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March 27

March 27 is the 86thth day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). There are 279 days remaining.

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Table of contents

1 Events 1.1 Before 1899 1.2 1900-1975 1.3 1976- 2 Births 2.4 18th century 2.5 19th century 2.6 20th century 2.6.1 1900-1949 2.6.2 1950- 3 Deaths 3.7 up to 1849 3.8 1850-1949 3.9 1950- 4 Holidays and observances 5 Recorded this date

Events

Before 1899

• 1306 - Robert I of Scotland and Elizabeth de Burgh are crowned king and Queen of the Scots.
• 1513 - (not 1512 as often cited) - Explorer Juan Ponce de León sights North America (specifically Florida) for the first time, mistaking it for another island. Later, on April 2, he lands somewhere on the east coast of the newly discovered land.
• 1625 - Charles I becomes King of England and Scotland.
• 1782 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1794 - The government of the United States establishes a permanent United States Navy and authorizes the building of six frigatess.
• 1794 - Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
• 1814 - War of 1812: In northern Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
• 1836 - Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre - Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texanss at Goliad, Texas.
• 1846 - Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas
• 1851 - First reported case of Europeans seeing Yosemite Valley.

1900-1975

• 1918 - Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania.
• 1923 - FART construction completed.
• 1938 - Battle of Tai er zhuang
• 1941 - Attack on Pearl Harbor: Japanese spy Takeo Yoshikawa arrives in Honolulu, Hawaii and begins to study the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor.
• 1941 - Britain supports Peter II of Yugoslavia in a coup in Yugoslavia.
• 1942 - World War II: United Kingdom forces raid the U-boat base at St. Nazaire, France.
• 1952 - Sun Records begins operations.
• 1958 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.
• 1963 - Dr Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network. See Beeching axe.
• 1964 - The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
• 1969 - Mariner 7 is launched.

1976-

• 1976 - The first 4.6 miles of the Washington, DC subway system is opened.
• 1977 - Tenerife disaster: Two jumbo jets collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583.
• 1980 - The Norwegian oil platform Alexander Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
• 1988 - Moudud Ahmed becomes Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
• 1990 - Propaganda: The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba.
• 1993 - Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
• 1993 - Albert Zafy becomes President of Madagascar.
• 1993 - Mahamane Ousmane becomes President of Niger.
• 1994 - One of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent memory hits in the Southeastern United States. One tornado slams into a church in Piedmont, Alabama collapsing the roof of the church on a conregation during Palm Sunday services killing 20 and injuring 90. This outbreak was the biggest and most notable of 1994.
• 2002 - Passover Massacre: A suicide bomber kills 28 people in Netanya, Israel.
• 2003 - An explosion in the Nitrochimie dynamite factory in Billy-Berclau, France kills 4 people.
• 2004 - HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Births

18th century

• 1730 - Thomas Tyrwhitt, English classical scholar, (d. 1786)
• 1746 - Michael Bruce, Scottish poet, (d. 1767)
• 1765 - Franz Xaver von Baader - German philosopher and theologian, (d. 1841)
• 1785 - King Louis XVII of France, (d. 1795)
• 1797 - Alfred de Vigny, author, (d. 1863)

19th century

• 1809 - Baron Haussmann, French civic planner
• 1810 - William Hepworth Thompson, English classical scholar, (d. 1886)
• 1813 - Nathaniel Currier, illustrator
• 1817 - Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss biologist, (d. 1891)
• 1845 - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, physicist, winner of the first Nobel Prize in physics 1901, (d. 1923)
• 1847 - Otto Wallach, German chemist and Nobel Prize winner, (d. 1931)
• 1851 - Vincent d'Indy, composer and teacher, (d. 1931)
• 1857 - Karl Pearson, statistician, (d. 1936)
• 1863 - Sir Henry Royce, automobile pioneer, (d. 1933)
• 1869 - James McNeill, Irish politician, (d. 1869)
• 1871 - Heinrich Mann, narrator, dramatist and essayist, (d. 1950)
• 1893 - Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist, (d. 1947)
• 1886 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect, (d. 1969)
• 1899 - Gloria Swanson, actress, (d. 1983)

20th century

1900-1949

• 1901 - Carl Barks, Donald Duck illustrator, (d. 2000)
• 1901 - Erich Ollenhauer, politician, (d. 1963)
• 1901 - Sato Eisaku, Prime Minister of Japan, (d. 1975)
• 1901 - Sasaki Naojiro, Japanese author, (d. 1943)
• 1905 - Elsie MacGill, aeronautical engineer, "Queen of the Hurricanes" (d. 1980)
• 1906 - Pee Wee Russell, US jazz musician, (d. 1969)
• 1909 - Golo Mann, historian and publicist, (d. 1994)
• 1910 - John Pierce, electrical engineer
• 1914 - Budd Schulberg, screenwriter and novelist
• 1912 - James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1917 - Cyrus Vance, US politician, (d. 2002)
• 1922 - Pierre Pairault aka Stefan Wul, French author, (d. 2003)
• 1923 - Louis Simpson, poet
• 1923 - Endo Shusaku, Catholic Japanese author, (d. 1996)
• 1924 - Sarah Vaughan, singer, (d. 1990)
• 1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor, musician
• 1930 - David Janssen, actor, (d. 1980)
• 1931 - Walter Kieber, Liechtenstein Head of Government (d. 1978)
• 1939 - Cale Yarborough, NASCAR racer
• 1942 - Michael York, actor

1950-

• 1950 - Tony Banks, musician of Genesis
• 1954 - Wally Stocker, musician of The Babys
• 1957 - Nick Hawkins, British politician
• 1959 - Andrew Farriss, musician of INXS
• 1962 - Jann Arden, Canadian musician
• 1963 - Quentin Tarantino, actor, director, writer, producer
• 1963 - Xuxa, television personality
• 1967 - Talisa Soto, actress
• 1968 - Sadie Frost, British actress
• 1970 - Mariah Carey, singer
• 1970 - Princess Leila of Iran, (d. 2001)
• 1970 - Brendan Hill of Blues Traveler
• 1971 - David Coulthard, Formula One racing driver
• 1986 - Baby M

Deaths

up to 1849

• 1191 - Pope Clement III
• 1350 - King Alfonso XI of Castile, (b. 1312)
• 1378 - Pope Gregory XI, (b. c. 1336)
• 1555 - William Hunter (Protestant martyr)
• 1635 - Robert Naunton, English politician, (b. 1563)
• 1662 - Marie Louise of Orleans
• 1757 - Johann Stamitz, Czech composer and violinist, (b. 1717)
• 1770 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, (b. 1696)
• 1809 - Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter, (b. 1716)
• 1827 - François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, (b. 1747)
• 1836 - James Fannin
• 1843 - Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist, (b. 1769)
• 1849 - Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, (b. 1776)

1850-1949

• 1850 - Wilhelm Beer, astronomer, (b. 1797)
• 1864 - Jean-Jacques Ampère, French scholar, (b. 1800)
• 1865 - Petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar, (b. 1786)
• 1873 - Amedée Simon Dominique Thierry, French journalist and historian, (b. 1797)
• 1875 - Edgar Quinet, French historian, (b. 1803)
• 1878 - Sir George Gilbert Scott, architect, (b. 1811)
• 1889 - John Bright, (b. 1811)
• 1910 - Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, US scientist and engineer, (b. 1835)
• 1918 - Henry Adams, historian and novelist, (b. 1838)
• 1923 - Sir James Dewar, chemist, (b. 1842)
• 1924 - Walter Parratt, composer, (b. 1841)
• 1927 - Joe Start, baseball player, (b. 1842)
• 1931 - Arnold Bennett, British novelist, (b. 1867)
• 1940 - Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (b. 1872)

1950-

• 1967 - Jim Thompson (designer), disappeared, (b. 1906)
• 1968 - Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the earth, (b. 1934)
• 1969 - B. Traven, writer
• 1972 - M. C. Escher, Dutch artist, (b. 1898)
• 1972 - Sharkey Bonano, jazz musician, (b. 1904)
• 1991 - Ralph Bates, British actor, (b. 1940)
• 1992 - Easley Blackwood, (b. 1903)
• 1995 - Maurizio Gucci
• 1998 - David McClelland, psychological theorist, (b. 1917)
• 1998 - Ferry Porsche, founder of Porsche car manufacturer, (b. 1909)
• 2000 - Ian Dury, English rock musician, (b. 1942)
• 2002 - Milton Berle, actor, comedian, (b. 1908)
• 2002 - Dudley Moore, actor, musician, (b. 1935)
• 2002 - Billy Wilder, director, (b. 1906)
• 2003 - Ricardo Munguia, aid worker in Afghanistan
• 2003 - Joseph Menusa, first soldier from the Philippines to die in the 2003 Iraq War, (b. 1970)

Holidays and observances

• 2005, 2016: Easter

Recorded this date

• 1920 "That Old Irish Mother Of Mine" (w. William Jerome m. Harry Von Tilzer)
  - Charles W. Harrison
  
• 1920 "Rose Of Washington Square" (w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley)
  - Henry Burr
  
• 1922 "Danny Boy" (w. Frederick E. Weatherly m. trad)
  - Barbara Maurel
  
• 1924 "Lazy" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
  - Blossom Seeley with The Georgians
  
• 1924 "Big Boy" (w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager)
  - Dolly Kay with Georgians
  
• 1924 "Someday Sweetheart" (w.m. John Spikes & Benjamin Spikes)
  - Dolly Kay with Georgians
  
• 1924 "Where The Lazy Daisies Grow" (w.m. Cliff Friend)
  - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
  
• 1925 "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" (w.m. Benny Davis, Joe Burke & Mark Fisher)
  - Mark Fisher with Russo & Fio Rito's Oriole Orchestra
  
• 1928 "Thou Swell" (w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Louisiana Sugar Babies
  
• 1928 "'Sippi" (Conrad, Creamer, Johnson)
  - Louisiana Sugar Babies
  
• 1929 "There Ain't No Sweet Man (That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears)" (w.m. Fred Fisher)
  - Ann Suter
  
• 1930 "I Love You So Much" (w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby)
  - Frank Luther with Arden- Ohman Orchestra
  
• 1930 "Roses Of Picardy" (w. Frederick E. Weatherley m. Haydn Wood)
  - Sylvia Cecil
  
• 1931 "My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes" (Koehler, Pola, Golden)
  - Dan Donovan with Debroy Somers & his Orchestra
  
• 1933 "Black And White Rag" (w.m. George Botsford)
  - p. Gil Dech
  
• 1934 "The House Is Haunted" (w. Billy Rose m. Basil G. Adlam)
  - Ramona Davies with her Park Avenue Boys
  
• 1936 "Big Chief De Sota" (w.m. Andy Razaf & Fernando Arbello)
  - Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra
  
• 1936 "Christopher Columbus" (w. Andy Razaf m. Leon Berry)
  - Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra
  
• 1936 "Sea Winds" (Paul Askew & Harrison)
  - Peter Dawson
  
• 1936 "I See A Tree" (Hodges)
  - Peter Dawson
  
• 1939 "The Star Spangled Banner" (w. Francis Scott Key m. John Stafford Smith)
  - Bing Crosby w. Max Terr's Mixed Chorus with O/John Scott Trotter
  
• 1939 "God Bless America" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
  - Bing Crosby w. Max Terr's Mixed Chorus with O/John Scott Trotter
  
• 1940 "Yodelin' Jive" (w.m. Hughie Prince & Don Raye)
  - Jack Carpenter with Jim Davidson & his ABC Dance Orchestra
  
• 1940 "Faithful Forever" (w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger)
  - Lawrence Brooks with Jim Davidson & his ABC Dance Orchestra
  
• 1940 "Careless" (w.m. Lew Quadling, Eddy Howard & Dick Jurgens)
  - Lawrence Brooks with Jim Davidson & his ABC Dance Orchestra
  
• 1941 "Amapola" (w. Joseph M. Lacalle (Sp) Albert Gamse (Eng) m. Joseph M. Lacalle)
  - Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
  
• 1942 "The Old Music Master" (w. Johnny Mercer m. Hoagy Carmichael)
  - Hoagy Carmichael
  
• 1942 "Sweet Eloise" (w. Mack David m. Russ Morgan)
  - Ray Eberle & Modernaires with Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
  
• 1945 "I'll Always Be With You" (w.m. Marjorie Goetschius and Edna Osser)
  - Perry Como with O/Ted Steele
  
• 1945 "I Love You Truly" (w.m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond)
  - Perry Como with O/Ted Steele
  
• 1945 "Temptation" (w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown)
  - Perry Como with O/Ted Steele
  
• 1945 "It's Only A Paper Moon" (w. E. Y. Harburg & Billy Rose m. Harold Arlen)
  - Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys
  
• 1946 "The Deevil, Devil, Divil" (Bob Russell, Carl Sigman, Lee Kaydan)
  - Doris Day with Les Brown & his Orchestra
  
• 1946 "High On A Windy Trumpet" (m. Bob Higgins)
  - Les Brown & his Orchestra
  
• 1946 "I Got The Sun In The Morning" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
  - Doris Day with Les Brown & his Orchestra
  
• 1946 "Floatin'" (w. Herman Fairbanks m. Bob Higgins)
  - Les Brown & his Orchestra
  
• 1946 "California, Here I Come" (w.m. Al Jolson, B.G. DeSylva and Joseph Meyer)
  - Al Jolson with O/Morris Stoloff
  
• 1946 "Sonny Boy" (w.m. Al Jolson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson)
  - Al Jolson
  
• 1946 "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" (w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Al Jolson
  
• 1947 "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" (w.m. Merle Travis & Tex Williams)
  - Tex Williams & his Western Caravan
  
• 1947 "That's My Desire" (w. Carroll Loveday m. Helmy Kresa)
  - Don Cornell & The Kaydets with Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye
  
• 1947 "This Is My Lovely Day" (w. A. P. Herbert m. Vivian Ellis)
  - Georges Guétary & Lizbeth Webb with Adelphi Theatre Orchestra cond. Michael Collins
  
• 1947 "I Was Never Kissed Before" (w. Sir Alan P. Herbert m. Vivian Ellis)
  - Georges Guétary & Lizbeth Webb with Adelphi Theatre Orchestra cond. Michael Collins
  
• 1947 "Table For Two" (w. Sir Alan P. Herbert m. Vivian Ellis)
  - Georges Guétary with Adelphi Theatre Orchestra cond. Michael Collins
  
• 1947 "La Belle Marguerite" (w. Sir Alan P. Herbert m. Vivian Ellis)
  - Georges Guétary with Adelphi Theatre Orchestra cond. Michael Collins
  
• 1950 "At The Jazz Band Ball" (w.m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields)
  - Johnny Mercer w. Skylarks with Ben Pollack & his Pick-A-Rib Boys
  
• 1950 "She's Shimmyin' On The Beach Again"
  - Johnny Mercer w. Skylarks with Ben Pollack & his Pick-A-Rib Boys
  
• 1951 "(Two Little Men In A) Flying Saucer" (Arthur Pitt)
  - Ella Fitzgerald with O/Sy Oliver
  
• 1951 "The Hot Canary" (m. Paul Nero)
  - Ella Fitzgerald with O/Sy Oliver
  
• 1951 "Love Me" (w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Axel Stordahl
  
• 1951 "I Whistle A Happy Tune" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Axel Stordahl
  
• 1951 "I'm a Fool to Care"
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Axel Stordahl
  
• 1953 "Someone's Been Reading My Mail" (Sigman, R.Allen)
  - Jo Stafford with O/Paul Weston
  
• 1953 "If I Were A Bell" (w.m. Frank Loesser)
  - Jo Stafford
  
• 1956 "The Birds And The Bees" (w. Mack David m. Harry Warren)
  - Alan Dale with O/Dick Jacobs
  
• 1958 "The Purple People Eater" (w.m. Sheb Wooley)
  - Sheb Wooley with O/Neely Plumb
  
• 1960 "I'm Sorry" (w.m. Ronnie Self & Dub Allbritten)
  - Brenda Lee
  
• 1960 "Christine" (w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain)
  - Vic Damone with O/Axel Stordahl
  
• 1960 "Never Like This" (Robert Wells, Mark W. McIntyre)
  - Vic Damone with O/Axel Stordahl
  
• 1967 "Groovin'" (F. Cavaliere, E. Brigati)
  - Young Rascals
  

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