Day (Burma)
- Saint Rupert of Salzburg (Roman Catholicism)