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March 27 is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia March 2007 is the third month of the year It began on a Thursday, and ended 31 days later on a Saturday. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English March 2005: ← - January 2005 - February 2005 - March - April 2005 - May 2005 - June 2005 - July 2005 March 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September March 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September March 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September March 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 279 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1329 - Pope John XXII issues his 'In Agro Dominico' condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical. Pope John (numbering Pope John XXII (1249 &ndash December 4, 1334) born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse) was Pope from 1316 to 1334 Meister Eckhart OP (c 1260–c 1328 is the most common formula used to refer to Eckhart von Hochheim, a German theologian
• 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. Juan Ponce de León ( IPA: /xwan'ponʒedele'on/ (1460 – July 1521 was a Spanish Conquistador. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant
• 1613 - The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Cuper's Cove, on the southwest shore of Conception Bay on Newfoundland 's Avalon Peninsula was an early English settlement in the New World Newfoundland — ˈn(jufənˌlænd (Terre-Neuve Talamh an Éisc — is a large island 15 km off the east coast of Nicholas Guy ( fl 1612 &ndash 1631 was one of the first settlers at John Guy 's Cuper's Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland,
• 1625 - Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France. Charles I, (19 November 1600 &ndash 30 January 1649 was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. TalkCommonewalth realm.--> The monarchy Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The English claims to the French throne have a long and rather complex history between the 1340s and the 1800s
• 1642 - The sixth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Joseph takes office. Metropolitans Maximus ( 1283 - 1305) St Peter ( 1308 - 1326) vacant Patriarch Joseph (Иосиф ?— April 15, 1652) was the sixth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia elected after an unusual one and a half year break
• 1782 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham KG, PC (13 May 1730 &ndash 1 July 1782 styled The Hon The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom
• 1794 - The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. For the bird see Frigatebird. A frigate /ˈfrɪgɪt/ is a warship
• 1794 - Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. For other uses of Neutral and Neutrality see Neutral A neutral country takes no side in a War between other parties
• 1814 - War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Andrew Jackson (March 15 1767 June 8 1845 was the seventh President of the United States (1829&ndash1837 The Battle of Horseshoe Bend was fought during the War of 1812 in central Alabama.
• 1834 - Andrew Jackson is censured by the U.S. Senate for his actions regarding the U. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives S. National Bank.
• 1836 - Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre - Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texans at Goliad, Texas. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was fought from October 2 1835 to April 21 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas portion of the Mexican The Goliad Campaign refers to a series of battles which occurred in 1836 as part of the Texas Revolution, which ultimately led to the Goliad massacre Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón ( February 21, 1794 &ndash June 21, 1876) often known as Santa The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The Republic of Texas was a sovereign Nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to Goliad is a city in Goliad County, Texas, United States. It it had a population of 1975 at the 2000 Census.
• 1836 - Kirtland Temple in Ohio is dedicated in an 8 hour long service led by Joseph Smith, Jr. and Sidney Rigdon. The Kirtland Temple is a registered National Historic Landmark in Kirtland Ohio, USA, on the eastern edge of the Cleveland metropolitan area Sidney Rigdon ( 19 February 1793 – 14 July 1876) was an important figure in the early history of the Latter Day Saint movement.
• 1846 - Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The Siege of Fort Texas marked the beginning of active campaigning by the armies of the United States and Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
• 1851 - First reported case of Europeans seeing Yosemite Valley. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Yosemite Valley (joʊˈsɛməti yoh-SEM-it-ee) is a world-famous scenic location in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
• 1854 - Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Eastern War (Восточная война Vostochnaya Vojna) (March 1854–February 1856 was fought The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
• 1868 - The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (LOSRR was a short-lived Common carrier Railroad in New York that was absorbed by the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg Generally a company is a form of Business organization. The precise definition varies Oswego is a City in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 18096 at the 2000 census.
• 1871 - The first international rugby football match, England v. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Rugby football (usually just " rugby " may refer to a number of sports through history descended from a common form of Football developed at Rugby School The England national rugby union team represents England in Rugby union. Scotland, is played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place. The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international Rugby union. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Raeburn Place is the main street of Stockbridge Edinburgh, amd the name of the playing fields there
• 1881 - Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperence by the Salvation Army. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Basingstoke is a town in northeast Hampshire, England It lies across a Valley at the source of the River Loddon. See also Prohibition, Teetotalism The Temperance Movement attempted to reduce the amount of Alcohol consumed within a community or society in The Salvation Army is a Christian charity and church that is internally organised like a military service.
• 1890 - A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
• 1906 - Founding of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• 1910 - Fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, killed 312
• 1918 - Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ököritófülpös is a Village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county in the Northern Great Plain Region of eastern Hungary. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova ( Republica Moldova) is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania Bessarabia ( Basarabia in Romanian, Бесарабія in Ukrainian, Бессарабия in Russian, Бесарабия in Bulgarian Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania
• 1938 - The Battle of Taierzhuang takes place. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Battle of Tai'erzhuang ( was a battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938 between armies of Chinese Kuomintang and Japan, and
• 1941 - World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-axis government in a bloodless coup. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian The Axis powers also known as the Axis alliance Axis nations Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those Countries
• 1942 - World War II: United Kingdom forces raid the U-boat base at St. Nazaire, France. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word, itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot ( undersea boat) and refers See also the St Nazaire Raid Saint-Nazaire ( Breton: Sant-Nazer) is a town and ''commune'' in the Loire-Atlantique département This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 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. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Battle of the Komandorski Islands was one of the most unusual engagements of World War II. The Aleutian Islands (possibly from Chukchi aliat, " Island " are a chain of more than 300 small volcanic islands forming a Volcanic For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Garrison (various spellings (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip" is the collective term for a body of Troops Kiska ( Qisxa in Aleut) is an Island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska located at.
• 1945 - World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Operation Starvation was an American mining operation conducted in World War II by the Army Air Force, in which vital water routes and ports
• 1948 - The Second Congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Workers Party of North Korea (북조선로동당 ( 1946 – 1949) was a Communist party in North Korea, a predecessor of the current Workers
• 1958 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (April 17 1894 – September 11 1971 served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 following Premier of the Soviet Union is the commonly used English term for the offices of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (Председатель
• 1963 - Beeching axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Government 's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system Richard Beeching Baron Beeching ( 21 April 1913 - 23 March 1985) commonly known as Doctor Beeching, was chairman of British
• 1964 - The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. S. history at a magnitude of 9. TalkMoment magnitude scale#Real world examples please.--> The moment magnitude scale 2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
• 1968 - Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Cosmonaut, first human in space dies in aircraft training accident. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1969 - Mariner 7 is launched. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. As part of the wider Mariner program, in 1969 Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 ( Mariner Mars 69A / 69B completed the first dual mission to Mars, flying over the
• 1970 - The Concorde makes its first supersonic flight. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
• 1976 - The first 4. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens. A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway
• 1977 - Tenerife disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 247 on KLM and 335 on PAN AM) and 61 survived on a PAN AM flight. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout An airliner is a large Fixed-wing aircraft with the primary function of transporting paying passengers Tenerife (previously known and spelled as "Teneriffe" in English before mass tourism adopted the Spanish spelling a Spanish Island, is the largest The Canary Islands ( English pronunciation kəˈnæriː ˈaɪləndz Spanish: Islas Canarias, ˈizlas kaˈnarjas are a Spanish
• 1980 - The Norwegian oil platform Alexander Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf.
• 1986 - A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer and injuring 21 people. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) A car bomb is an explosive device placed in a car or other Vehicle and then detonated. The Russell Street Bombing refers to the March 27, 1986 bombing of the Russell Street Police Headquarters complex in Russell Street, Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3
• 1990 - The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) TV Martí was created by the US government to provide news and current affairs programming to Cuba. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until
• 1993 - Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Jiang Zemin ( born 17 August 1926 was the "core of the third generation " of Communist Party of China leaders serving as General Secretary of President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES
• 1994 - One of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent memory hits the Southeastern United States. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The US Southeast is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, but the Census Bureau does not provide a standard definition of a "Southeast" region One tornado slams into a church in Piedmont, Alabama during Palm Sunday services killing 20 and injuring 90. Piedmont is a city in Calhoun and Cherokee counties in the US Palm Sunday is a Christian Moveable feast which always falls on the Sunday before Easter.
• 1994 - The Eurofighter takes its first flight in Manching, Germany. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1994: Events April April 14 - USAF F-15 Eagles shoot WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout For the airport see Ingolstadt Manching Airport Manching is a municipality in the district of Pfaffenhofen, in Bavaria Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 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. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Sildenafil citrate, sold as Viagra, Revatio and under various other trade names is a drug used to treat Erectile dysfunction (male impotence
• 2000 - Phillips explosion of 2000 kills 1 and injures 71 in Pasadena, Texas. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. At approximately 122 pm CT on March 27 2000 an explosion and fire responsible for one death and 71 injuries occurred at Phillips Petroleum 's Houston Chemical Complex at 1400 Jefferson Pasadena ( is a City south of Houston in Harris County Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area
• 2002 - Passover Massacre: A suicide bomber kills 29 people in Netanya, Israel. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Passover massacre (also known as the Netanya bombing) was a Suicide bombing carried out by a Palestinian terrorist in the Park Hotel at Netanya This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.
• 2004 - HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " 1970s She came into to the public limelight in 1973 when she collided with the Torpoint ferry. Batch 1 The first batch comprising 8 ships and built between 1963 and 1965 were general purpose alternatives to the far more expensive single-role classes such as the Rothesay Cornwall ( Kernow ˈkɛɹnɔʊ is the most southwesterly county of England, on the Peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar
• 2006 - The United Nations Commission on Human Rights holds its final meeting. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights ( UNCHR) was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations.

Births

• 972 - King Robert II of France (d. 972 was a year in the 10th century. Events By Place Europe Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine Robert II ( 27 March 972 &ndash 20 July 1031) called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 1031)
• 1416 - Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (d. Antonio Squarcialupi ( March 27, 1416 &ndash July 6, 1480) was an Italian Organist and composer 1480)
• 1627 - Stephen Fox, English politician (d. Sir Stephen Fox ( March 27, 1627 – October 28, 1716) was an English Politician. 1716)
• 1676 - Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (d. Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Ferenc (Francis II Rákóczi ( March 27, 1676 – April 8, 1735) was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs 1735)
• 1696 - Antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. Year 1735 ( MDCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Antoine Court (1696-1760 was a French reformer called the "Restorer of Protestantism in France 1760)
• 1702 - Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (d. Year 1760 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Johann Ernst Eberlin ( March 27 1702 &ndash June 19 1762) was a German composer and Organist whose works bridge the 1762)
• 1712 - Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (d. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Claude Bourgelat ( March 27, 1712 &ndash January 3, 1779) was a French Veterinary surgeon. 1779)
• 1714 - Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (d. Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Francesco Antonio Zaccaria ( March 27, 1714, Venice - October 10, 1795, Rome) was an Italian theologian 1795)
• 1730 - Thomas Tyrwhitt, English classical scholar (d. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Tyrwhitt ( March 27, 1730 &ndash August 15, 1786) was an English Classical scholar and Critic. 1786)
• 1746 - Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (d. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a You may be looking for Michael Owen Bruce, a guitarist for the Alice Cooper Group Michael Bruce ( March 27, 1746 1767)
• 1765 - Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (d. Year 1767 ( MDCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Franz Xaver von Baader ( March 27, 1765 &ndash May 23, 1841) was a German Philosopher and theologian. 1841)
• 1785 - King Louis XVII of France (d. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Louis XVII of France, also Louis VI of Navarre ( Versailles March 27 1785 – Paris June 8 1795) from birth 1795)
• 1797 - Alfred de Vigny, French author (d. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alfred Victor de Vigny ( March 27, 1797 &ndash September 17, 1863) was a French Poet, Playwright, and Novelist 1863)
• 1809 - Baron Haussmann, French civic planner (d. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Georges-Eugène Haussmann ( March 27, 1809 &ndash January 11, 1891) who called himself Baron Haussmann, was a French 1891)
• 1810 - William Hepworth Thompson, English classical scholar (d. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William Hepworth Thompson ( 27 March 1810 &ndash 1 October 1886) was an English classical scholar and Master 1886)
• 1813 - Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (d. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nathaniel Currier ( 27 March 1813 - 20 November 1888) was an American lithographer, who headed the company Currier 1888)
• 1817 - Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss biologist (d. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli ( March 27, 1817 – May 11, 1891) was a Swiss botanist. 1891)
• 1845 - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (27 March 1845 &ndash 10 February 1923 was a German physicist, who on 8 November 1895 produced and detected Electromagnetic The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1923)
• 1847 - Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Otto Wallach ( 27 March, 1847 - 26 February, 1931) was a German Chemist and Nobel laureate for work on Alicyclic The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1931)
• 1851 - Vincent d'Indy, French composer and teacher (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (March 27 1851 &ndash December 2 1931 was a French Composer and teacher 1931)
• 1857 - Karl Pearson, English statistician (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Karl Pearson FRS ( March 27 1857 &ndash April 27 1936) established the disciplineof Mathematical statistics. 1936)
• 1859 - George Giffen, Australian cricketer (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Giffen (27 March 1859 &ndash 29 November 1927 was a Cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. 1927)
• 1860 - Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (d. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Frank Frost Abbott ( March 27, 1860 &ndash July 23, 1924) was an American Classical scholar. 1924)
• 1863 - Sir Henry Royce, English automobile pioneer (d. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Frederick Henry Royce 1st Baronet, OBE (27 March 1863 - 22 April 1933 was a pioneering car manufacturer who with Charles Stewart Rolls founded the 1933)
• 1869 - James McNeill, Irish politician (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year James McNeill (27 March 1869 – 12 December 1938 was an Irish politician who served as second Governor-General of the Irish Free State. 1938)
• 1871 - Heinrich Mann, German writer (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Luiz (Ludwig Heinrich Mann ( 27 March 1871 &ndash 12 March 1950) was a German novelist who wrote works with social themes whose 1950)
• 1879 - Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Miller James Huggins ( March 27, 1879 &ndash September 25, 1929) nicknamed "Mighty Mite" was a Baseball player and 1929)
• 1883 - Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Marie Under ( Tallinn, 27 March 1883 – Stockholm 25 September 1980) was an Estonian Poet. 1980)
• 1886 - Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sergei Mironovich Kirov (Серге́й Миро́нович Ки́ров ( &ndash December 1, 1934) was a prominent early Bolshevik leader whose assassination 1934)
• 1886 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (ˈlʊdvɪç miːs faːn dɛʀ ˈʀoːɐ born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies ( March 27, 1886 &ndash August 17, 1969 1969)
• 1892 - Ferde Grofé, American composer (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Ferde Grofé ( March 27 1892 &ndash April 3 1972) was an American Pianist, arranger and Composer. 1972)
• 1893 - Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Karl Mannheim ( March 27, 1893, Budapest – January 9, 1947, London) or Mannheim Károly in the original writing 1947)
• 1899 - Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gloria Swanson (March 27 1899 – April 4 1983 was an Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe -winning American Hollywood 1983)
• 1897 - Douglas Hartree, English mathematical physicist (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Douglas Rayner Hartree PhD, FRS ( March 27, 1897 – February 12, 1958) was an English Mathematician 1958)
• 1901 - Carl Barks, American illustrator (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 &ndash August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and Comic book creator who 2000)
• 1901 - Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Erich Ollenhauer ( March 27 1901 &ndash December 14 1963) was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD 1952-1963 1963)
• 1901 - Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. was a Japanese Politician and the 61st 62nd and 63rd Prime Minister of Japan, elected on November 9 1964 and re-elected on February 17 1967 and January 14 1970 The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1975)
• 1901 - Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenneth Adolf Slessor ( March 27, 1901 – June 30, 1971) was an Australian poet and journalist 1971)
• 1902 - Charles Lang, American cinematographer (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Charles Bryant Lang Jr ( July 4, 1901 &ndash April 3, 1998) was an Oscar-winning American film Cinematographer. 1998)
• 1905 - Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Elizabeth Muriel Gregory "Elsie" MacGill ( 27 March 1905 &ndash 4 November 1980) known as the Queen of the Hurricanes, 1980)
• 1906 - Pee Wee Russell, American musician (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Charles Ellsworth Russell, much better known by his Nickname Pee Wee Russell, ( 27 March, 1906 - 15 February, 1969) was 1969)
• 1909 - Golo Mann, German historian (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Golo Mann ( March 27, 1909 &ndash April 7, 1994) born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann, was a popular German Historian 1994)
• 1909 - Ben Webster, American jazz saxophonist (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Benjamin Francis Webster ( March 27 1909 &ndash September 20 1973) aka " The Brute " or " Frog," was an 1973)
• 1912 - James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Leonard James Callaghan Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005 was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 2005)
• 1913 - Theodor Dannecker, SS officer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Theodor Dannecker (born 27 March 1913 in Tübingen; died 10 December 1945 in Bad Tölz) was an SS Hauptsturmführer 1945)
• 1914 - Richard Denning, American actor (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Richard Denning, formally known as Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger ( March 27, 1914 - October 11, 1998) was an American 1998)
• 1914 - Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist
• 1915 - Robert Lockwood, Jr., American blues guitarist (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Budd Schulberg (born March 27 1914, in New York City, New York) is an American Screenwriter and Novelist. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Robert Lockwood Jr, also known as Robert Junior Lockwood, ( March 27 1915 – November 21 2006) was an American Blues 2006)
• 1917 - Cyrus Vance, American politician (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Cyrus Roberts Vance ( Clarksburg West Virginia, March 27, 1917 &ndash January 12, 2002) was the United States Secretary of State 2002)
• 1920 - Robin Jacques, illustrator (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Robin Jacques (born March 27, 1920 in London, England; died March 18, 1995) was an Illustrator whose work was 1995)
• 1921 - Harold Nicholas, American dancer (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Harold Nicholas ( March 17, 1921 – July 3, 2000) was a unique American Dancer specializing in tap, the younger half of 2000)
• 1922 - Stefan Wul, French author (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Stefan Wul was the nom de plume of French Science fiction Writer Pierre Pairault ( 27 March 1922 – 2003)
• 1923 - Endo Shusaku, Japanese author (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shūsaku Endō (遠藤 周作 Endō Shūsaku, March 27[[ 923]]&ndash September 29[[ 996]] was a renowned 20th century Japanese author who wrote 1996)
• 1923 - Louis Simpson, Jamaican-born poet
• 1924 - Sarah Vaughan, American singer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Louis Aston Marantz Simpson (born March 27, 1923 in Jamaica) is a Jamaican poet. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed " Sassy " and " The Divine One ") ( March 27 1924, &ndash April 1990)
• 1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich KBE ( Russian: Мстисла́в 2007)
• 1931 - David Janssen, American actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Janssen (March 27 1931 – February 13 1980 was a Golden Globe -winning Emmy Award - nominated American Film and Television 1980)
• 1935 - Abelardo Castillo, Argentine writer
• 1935 - Julian Glover, British actor
• 1937 - Thomas Aquinas Daly, American painter
• 1939 - Cale Yarborough, American race car driver
• 1940 - Janis Martin, American singer (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Abelardo Castillo (born March 27 1935 is an Argentine writer born in the city of San Pedro Buenos Aires. Julian Wyatt Glover (born March 27 1935) is an English Actor. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Aquinas Daly (born March 27, 1937) is an American contemporary landscape and still life painter. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Caleb (Cale Yarborough (born March 27, 1940 in Timmonsville South Carolina, near the famous Darlington Raceway) is a businessman and Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Janis Martin ( March 27, 1940 &ndash September 3, 2007) was an American Rockabilly and Country music singer 2007)
• 1940 - Austin Pendleton, American actor
• 1941 - Ivan Gašparovič, President of Slovakia
• 1942 - John E. Sulston, British chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1942 - Michael York, English actor
• 1942 - Michael Jackson, English writer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Austin Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American Film, Television, and stage Actor, a Playwright Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ivan Gašparovič (born March 27 1941) Slovak politician and law professor became President of Slovakia on June 15, 2004 This is a list of the Presidents of Slovakia Slovakia (1939-1945 Jozef Tiso (26 October 1939- April 1945 Slovakia since 1993 The Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John E Sulston, FRS (born March 27, 1942) is a British biologist and the 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Michael York, OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; March 27, 1942) is an English Actor. Michael Jackson ( 27 March 1942 – 30 August 2007) was an English writer and journalist 2007)
• 1943 - Phil Frank, American cartoonist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Phil Frank ( March 27 1943 &ndash September 13 2007) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the San Francisco 2007)
• 1946 - Olaf Malolepski, German musician (Die Flippers)
• 1947 - Brian Jones, British balloonist
• 1947 - Walt Mossberg, the highest-paid journalist at the Wall Street Journal
• 1950 - Tony Banks, English musician (Genesis)
• 1950 - Petros Efthimiou, Greek politician
• 1950 - Lynn McGlothen, American baseball player (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Olaf Malolepski (born March 27 1946 in Magdeburg, Germany) is the lead Singer Die Flippers (The Flippers are a German Schlager group formed in 1964 Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brian Jones (born 27 March 1947 in Bristol, England) is an English balloonist. Walter S Mossberg (born March 27 1947) is an American Journalist who is the principal technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anthony George "Tony" Banks (born 27 March 1950 is an English Songwriter, Pianist /keyboard player and guitarist Genesis are an English rock band formed in 1967 With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide Genesis are among the top 30 highest-selling recording artists Petros Efthimiou (Πέτρος Ευθυμίου (born March 27 1950 in Larisa) is a former Greek Minister for National Education and Religious Lynn Everett McGlothen ( March 27, 1950 - August 14, 1984) was a Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. 1984)
• 1952 - Maria Schneider, French actress
• 1952 - Richard Séguin, Quebec singer and songwriter
• 1956 - Leung Kwok Hung, Hong Kong activist
• 1956 - Thomas Wassberg, Swedish cross-country skier
• 1957 - Nick Hawkins, British politician
• 1957 - Billy Mackenzie, Scottish musician (Associates) (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maria Schneider (born March 27, 1952 in Paris) is a French actress who is most famous for playing "Jeanne" opposite Richard Séguin (born on March 27 1952 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Québec) is a Canadian author composer and singer Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leung Kwok-hung (梁國雄 born 27 March 1956 also known by his Nickname Long Hair (zh 長毛 is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong Thomas Wassberg (born March 27 1956) is a Swedish former Cross country skier. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Nicholas John Hawkins, known as Nick Hawkins, (born 27 March 1957) is a senior lawyer and was a Conservative Party politician in the United William MacArthur "Billy" MacKenzie ( 27 March, 1957 – January 22, 1997) was a Scottish singer notable for his powerful 1997)
• 1959 - Andrew Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
• 1960 - Hans Pflügler, German footballer
• 1961 - Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist (B'z)
• 1961 - Tony Rominger, Swiss cyclist
• 1962 - Jann Arden, Canadian musician
• 1963 - Charly Alberti, Argentinian musician
• 1963 - Randall Cunningham American football player
• 1963 - Quentin Tarantino, American director, writer, and producer
• 1963 - Xuxa, Brazilian television personality
• 1964 - Glenn Carter, English actor and singer-songwriter
• 1966 - Paula Trickey, American actress
• 1967 - Paul Adams, American celebrity
• 1967 - Talisa Soto, American actress
• 1968 - Sandra Hess, Swiss-born actress and model
• 1969 - Kevin Corrigan, American actor
• 1969 - Pauley Perrette, American actress, photographer, poet, writer
• 1970 - Mariah Carey, American singer
• 1970 - Brent Fitz, Canadian Musician (Theory of a Deadman)
• 1970 - Brendan Hill, British drummer (Blues Traveler)
• 1970 - Princess Leila of Iran (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Charles Farriss is a rock musician (born 27 March 1959 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia) best known as the keyboardist and key composer for INXS (pronounced "in excess" are an Australian rock and New Wave group Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johannes Christian "Hansi" Pflügler (born March 27, 1960) is a former German Soccer player Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese guitarist producer arranger composer and songwriter is a Japanese Hard rock duo comprised of and Koshi Inaba (稲葉 浩志 Inaba Kōshi, lyrics vocals Tony Rominger (born 27 March 1961 in Vejle, Denmark) is a Swiss former professional Road racing cyclist who won major Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jann Arden (born Jann Arden Anne Richards on March 27, 1962) is an award-winning Canadian Singer-songwriter with a fan base primarily in Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carlos Alberto Ficicchia Gigliotti (born March 27, 1963) known by his Stage name Charly Alberti, is an Argentine musician Randall W Cunningham (born March 27, 1963 in Santa Barbara California) is a former American football Quarterback. Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an Academy Award - BAFTA Award - and Palme d'Or -winning Emmy - and Xuxa (ˈʃuʃɐ "shoo-shah" - Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel, March 27 1963 Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. '''Glenn Carter''' (b 27th March 1964 is an English stage actor and Singer-songwriter known particularly for his leading roles in musicals staged in London's West End Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Paula Sue Trickey (born March 27, 1966 in Amarillo, Texas, US Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Paul Adams may refer to Paul Adams (New Zealand, rally driver and former politician from New Zealand Paul Adams (cricketer (born 1977 South Talisa Soto (born March 27, 1967) is an American model and Actress. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sandra Hess is a Swiss actress born on March 27, 1968 in Zurich, Switzerland. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kevin Fitzgerald Corrigan (born March 27, 1969) is an American Character actor who has appeared mostly in Independent films and television since Pauley Perrette (born March 27 1969 In an interview with Craig Ferguson who is the host of The Late Late Show, she said she has a lifelong crime obsession Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brent Fitz is a Canadian-born musician and recording artist known best for his stints as the drummer for Union, Lamya, Vince Neil, Theory of a Deadman For the Florida band see Dead Men's Theory. Theory of a Deadman (also known as TOAD or simply as Theory is a rock band from Delta British Columbia Canada Brendan Colin Charles Hill (born March 27, 1970 in London, England) is the drummer for American Jam band Blues Blues Traveler is an American rock band formed in Princeton New Jersey in 1987 Princess Leila of Iran ( Leila Pahlavi) (Persian لیلا پهلوی ‎ March 27, 1970 – June 10, 2001) Born in Tehran 2001)
• 1970 - Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress
• 1971 - Thom Barron, German porn star
• 1971 - David Coulthard, Scottish Formula One driver
• 1971 - Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
• 1972 - Charlie Haas, professional wrestler
• 1972 - Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer
• 1974 - Russ Haas, wrestler (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Elizabeth Mitchell may refer to Elizabeth Mitchell (actress (b Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Thom Barron, born March 27, 1971, in Germany, is a Gay porn star. David Marshall Coulthard, often called DC, (born 27 March 1971 in Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire) is a British Formula One racing driver Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian Actor known for his lead role in the television series Firefly Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Doyle "Charlie" Haas II (born on March 27 1972 is an American professional wrestler and former Amateur wrestler currently signed to Jerrel "Jimmy Floyd" Hasselbaink (born 27 March 1972 in Paramaribo, Suriname) usually known as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Thomas Russell Haas Jr ( March 27, 1974 – December 15, 2001) better known as Russ Haas was a Professional wrestler. 2001)
• 1974 - Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer
• 1975 - Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson, American musician (Black Eyed Peas)
• 1976 - Djamel Belmadi, Algerian footballer
• 1976 - Carl Ng, Hong Kong/British actor and model
• 1977 - Violetta Blue, American porn star
• 1977 - Vitor Meira, Brazilian racing driver
• 1977 - Adrian Anca, Romanian footballer
• 1979 - Michael Cuddyer, Minnesota Twins baseball player
• 1981 - Carey Davis, National Football League fullback
• 1981 - Lin Jun Jie, Chinese Singer
• 1981 - Terry McFlynn, Northern Irish footballer
• 1982 - Kurara Chibana, Japanese beauty queen, first runner-up Miss Universe 2006
• 1985 - Caroline Winberg, Swedish supermodel
• 1985 - Dario Baldauf, Austrian footballer
• 1986 - Valerie "So Cal Val" Wyndham, American professional wrestling valet
• 1987 - Chad Denny, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 - Brenda Song, American actress
• 1990 - Scott Selwood, Australian Rules Footballer, West Coast Eagles
• 1995 - Taylor Atelian, American actress

Deaths

• 710 - Rupert of Salzburg
• 973 - Herman, Duke of Saxony
• 1191 - Pope Clement III
• 1350 - King Alfonso XI of Castile (b. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Gaizka Mendieta Zabala (born 27 March, 1974 in Bilbao) is a Spanish football player of Basque origin Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stacy Ann Ferguson (born March 27 1975 better known by her Stage name Fergie, is an American pop / R&B Singer-songwriter The Black Eyed Peas is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Djamel Belmadi (جامل بلماضي (born March 27, 1976) is an Algerian football player who signed for Valenciennes FC as a free Carl Ng (born March 27, 1976) is a Hong Kong Actor and model. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Vitor Meira (born March 27, 1977 in Brasília, Brazil) is an Auto racing driver currently competing in the Indy Racing League Adrian Anca (born 27 March 1976 in Diosig Bihor county) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a striker Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Michael Brent Cuddyer (kəˈdaɪər (born March 27, 1979 in Norfolk Virginia) is a Major League Baseball Right fielder for Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Carey Alexander Davis (Born March 27, 1981) in St Louis, Missouri is a fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers who came out of the JJ Lin (born on March 27 1981 is a Singaporean Chinese Pop - Singer. Terence Martin "Terry" McFlynn (born 27 March 1981) is a Football (soccer player from Swatragh, Northern Ireland. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) a Japanese model was born on March 27, 1982, is a native of Naha City (the capital of Okinawa Prefecture) Miss Universe 2006, the 55th Miss Universe pageant took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Caroline Winberg (born March 27, 1985) is a Swedish Supermodel. Dario Baldauf (born 27 March 1985) is an Austrian football player who was released by SC Rheindorf Altach in the Austrian Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Chad Denny (born March 27, 1987 in Sydney, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian ice hockey defensemen currently playing for the Chicago Wolves Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Brenda Song (born March 27 1988 is an American actress model The shows ratings were the highest for a Disney Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Scott Francis Selwood (born 27 March 1990 is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the AFL. West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Taylor Marie Atelian (born March 27, 1995 in Santa Barbara California) is an American actress For the area code see Area code 710. For the Los Angeles-area freeway see Interstate 710. Rupert of Salzburg (also Ruprecht, Hrodperht, Hrodpreht, Roudbertus, Rudbertus, Robert) (660? - 710 is a Saint Events By Place Africa The Fatimids move their capital to Cairo. Hermann Billung (900 or 912 &ndash 27 March 973) was a Margrave of Saxony and one of the most well-known members of the House of Billung } See also 11th century Antipope Clement III. Pope Clement III (1130 – March 27 or April 10, 1191) born Alfonso XI of Castile (Salamanca August 13, 1311 &ndash Gibraltar March 26/27 1350 was the king of Castile and León, the son of 1312)
• 1378 - Pope Gregory XI
• 1462 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. See also Vicedomino de Vicedominis, a pope-elect who took the name Gregory XI. Vasily II Vasiliyevich Tyomniy (Blind (Василий II Васильевич Тёмный in Russian) ( March 10, 1415 – March 27, 1462 1415)
• 1482 - Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold; wife of Maximilian I (b. Mary, called Mary the Rich ( 13 February, 1457 &ndash Charles the Bold or Charles the Rash (Charles le Téméraire ( 21 November 1433 &ndash 5 January 1477) baptised Charles Martin 1457)
• 1555 - William Hunter, Protestant martyr
• 1572 - Girolamo Maggi, Italian Renaissance man (b. William Hunter was a Marian martyr burnt to death in Brentwood at the age of 19 on March 27, 1555 on Ingrave Road Girolamo Maggi (abt 1523&mdash March 27, 1572) or Hieronymus Magius, was an Italian Scholar, Jurist, Poet, Military abt. 1523)
• 1625 - King James I of England and Ireland, James VI of Scotland (b. James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625 was King of Scotland as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James 1566)
• 1635 - Robert Naunton, English politician (b. Sir Robert Naunton ( 1563 - March 27, 1635) was an English Politician and writer 1563)
• 1697 - Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate (b. Simon Bradstreet ( March 18, 1603 &ndash March 27, 1697) was a colonial magistrate businessman and governor of the Massachusetts Bay 1603)
• 1757 - Johann Stamitz, Czech-born composer (b. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jan Václav Antonín Stamic (later during his life in Mannhein Germanized as Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz ( June 17, 1717 &ndash March 27 1717)
• 1770 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian artist (b. Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday See also Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (or Giandomenico Tiepolo) or Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo, both sons of Giovanni Battista 1696)
• 1809 - Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (b. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Joseph-Marie Vien ( June 18, 1716 &ndash March 27, 1809) French painter, was born at Montpellier. 1716)
• 1827 - François Alexandre Frédéric, French social reformer (b. Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common François Alexandre Frédéric duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt ( January 11, 1747 &ndash March 27, 1827) was a French 1747)
• 1836 - James Fannin, Texas revolutionary (b. Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap James Walker Fannin Jr ( January 1, 1804 &ndash March 27, 1836) was a 19th century U 1804)
• 1843 - Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist (b. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal, ( September 14, 1769 - March 27, 1843) German Jurist, was born at Meissen 1769)
• 1849 - Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (b. Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common ‎ Archibald Acheson 2nd Earl of Gosford GCB ( August 1, 1776 &ndash March 27, 1849 Markethill styled Lord Acheson 1776)
• 1850 - Wilhelm Beer, German astronomer (b. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Wilhelm Wolff Beer ( 4 January 1797 &ndash 27 March 1850) was a Banker and Astronomer from Berlin, 1797)
• 1864 - Jean-Jacques Ampère, French scholar (b. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Jean-Jacques Ampère (August 12 1800 – March 27 1864 was a French Philologist and man of letters 1800)
• 1865 - Petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar (b. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp ( February 2, 1786 - March 27, 1865) Dutch Classical scholar and Critic, descended from 1786)
• 1873 - Amedée Simon Dominique Thierry, French journalist and historian (b. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Amédée Simon Dominique Thierry ( August 2, 1797 - March 27, 1873) French Journalist and Historian, was the 1797)
• 1875 - Edgar Quinet, French historian (b. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edgar Quinet ( February 17, 1803 &ndash March 27, 1875) was a French Historian and Intellectual. 1803)
• 1878 - Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect (b. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir George Gilbert Scott ( 13 July 1811 &ndash 27 March, 1878) was an English Architect of the Victorian Age 1811)
• 1889 - John Bright, English statesman (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Bright ( 16 November 1811 &ndash 27 March 1889) Quaker, was a British Radical and Liberal 1811)
• 1897 - Andreas Anagnostakis, Greek physician (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Dr Andreas Anagnostakis (1826– March 27 1897) was a Greek physician 1826)
• 1898 - Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian Muslim intellectual (b. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur, GCSI (also Sayyid Ahmad Khan (سید احمد خان بہا در October 17 1817 – March 27 1898 commonly known as Sir Syed was an India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion An intellectual (from the adjective meaning "involving thought and reason" is a person who tries to use his or her Intelligence and analytical thinking, 1817)
• 1910 - Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, American scientist; son of Louis Agassiz (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Alexander Emanuel Agassiz ( December 17, 1835 &ndash March 27, 1910) son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( May 28 1807 — December 14 1873) was a Swiss - American Zoologist, Glaciologist 1835)
• 1918 - Henry Adams, American historian (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Henry Brooks Adams ( February 16 1838 &ndash March 27 1918) was an American Novelist, Journalist, Historian 1838)
• 1923 - Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir James Dewar FRS ( September 20, 1842 &ndash March 27, 1923) was a Scottish Chemist and Physicist 1842)
• 1924 - Walter Parratt, English composer (b. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Walter Parratt KCVO ( 10 February 1841 - 27 March 1924) was an English Organist and Composer. 1841)
• 1926 - Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (b. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georges Vézina (pronounced /veˈzinə/ nicknamed "The Chicoutimi Cucumber" ( French: "Le Concombre de Chicoutimi") ( January 1887)
• 1927 - Joe Start, American baseball player (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Start ( October 14 1842 &ndash March 27 1927) nicknamed "Old Reliable" was one of the biggest stars of Baseball 1842)
• 1931 - Arnold Bennett, British novelist (b. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Enoch Arnold Bennett ( 27 May 1867 - 27 March 1931) was an English Novelist. 1867)
• 1934 - Francis William Reitz, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Francis William Reitz, Jr ( Swellendam, 5 October 1844 &ndash Cape Town, 27 March 1934 was a South African Lawyer, Politician, Statesman The Republic of the Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrystaat Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat) was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa 1844)
• 1940 - Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The New Zealand politician Michael Joseph Savage ( March 23, 1872 – March 27, 1940) became the first Labour The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's Head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in 1872)
• 1967 - Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Jaroslav Heyrovský ( pronounced) ( December 20, 1890 &ndash March 27, 1967) was a Czech chemist and inventor The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1890)
• 1967 - Jim Thompson, American designer (disappeared) (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Harrison Wilson "Jim" Thompson (born March 21, 1906 in Greenville, Delaware - unknown was an American Businessman 1906)
• 1968 - Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1934)
• 1972 - Sharkey Bonano, American musician (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph "Sharkey" Bonano (He sometimes billed himself as Sharkey Banana or Sharkey Bananas) ( April 9, 1904 &ndash March 1904)
• 1972 - M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972 usually referred to as M 1898)
• 1977 - A. P. Hamann, American politician
• 1977 - Diana Hyland, American actress (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Anthony P Hamann ( September 26, 1909 &ndash March 27, 1977) better known as A Diana Hyland ( January 25, 1936 &ndash March 27, 1977) was an Emmy Award -winning American actress best known 1936)
• 1981 - Mao Dun, Chinese writer (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Mao Dun ( July 4, 1896 &ndash March 27, 1981) was the Pen name of Shen Dehong ( Shen Yanbing) a 20th century 1895)
• 1988 - Renato Salvatori, Italian actor (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Renato Salvatori ( March 20, 1934 - March 27 1988) was a prolific Italian multi-purpose Character actor. 1934)
• 1989 - May Allison, American actress (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) May Allison ( June 14, 1890 &ndash March 27, 1989) was an American stage and film Actress whose greatest success was 1890)
• 1989 - Jack Starrett, American actor and film director (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jack Starrett ( November 2, 1936 &ndash March 27, 1989) was an American Actor and Film director. 1936)
• 1991 - Ralph Bates, British actor (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Ralph Bates ( 12 February 1940 - 27 March 1991) was an English film and television Actor, best known for his role in 1940)
• 1991 - Aldo Ray, American actor (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aldo Ray, born Aldo DaRe ( September 25, 1926 &ndash March 27, 1991) Aldo Ray was born Aldo DaRe on September 25 1926 to 1926)
• 1992 - Easley Blackwood, American bridgeplayer (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Easley R Blackwood ( June 25, 1903 - March 27, 1992) the father of Easley Blackwood Jr 1903)
• 1993 - Clifford Jordan, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Clifford Laconia Jordan ( September 2, 1931, Chicago - March 27, 1993, Manhattan) was an inside/outside sax player who held 1931)
• 1993 - Paul László, Hungarian interior designer and architect (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul László or Paul Laszlo ( 6 February 1900 – 27 March 1993) was a Hungarian-born modern Architect and interior designer 1900)
• 1998 - David McClelland, American psychologist (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) 1917)
• 1998 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile manufacturer (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (September 19 1909 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria-Hungary &ndash – March 27 1998 in Zell am See, Austria) mainly 1909)
• 2000 - Ian Dury, English musician (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Ian Robins Dury ( 12 May 1942 &ndash 27 March 2000) was an English Rock and roll singer songwriter and Bandleader 1942)
• 2002 - Milton Berle, American actor and comedian (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Mendel "Milton Berle" Berlinger ( July 12, 1908 &ndash March 27, 2002) was an Emmy -winning American Comedian 1908)
• 2002 - Dudley Moore, British actor (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (19 April 1935 &ndash 27 March 2002 was an English Actor, Comedian and Musician. 1935)
• 2002 - Billy Wilder, American director (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist 1906)
• 2003 - Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel Ceccaldi ( July 25, 1927 - March 27, 2003) was a French Actor. 1927)
• 2003 - Ricardo Munguia, Salvadoran aid worker
• 2003 - Paul Zindel, American writer (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A water supply engineer Ricardo Munguía was a citizen of both Switzerland and El Salvador. Paul Zindel (b May 15 1936 in New York City; d March 27 2003) was an American author playwright and educator 1936)
• 2004 - Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Adán Santos Sánchez Vallejo ( April 14, 1984 - March 27 2004) was a popular Mexican-American singer 1984)
• 2005 - Wilfred Bigelow, Canadian heart surgeon (b. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Wilfred Gordon "Bill" Bigelow, OC, MD, LLD, FRSC ( June 18, 1913 &ndash March 27, 2005 1913)
• 2005 - Bob Casey, American baseball announcer (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bob Casey ( April 11, 1925 - March 27, 2005) was the only public-address announcer in Minnesota Twins history until 2005 1925)
• 2005 - Grant Johannesen, American concert pianist (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grant Johannesen ( July 30, 1921 &ndash March 27, 2005) was an American Concert pianist. 1921)
• 2006 - Dan Curtis, American television producer and director (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. R Daniel Curtis ( August 12 1927 &ndash March 27 2006) was an American director and producer of television and film probably 1928)
• 2006 - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ian Hamilton Finlay, CBE, ( 28 October, 1925 - 27 March, 2006) was a Scottish Poet, Writer, Artist 1925)
• 2006 - Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stanisław Lem ( sta'ɲiswaf lɛm 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006 was a Polish Science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer 1921)
• 2006 - Ruari McLean, British typographer (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar John David Ruari McLean CBE, DSC ( June 10, 1917 – March 27, 2006) was a leading British typographic designer 1917)
• 2006 - Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and political advisor to Ronald Reagan (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Franklyn C "Lyn" Nofziger ( June 8, 1924 &ndash March 27, 2006) was an American Journalist, Political consultant 1924)
• 2007 - Paul Lauterbur, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Paul Christian Lauterbur ( May 6, 1929 – March 27, 2007) was an American Chemist who shared the Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1929)
• 2008 - Jean-Marie Balestre, French president of motor sport's FIA (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Jean-Marie Balestre ( April 9, 1921 &ndash March 27, 2008) was a French auto racing executive who was president of FISA Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a Motorsport involving Racing Cars It 1921)
• 2008 - George Pruteanu, Romanian literary critic and politician (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common George Mihail Pruteanu ( December 15, 1947 &mdash March 27, 2008) was a Romanian literary critic, university professor 1947)

Holidays and observances

• Angolan Victory Day
• Osweiler in Luxembourg. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central Osweiler (Uesweller is a small town in the commune of Rosport, in eastern Luxembourg. Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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