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What happend on 27. March in History
In our data base we found 386 events happened on 27. March:
• 1191: Pope Clement III (b. 1130) [category: Deaths]
• 1309: Pope Clement V imposes excommunication, interdiction, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse against Venice, which had unjustly seized on Ferrara, a fief of the Patrimony of Peter. [category: Events]
• 1329: Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical. [category: Events]
• 1350: King Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312) [category: Deaths]
• 1378: Pope Gregory XI (b. 1336) [category: Deaths]
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• 1416: Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (d. 1480) [category: Births]
• 1462: Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415) [category: Deaths]
• 1482: Mary of Burgundy (b. 1457) [category: Deaths]
• 1555: William Hunter, Protestant martyr [category: Deaths]
• 1572: Girolamo Maggi, Italian Renaissance man (b. c. 1523) [category: Deaths]
• 1613: The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy. [category: Events]
• 1625: King James I of England and Ireland, James VI of Scotland (b. 1566) [category: Deaths]
• 1625: Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France. [category: Events]
• 1627: Stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716) [category: Births]
• 1635: Robert Naunton, English politician (b. 1563) [category: Deaths]
• 1676: Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian nationalist (d. 1735) [category: Births]
• 1676: Bernardino de Rebolledo, Spanish poet, soldier and diplomat (b. 1597) [category: Deaths]
• 1679: Abraham Minjon, Dutch painter (b. 1640) [category: Deaths]
• 1696: Antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760) [category: Births]
• 1697: Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate (b. 1603) [category: Deaths]
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• 1702: Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (d. 1762) [category: Births]
• 1709: William Flackton, English bookseller, publisher, organist, violinist, viola player and composer (d. 1798) [category: Births]
• 1710: Joseph Abaco, Belgian violoncellist and composer (d. 1805) [category: Births]
• 1712: Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (d. 1779) [category: Births]
• 1714: Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1730: Thomas Tyrwhitt, English classical scholar (d. 1786) [category: Births]
• 1746: Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (d. 1767) [category: Births]
• 1757: Johann Stamitz, Czech-born composer (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1760: Ishmail Spicer, American composer (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1765: Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841) [category: Births]
• 1770: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian artist (b. 1696) [category: Deaths]
• 1782: Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1784: Alexander Csoma de Kőrös, Hungarian philologist (d. 1842) [category: Births]
• 1785: King Louis XVII of France (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1794: Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact. [category: Events]
• 1794: The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates. [category: Events]
• 1796: Robert James Graves, Irish physician and surgeon ⟨d. 1853⟩ [category: Births]
• 1797: Alfred de Vigny, French author (d. 1863) [category: Births]
• 1809: Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French civic planner (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1809: Jean-Louis Beaudry, Canadian entrepreneur and politician (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1809: Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (b. 1716) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad-Real. [category: Events]
• 1810: William Hepworth Thompson, English classical scholar (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1812: Hugh McGary Jr. established what is now Evansville, Indiana on a bend in the Ohio River. [category: Events]
• 1813: Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1814: War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. [category: Events]
• 1817: Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss biologist and botanist (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1818: Erminia Frezzolini, Italian operatic soprano ⟨d. 1884⟩ [category: Births]
• 1827: François Alexandre Frédéric, French social reformer (b. 1747) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: James Fannin, American military figure on the Texas Army and leader during the Texas Revolution (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre – Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas. [category: Events]
• 1843: Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist (b. 1769) [category: Deaths]
• 1845: Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1846: Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas. [category: Events]
• 1847: Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1849: Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (b. 1776) [category: Deaths]
• 1850: Wilhelm Beer, German astronomer (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: Vincent d'Indy, French opera composer and teacher (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1851: First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans. [category: Events]
• 1854: Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia. [category: Events]
• 1857: Karl Pearson, English statistician and mathematician (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1859: George Giffen, Australian cricketer (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1860: Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1863: Sir Henry Royce, English automobile pioneer (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1864: Jean-Jacques Ampère, French scholar (b. 1800) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: Patty Smith Hill, American educator (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1869: James McNeill, Irish politician (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1871: Heinrich Mann, German writer (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1871: Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1871: The first international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, is played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place. [category: Events]
• 1873: Amedée Simon Dominique Thierry, French journalist and historian (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1875: Jean Cau, French rower [category: Births]
• 1875: Edgar Quinet, French historian (b. 1803) [category: Deaths]
• 1876: Gerhard Kowalewski, German mathematician ⟨d. 1950⟩ [category: Births]
• 1877: Oscar Grégoire, Belgian water polo player and swimmer (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1878: Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1879: Prince Waldemar of Prussia (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army. [category: Events]
• 1882: Mark Arie, American sports shooter ⟨d. 1958⟩ [category: Births]
• 1883: Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1883: Paul McCullough, American actor and comedian ⟨d. 1936⟩ [category: Births]
• 1884: A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, attacks members of a jury who had returned a verdict of manslaughter in a clear case of murder, and then over the next few days would riot and destroy the courthouse. [category: Events]
• 1886: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1886: Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1886: Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars. [category: Events]
• 1888: Bouke Benenga, Dutch freestyle swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1889: John Bright, English statesman (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, British naval officer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1890: A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200. [category: Events]
• 1892: Dorrit Weixler, German actress (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1892: Ferde Grofé, American composer and pianist (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1892: Wilhelm Wulff, German-Austrian astrologer and writer ⟨d. 1979⟩ [category: Births]
• 1893: Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1894: René Fonck, French military commander ⟨d. 1953⟩ [category: Births]
• 1895: Betty Schade, German-born American actress (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1897: Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1897: Andreas Anagnostakis, Greek physician (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Alma Tell, American actress (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1898: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1817) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1901: Carl Barks, American illustrator (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1901: Eisaku Sato, Japanese statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1901: Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1901: Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1902: Charles Lang, American cinematographer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1903: Leif Tronstad, Norwegian scientist ⟨d. 1945⟩ [category: Births]
• 1905: Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1906: Pee Wee Russell, American jazz musician (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1909: Ben Webster, American jazz and tenor saxophonist (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1909: Golo Mann, German historian (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1910: Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, American scientist; son of Louis Agassiz (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: A fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, kills 312. [category: Events]
• 1912: James Callaghan, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1913: Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1914: Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1914: Richard Denning, American actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1915: Robert Lockwood, Jr., American blues guitarist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1915: Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would remain for the rest of her life. [category: Events]
• 1917: Cyrus Vance, American politician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1918: Henry Adams, American historian (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Martin Sheridan, Irish-born athlete (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Bessarabia joins the Kingdom of Romania. [category: Events]
• 1920: Richard Hayman, American conductor [category: Births]
• 1920: Robin Jacques, British illustrator (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1921: Fred Foy, American radio and television announcer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1921: Harold Nicholas, American dancer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1922: Dick King-Smith English author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1922: Stefan Wul, French author (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1923: Endo Shusaku, Japanese author (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1923: Louis Simpson, Jamaican poet (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Sarah Vaughan, American singer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1924: Walter Parratt, English composer (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Frank O'Hara, American poet (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1926: Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Anthony Lewis, American journalist and writer [category: Births]
• 1927: Jean Beetz, Canadian lawyer, professor and judge (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1927: Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1927: Joe Start, American baseball player (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1930: Bob den Uyl, Dutch writer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1930: Daniel Spoerri, Swiss painter [category: Births]
• 1931: David Janssen, American actor (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1931: Arnold Bennett, British novelist (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Michel Guérard, French chef and businessman [category: Births]
• 1934: Peter Schamoni, German film director and producer ⟨d. 2011⟩ [category: Births]
• 1934: Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer, politician and statesman, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Abelardo Castillo, Argentine writer [category: Births]
• 1935: Julian Glover, British actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Stanley Rother, American Catholic priest and missionary (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1936: Otmar Issing, German economist [category: Births]
• 1937: Thomas Aquinas Daly, American painter [category: Births]
• 1938: Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang takes place. [category: Events]
• 1939: Cale Yarborough, American race car driver and businessman [category: Births]
• 1940: Austin Pendleton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Janis Martin, American singer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1940: Silvano Bertini, Italian welterweight boxer [category: Births]
• 1940: Madeleine Astor, RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Michael Joseph Savage, New Zealand Prime Minister (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Ivan Gašparovič, Slovakian politician, President of the Slovak Republic [category: Births]
• 1941: Liese Prokop, Austrian athlete and politician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1941: Oreste Rizzini, Italian voice actor ⟨d. 2008⟩ [category: Births]
• 1941: Per Kibsgaard-Petersen, Norwegian banker and civil servant [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-axis government in a bloodless coup. [category: Events]
• 1942: John E. Sulston, British chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [category: Births]
• 1942: Michael Jackson, English writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1942: Michael York, English actor [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands – In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska. [category: Events]
• 1944: Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers. [category: Events]
• 1946: Michael Aris, British academic ⟨d. 1999⟩ [category: Births]
• 1946: Olaf Malolepski, German musician (Die Flippers) [category: Births]
• 1947: Aad de Mos, Dutch football coach [category: Births]
• 1947: Aleksandr Viktorenko, Soviet cosmonaut [category: Births]
• 1947: Brian Jones, British balloonist [category: Births]
• 1947: Craig Defoy, Welsh golfer [category: Births]
• 1947: Marc-Yvan Côté, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Walt Mossberg, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1948: The Second Congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened. [category: Events]
• 1950: Lynn McGlothen, American baseball player (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1950: Petros Efthimiou, Greek politician and academic [category: Births]
• 1950: Tony Banks, English musician (Genesis) [category: Births]
• 1952: Dana Stabenow, American author [category: Births]
• 1952: Jan Albers, Dutch field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1952: Maria Schneider, French actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1952: Richard Séguin, Canadian singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1952: Kiichiro Toyoda, Japan industrialist (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Edwarda O'Bara, American coma patient (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1953: Herman Ponsteen, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1954: Robbie Haines, American sailor [category: Births]
• 1955: Lefteris Pantazis, Greek singer [category: Births]
• 1955: Mariano Rajoy, Spanish politician, 6th Prime Minister of Spain [category: Births]
• 1956: Leung Kwok Hung, Hong Kong activist [category: Births]
• 1956: Thomas Wassberg, Swedish skier [category: Births]
• 1957: Billy Mackenzie, Scottish tenor and musician (Associates) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1957: Kostas Vasilakakis, Greek footballer and football manager [category: Births]
• 1957: Nick Hawkins, British politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1959: Andrew Farriss, Australian musician (INXS) [category: Births]
• 1959: Mariusz Strzałka, Polish fencer [category: Births]
• 1960: Hans Pflügler, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: Mark Lovell, English Rally driver (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1960: Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Legião Urbana and Aborto Elétrico) (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1961: Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist (B'z and TMG) [category: Births]
• 1961: Tony Rominger, Swiss cyclist [category: Births]
• 1962: Jann Arden, Canadian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1962: John O'Farrell, British broadcaster, author and satirist [category: Births]
• 1962: Rob Hollink, Dutch poker player [category: Births]
• 1963: Bedabrata Pain, Indian film director and inventor [category: Births]
• 1963: Charly Alberti, Argentinian musician (Soda Stereo) [category: Births]
• 1963: Dave Koz, American saxophonist [category: Births]
• 1963: Jörg Michael, German musician [category: Births]
• 1963: Quentin Tarantino, American director, writer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1963: Randall Cunningham, American football player [category: Births]
• 1963: Xuxa, Brazilian actress, children's entertainer, singer, and television host [category: Births]
• 1963: Beeching Axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network. [category: Events]
• 1964: Glenn Carter, English actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1964: Kad Merad, French-Algerian actor [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1965: Dirk Lotsy, Dutch footballer (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Haruto Umezawa, Japanese manga artist [category: Births]
• 1966: Paula Trickey, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Žarko Paspalj, Serbian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1967: David Bavaro, American football player [category: Births]
• 1967: Kenta Kobashi, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1967: Talisa Soto, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Jim Thompson, American designer (disappeared) (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Sandra Hess, Swiss actress and model [category: Births]
• 1968: Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Kevin Corrigan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Pauley Perrette, American actress, photographer, poet, writer [category: Births]
• 1969: Stéphane Morin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1969: Victoria O'Keefe, British actress (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 196_bc: Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. [category: Events]
• 710: Rupert of Salzburg [category: Deaths]
• 972: King Robert II of France (d. 1031) [category: Births]
• 973: Herman, Duke of Saxony [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Brendan Hill, British drummer (Blues Traveler and Stolen Ogre) [category: Births]
• 1970: Brent Fitz, Canadian musician (Theory of a Deadman, Union, Econoline Crush, and Indigenous) [category: Births]
• 1970: Derek Aucoin, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Kathalijne Buitenweg, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1970: Mariah Carey, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Princess Leila of Iran (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1970: Uwe Rosenberg, German board game designer [category: Births]
• 1971: David Coulthard, Scottish Formula One driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Charles Doyle Haas II, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1972: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Sharkey Bonano, American jazz musician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Ade Adepitan, British wheelchair basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Rui Jorge, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: George Koumantarakis, Greek-South African footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Patrick van Loon, Dutch judoka [category: Births]
• 1974: Russ Haas, American wrestler (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1975: Chakrit Yamnam, Thai actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Fergie, American pop singer (The Black Eyed Peas and Wild Orchid) [category: Births]
• 1975: Tom Goegebuer, Belgian weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1975: Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. [category: Events]
• 1976: Carl Ng, Hong Kong-British actor and model [category: Births]
• 1976: Danny Fortson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Djamel Belmadi, Algerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens. [category: Events]
• 1977: Adrian Anca, Romanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Ioannis Melissanidis, Greek artistic gymnast [category: Births]
• 1977: Vitor Meira, Brazilian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1977: A. P. Hamann, American politician (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Diana Hyland, American actress (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Eve Meyer, American model (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch Aviator (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). 61 survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history. [category: Events]
• 1978: Nick Serra, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1978: Noname Jane, American porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 1978: Nat Bailey, Canadian restaurateur, founder of White Spot (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Marcello Salazar, Brazilian martial artist [category: Births]
• 1979: Michael Cuddyer, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Cesare Cremonini, Italian singer and songwriter (Lùnapop) [category: Births]
• 1980: Michaela Paštiková, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1980: Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, led to panic on commodity and futures exchanges. [category: Events]
• 1980: The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212. [category: Events]
• 1981: Brian Miner, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1981: Cacau, German-Brazilian soccer player [category: Births]
• 1981: Carey Davis, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Jukka Keskisalo, Finnish runner [category: Births]
• 1981: Lin Jun Jie, Chinese singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Terry McFlynn, Northern Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Mao Dun, Chinese writer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Olle Björklund, Swedish actor and news presenter (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours. [category: Events]
• 1982: Iman Crosson, American actor, impressionist and dancer [category: Births]
• 1982: Kurara Chibana, Japanese model, 1st Runner-up for Miss Universe 2006 [category: Births]
• 1982: Betty Schade, German-born American actress (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Yunus İçuz, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Ben Franks, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: Brett Holman, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Laura Critchley, British singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1984: Michaël Cordier, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Caroline Winberg, Swedish model [category: Births]
• 1985: Dario Baldauf, Austrian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Stijn De Smet, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Dan Bull, British rapper [category: Births]
• 1986: George Whitelock, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1986: Manuel Neuer, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Melissa Stern (Baby M), American custody case figure [category: Births]
• 1986: SoCal Val, American wrestler and valet [category: Births]
• 1986: A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer and injuring 21 people. [category: Events]
• 1987: Buster Posey, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Chad Denny, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Cláudio, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Victor Vito, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1988: Brenda Song, American actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Jessie J, British singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Renato Salvatori, Italian actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Jack Starrett, American actor and director (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: May Allison, American actress (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Alessio Bugno, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Janina Toljan, Austrian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1990: Kimbra Johnson, New Zealand singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1990: Nicolas N'Koulou, Cameroonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Scott Selwood, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime. [category: Events]
• 1991: Aldo Ray, American actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Ralph Bates, British actor (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Aoi Yūki, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Pedro Obiang, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Easley Blackwood, American bridge player (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Clifford Jordan, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Paul László, Hungarian interior designer and architect (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo. [category: Events]
• 1993: Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China. [category: Events]
• 1994: Lucia Mokrášová, Slovak heptathlete [category: Births]
• 1995: Taylor Atelian, American teen actress [category: Births]
• 1995: René Allio, French director (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Howard Wyeth, American drummer and pianist (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: David McClelland, American psychologist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile manufacturer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States. [category: Events]
• 2000: Ian Dury, English musician (The Blockheads) (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills 1 and injures 71. [category: Events]
• 2002: Billy Wilder, American director (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Dudley Moore, British actor (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Milton Berle, American actor and comedian (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Passover Massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people partaking of the Passover meal in Netanya, Israel. [category: Events]
• 2003: Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Paul Zindel, American writer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Ricardo Munguía, Salvadoran aid worker (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: HMS Scylla (F71), a decommissioned Leander class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe. [category: Events]
• 2005: Ahmed Zaki, Egyptian actor (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Bob Casey, American baseball announcer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Grant Johannesen, American concert pianist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Wilfred Bigelow, Canadian heart surgeon (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Dan Curtis, American television producer and director (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and political advisor to Ronald Reagan (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Ruari McLean, British typographer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Paul Lauterbur, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: George Pruteanu, Romanian literary critic and politician (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jean-Marie Balestre, French president of motor sport's FIA (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Jack Dreyfus, American financial expert and the founder of the Dreyfus Funds (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: A suicide bomber kills at least 48 at a mosque in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan. [category: Events]
• 2009: Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people. [category: Events]
• 2010: Vasily Smyslov, Russian grandmaster and World Chess Champion (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Farley Granger, American actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hilton Kramer, American critic and essayist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Warren Stevens, American actor (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• _: Alexander, a Pannonian soldier, martyred in 3rd century. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Amador of Portugal [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Armed Forces Day or Tatmadaw nei (Burma) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Augusta of Treviso [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gelasius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John of Egypt [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: March 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Philetus and companies [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Romulus of Nîmes, a Benedictine abbot, martyred c. 730. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rupert of Salzburg [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Theatre Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Zanitas and Lazarus of Persia [category: Holidays and observances]