On This Day — March 27

🕰️ Notable Events on March 27

• 2016 — A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter. Wikipedia ↗
• 2015 — Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead. Wikipedia ↗
• 2014 — Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict. Wikipedia ↗
• 2009 — The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people. Wikipedia ↗
• 2004 — HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe. Wikipedia ↗
• 2002 — Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel. Wikipedia ↗
• 2002 — Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured. Wikipedia ↗
• 2000 — A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others. Wikipedia ↗
• 1999 — Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China. Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo. Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí, an anti-Castro propaganda network, to Cuba. Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people. Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours. Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212. Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges. Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history. Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage. Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup. Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan. Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would remain for the rest of her life. Wikipedia ↗
• 1899 — Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine-American War at the Battle of Marilao River. Wikipedia ↗
• 1886 — Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars. Wikipedia ↗
• 1884 — A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse. Wikipedia ↗
• 1871 — The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place. Wikipedia ↗
• 1866 — President Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9. Wikipedia ↗
• 1836 — Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas. Wikipedia ↗
• 1814 — War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Wikipedia ↗
• 1809 — Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real. Wikipedia ↗
• 1794 — The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates. Wikipedia ↗
• 1794 — Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact. Wikipedia ↗
• 1782 — Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Wikipedia ↗
• 1625 — Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France. Wikipedia ↗
• 1513 — Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida. Wikipedia ↗
• 1329 — Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical. Wikipedia ↗
• 1309 — Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on March 27

• 1995 — Bill Tuiloma, New Zealand footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Marc Muniesa, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Erdin Demir, Swedish-Turkish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Ben Hunt, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Nicolas Nkoulou, Cameroonian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Luca Zuffi, Swiss footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Matt Harvey, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Camilla Lees, New Zealand netball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Jessie J, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Atsuto Uchida, Japanese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Brenda Song, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Mauro Goicoechea, Uruguayan footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Jefferson Bernárdez, Honduran footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Samuel Francis, Nigerian-Qatari sprinter Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Polina Gagarina, Russian singer-songwriter, Russian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Buster Posey, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Manuel Neuer, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Dustin Byfuglien, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Danny Vukovic, Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Adam Ashley-Cooper, Australian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Ben Franks, Australian-born New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Brett Holman, Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Yuliya Golubchikova, Russian pole vaulter Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Vasily Koshechkin, Russian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Román Martínez, Argentinian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Shawn Beveney, Guyanese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Terry McFlynn, Irish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Akhil Kumar, Indian boxer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Jukka Keskisalo, Finnish runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Hilda Kibet, Kenyan runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Sean Ryan, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Michaela Paštiková, Czech tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Maksim Shevchenko, Russian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Tom Palmer, English rugby union player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Imran Tahir, Pakistani-South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Jennifer Wilson, Zimbabwean-South African field hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Gabriel Paraschiv, Romanian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Marius Bakken, Norwegian runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Amélie Cocheteux, French tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Vítor Meira, Brazilian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Roberta Anastase, Romanian politician, 57th President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Danny Fortson, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Adrian Anca, Romanian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Andrew Blowers, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Kim Felton, Australian golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Fergie, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Christian Fiedler, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Marek Citko, Polish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — George Koumantarakis, Greek-South African footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Roger Telemachus, South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Surinamese-Dutch footballer, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Charlie Haas, American professional wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — David Coulthard, Scottish race car driver and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Leila Pahlavi, Princess of Iran Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Derek Aucoin, Canadian baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Mariah Carey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Brent Fitz, Canadian-American multi-instrumentalist and recording artist Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Jarrod McCracken, New Zealand rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Uwe Rosenberg, German game designer, created Bohnanza Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Gianluigi Lentini, Italian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Pauley Perrette, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Irina Belova, Russian heptathlete Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Žarko Paspalj, Serbian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Gregor Foitek, Swiss race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Cory Blackwell, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Randall Cunningham, American football player, coach, and pastor Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Filippos Sachinidis, Greek-Canadian economist and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Gary Stevens, English-Australian footballer and physiotherapist Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Quentin Tarantino, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Xuxa, Brazilian actress, singer, businesswoman and television presenter Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Jann Arden, Canadian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Brett French, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Rob Hollink, Dutch poker player Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — John O'Farrell, English journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Brad Wright, American-Spanish basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Kevin J. Anderson, American science fiction writer Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Ellery Hanley, English rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Tony Rominger, Swiss professional cyclist Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Hans Pflügler, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Andrew Farriss, Australian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Didier de Radiguès, Belgian race car driver and motorcycle racer Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Kostas Vasilakakis, Greek footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Stephen Dillane, English actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Leung Kwok-hung, Hong Kong activist and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Thomas Wassberg, Swedish cross country skier Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Patrick McCabe, Irish writer Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Mariano Rajoy, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Susan Neiman, Jewish American-German philosopher and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Gerard Batten, English lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Herman Ponsteen, Dutch cyclist Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austrian skier Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Maria Schneider, French actress (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Andrei Kozyrev, Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Mohamad Chatah, Lebanese economist and politician, Lebanese Minister of Finance (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Tony Banks, English keyboardist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Petros Efthymiou, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Maria Ewing, African-American soprano Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Chris Stewart, English musician and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Jens-Peter Bonde, Danish lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Oliver Friggieri, Maltese author, critic, poet and philosopher Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Brian Jones, English balloonist and pilot Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Walt Mossberg, American journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Michael Aris, Cuban-English author and academic (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Jesse Brown, American marine and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Bryan Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Alan C. Gilmore, New Zealand astronomer and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Mike Curtis, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Michael Jackson, English journalist and author (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — John Sulston, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Michael York, English actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Ivan Gašparovič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Slovakia Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Liese Prokop, Austrian pentathlete and politician, Austrian Minister of the Interior (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Sandro Munari, Italian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Austin Pendleton, American actor, director, and playwright Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Jay Kim, South Korean-American engineer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Cale Yarborough, American race car driver and businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Alan Hawkshaw, English keyboard player and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Malcolm Goldstein, American violinist and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Stanley Rother, American Roman Catholic priest and missionary (d. 1981) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Julian Glover, English actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — István Csurka, Hungarian journalist, author, and politician (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Lê Văn Hưng, South Vietnam (d. 1975) Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Junior Parker, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1971) Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Bailey Olter, Micronesian politician, 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — David Janssen, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Daniel Spoerri, Romanian-Swiss photographer, writer and artist Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Reg Evans, Australian actor (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Jean Dotto, French cyclist (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Frank O'Hara, American writer (d. 1966) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Sarah Vaughan, African-American singer (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Ian Black, Scottish footballer (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Margaret K. Butler, American mathematician and computer programmer (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Louis Simpson, Jamaican-American poet, translator, and academic (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Dick King-Smith, English author (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Stefan Wul, French author and surgeon (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter, printmaker, and sculptor (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — Harold Nicholas, American actor and dancer (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
• 1917 — Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Robert Lockwood, Jr., American guitarist (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Richard Denning, American actor (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (d. 1945) Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1911 — Veronika Tushnova, Russian poet and physician (d. 1965) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Ai Qing, Chinese poet and author (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Golo Mann, Jewish-German historian and author (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Ben Webster, American saxophonist (d. 1973) Wikipedia ↗

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