March, 27th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Saturday 27, 2004:
HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.

Thursday 27, 2003:
An explosion in the Nitrochimie dynamite factory in Billy-Berclau, France kills 4 people.

Wednesday 27, 2002:
Passover Massacre: A suicide bomber kills 28 people in Netanya, Israel.

Sunday 27, 1994:
One of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent memory hits the Southeastern United States. One tornado slams into a church in Piedmont, Alabama during Palm Sunday services killing 20 and injuring 90.

Saturday 27, 1993:
Mahamane Ousmane becomes President of Niger.

Tuesday 27, 1990:
Propaganda: The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba.

Monday 27, 1989:
Generations, the first American soap opera to have an entire black family in its original core cast, commences telecasts on NBC.

Sunday 27, 1988:
Moudud Ahmed becomes Prime Minister of Bangladesh.

Thursday 27, 1986:
Car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer, Angela Taylor and injuring 21 people.

Thursday 27, 1980:
The Norwegian oil platform Alexander Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.

Sunday 27, 1977:
Tenerife disaster: Two jumbo jets collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583.

Saturday 27, 1976:
The first 4.6 miles of the Washington, DC subway system is opened.

Thursday 27, 1969:
Mariner 7 is launched.

Friday 27, 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.

Wednesday 27, 1963:
Dr Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network. See Beeching axe.

Thursday 27, 1958:
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.

Thursday 27, 1952:
Sun Records begins operations.

Tuesday 27, 1945:
World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins.

Friday 27, 1942:
World War II: United Kingdom forces raid the U-boat base at St. Nazaire, France.

Sunday 27, 1938:
Britain supports Peter II of Yugoslavia in a coup in Yugoslavia.

Tuesday 27, 1923:
FART construction completed.

Wednesday 27, 1918:
Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania.

Monday 27, 1871:
First international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.

Thursday 27, 1851:
First reported case of Europeans seeing Yosemite Valley.

Friday 27, 1846:
Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas.

Sunday 27, 1836:
Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texans at Goliad, Texas.

Sunday 27, 1814:
War of 1812: In central Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

Thursday 27, 1794:
Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.

Wednesday 27, 1782:
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Thursday 27, 1625:
Charles I becomes King of England and Scotland.

Thursday 27, 1513:
Explorer Juan Ponce de León sights North America (specifically Florida) for the first time, mistaking it for another island.

Saturday 27, 1306:
Robert I of Scotland and Elizabeth de Burgh are crowned king and Queen of the Scots.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/27-march/on-this-day.html


People born on March 27

1975:
Fergie, American musician (Black Eyed Peas) (b: March 27, 1975) (Biography of Stacy Ferguson)

1972:
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch football striker (b: March 27, 1972) (Biography of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink)

1971:
David Coulthard, Scottish race car driver (b: March 27, 1971) (Biography of David Coulthard)

1970:
Mariah Carey, American singer (b: March 27, 1970) (Biography of Mariah Carey)
Princess Leila of Iran (b: March 27, 1970 ; d: June 10, 2001) (Biography of Princess Leila of Iran)

1968:
Sadie Frost, British actress (b: March 27, 1968) (Biography of Sadie Frost)
Sandra Hess, Swiss-born actress and model (b: March 27, 1968) (Biography of Sandra Hess)

1967:
Talisa Soto, American actress (b: March 27, 1967) (Biography of Talisa Soto)

1966:
Paula Trickey, American actress (b: March 27, 1966) (Biography of Paula Trickey)

1963:
Quentin Tarantino, American actor, director, writer, and producer (b: March 27, 1963) (Biography of Quentin Tarantino)
Xuxa, Brazilian television personality (b: March 27, 1963) (Biography of Xuxa)

1962:
Jann Arden, Canadian musician (b: March 27, 1962) (Biography of Jann Arden)

1961:
Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist (B'z) (b: March 27, 1961) (Biography of Tak Matsumoto)

1957:
Nick Hawkins, British politician (b: March 27, 1957) (Biography of Nick Hawkins)

1956:
Leung Kwok Hung, Hong Kong political activist (b: March 27, 1956) (Biography of Leung Kwok Hung)

1952:
Maria Schneider, French actress (b: March 27, 1952) (Biography of Maria Schneider (actress))

1950:
Tony Banks, English musician (Genesis) (b: March 27, 1950) (Biography of Tony Banks (musician))

1947:
Brian Jones, British balloonist (b: March 27, 1947) (Biography of Brian Jones (aeronaut))

1942:
Michael York, English actor (b: March 27, 1942) (Biography of Michael York (actor))

1941:
Ivan Ga?parovi?, President of Slovakia (b: March 27, 1941) (Biography of Ivan Ga?parovi?)

1939:
Cale Yarborough, American race car driver (b: March 27, 1939) (Biography of Cale Yarborough)

1935:
Julian Glover, British actor (b: March 27, 1935) (Biography of Julian Glover)
Abelardo Castillo, Argentine writer (b: March 27, 1935) (Biography of Abelardo Castillo)

1931:
David Janssen, American actor (b: March 27, 1931 ; d: February 13, 1980) (Biography of David Janssen)

1924:
Sarah Vaughan, American singer (b: March 27, 1924) (Biography of Sarah Vaughan)

1923:
Louis Simpson, Jamaican-born poet (b: March 27, 1923) (Biography of Louis Simpson)
Endo Shusaku, Japanese author (b: March 27, 1923) (Biography of Endo Shusaku)

1922:
Stefan Wul, French author (b: March 27, 1922 ; d: November 26, 2003) (Biography of Stefan Wul)

1921:
Harold Nicholas, American dancer (b: March 27, 1921) (Biography of Harold Nicholas)

1917:
Cyrus Vance, American politician (b: March 27, 1917 ; d: January 12, 2002) (Biography of Cyrus Vance)

1915:
Junior Lockwood, American musician (b: March 27, 1915) (Biography of Junior Lockwood)

1914:
Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (b: March 27, 1914) (Biography of Budd Schulberg)
Richard Denning, American actor (b: March 27, 1914) (Biography of Richard Denning)
Snooky Lanson, American singer (b: March 27, 1914) (Biography of Snooky Lanson)

1912:
James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b: March 27, 1912 ; d: March 26, 2005) (Biography of James Callaghan)

1909:
Golo Mann, German historian (b: March 27, 1909 ; d: April 7, 1994) (Biography of Golo Mann)

1906:
Pee Wee Russell, American musician (b: March 27, 1906) (Biography of Pee Wee Russell)

1905:
Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (b: March 27, 1905 ; d: November 4, 1980) (Biography of Elsie MacGill)

1901:
Sato Eisaku, Prime Minister of Japan (b: March 27, 1901) (Biography of Sato Eisaku)
Sasaki Naojiro, Japanese author (b: March 27, 1901) (Biography of Sasaki Naojiro)
Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (b: March 27, 1901) (Biography of Erich Ollenhauer)
Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (b: March 27, 1901 ; d: July 30, 1971) (Biography of Kenneth Slessor)

1899:
Gloria Swanson, American actress (b: March 27, 1899 ; d: April 4, 1983) (Biography of Gloria Swanson)

1893:
Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist (b: March 27, 1893 ; d: January 9, 1947) (Biography of Karl Mannheim)

1886:
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (b: March 27, 1886) (Biography of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe)

1883:
Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (b: March 27, 1883 ; d: September 25, 1980) (Biography of Marie Under)

1882:
Ferde Grofé, American composer (b: March 27, 1882 ; d: April 3, 1972) (Biography of Ferde Grofé)

1871:
Heinrich Mann, German writer (b: March 27, 1871) (Biography of Heinrich Mann)

1869:
James McNeill, Irish politician (b: March 27, 1869) (Biography of James McNeill)

1863:
Sir Henry Royce, English automobile pioneer (b: March 27, 1863) (Biography of Henry Royce)

1860:
Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (b: March 27, 1860 ; d: July 23, 1924) (Biography of Frank Frost Abbott)

1857:
Karl Pearson, English statistician (b: March 27, 1857 ; d: April 27, 1936) (Biography of Karl Pearson)

1851:
Vincent d'Indy, French composer and teacher (b: March 27, 1851 ; d: December 2, 1931) (Biography of Vincent d'Indy)

1847:
Otto Wallach, German chemist and Nobel Prize winner (b: March 27, 1847 ; d: February 26, 1931) (Biography of Otto Wallach)

1845:
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: March 27, 1845 ; d: February 10, 1923) (Biography of Wilhelm Röntgen)

1817:
Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss biologist (b: March 27, 1817) (Biography of Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli)

1813:
Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (b: March 27, 1813) (Biography of Nathaniel Currier)

1810:
William Hepworth Thompson, English classical scholar (b: March 27, 1810) (Biography of William Hepworth Thompson)

1809:
Baron Haussmann, French civic planner (b: March 27, 1809) (Biography of Baron Haussmann)

1797:
Alfred de Vigny, French author (b: March 27, 1797 ; d: September 17, 1863) (Biography of Alfred de Vigny)

1785:
King Louis XVII of France (b: March 27, 1785 ; d: June 8, 1795) (Biography of Louis XVII of France)

1765:
Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b: March 27, 1765 ; d: May 23, 1841) (Biography of Franz Xaver von Baader)

1746:
Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (b: March 27, 1746 ; d: July 15, 1767) (Biography of Michael Bruce)

1730:
Thomas Tyrwhitt, English classical scholar (b: March 27, 1730) (Biography of Thomas Tyrwhitt)

1702:
Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (b: March 27, 1702 ; d: June 19, 1762) (Biography of Johann Ernst Eberlin)

1627:
Stephen Fox, English politician (b: March 27, 1627 ; d: October 28, 1716) (Biography of Stephen Fox)

1416:
Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (b: March 27, 1416 ; d: July 6, 1480) (Biography of Antonio Squarcialupi)

972:
King Robert I of France (b: March 27, 972 ; d: June 15, 923) (Biography of Robert I of France)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/27-march/births.html

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People who died on March 27

2005:
Bob Casey (d: March 27, 2005) (Biography of Bob Casey)

2003:
Ricardo Munguia (d: March 27, 2003) (Biography of Ricardo Munguia)
Paul Zindel, American writer (b: May 15, 1936 ; d: March 27, 2003) (Biography of Paul Zindel)

2002:
Milton Berle, American comedian (b: July 12, 1908 ; d: March 27, 2002) (Biography of Milton Berle)
Dudley Moore, actor, musician, comedian, composer (b: April 19, 1935 ; d: March 27, 2002) (Biography of Dudley Moore)
Billy Wilder, Austrian-born director (b: June 22, 1906 ; d: March 27, 2002) (Biography of Billy Wilder)

2000:
Ian Dury, British musician (b: May 12, 1942 ; d: March 27, 2000) (Biography of Ian Dury)

1998:
David McClelland (d: March 27, 1998) (Biography of David McClelland)
Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer (b: September 19, 1909 ; d: March 27, 1998) (Biography of Ferry Porsche)

1993:
Paul Laszlo (d: March 27, 1993) (Biography of Paul Laszlo)

1992:
Easley Blackwood (bridge player) (d: March 27, 1992) (Biography of Easley Blackwood (bridge player))

1991:
Ralph Bates (d: March 27, 1991) (Biography of Ralph Bates)
Aldo Ray, American actor (b: September 25, 1926 ; d: March 27, 1991) (Biography of Aldo Ray)

1989:
Jack Starrett, American actor and director (b: November 2, 1936 ; d: March 27, 1989) (Biography of Jack Starrett)

1981:
Mao Dun, Chinese writer (b: July 4, 1896 ; d: March 27, 1981) (Biography of Mao Dun)

1977:
Diana Hyland, American actress (b: January 25, 1936 ; d: March 27, 1977) (Biography of Diana Hyland)
A. P. Hamann (d: March 27, 1977) (Biography of A. P. Hamann)

1972:
M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (b: June 17, 1898 ; d: March 27, 1972) (Biography of M. C. Escher)
Sharkey Bonano, American musician (b: April 9, 1904 ; d: March 27, 1972) (Biography of Sharkey Bonano)

1969:
B. Traven (d: March 27, 1969) (Biography of B. Traven)

1968:
Yuri Gagarin, cosmonaut (b: March 9, 1934 ; d: March 27, 1968) (Biography of Yuri Gagarin)

1967:
Jim Thompson, American designer and businessman (b: March 21, 1906 ; d: March 27, 1967) (Biography of Jim Thompson (designer))

1940:
Michael Joseph Savage (d: March 27, 1940) (Biography of Michael Joseph Savage)

1931:
Arnold Bennett, British novelist (b: May 27, 1867 ; d: March 27, 1931) (Biography of Arnold Bennett)

1927:
Joe Start, baseball player (b: October 14, 1842 ; d: March 27, 1927) (Biography of Joe Start)

1924:
Walter Parratt (d: March 27, 1924) (Biography of Walter Parratt)

1923:
Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b: September 20, 1842 ; d: March 27, 1923) (Biography of James Dewar)

1918:
Henry Adams, American historian and novelist (b: February 16, 1838 ; d: March 27, 1918) (Biography of Henry Adams)

1910:
Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (d: March 27, 1910) (Biography of Alexander Emanuel Agassiz)

1889:
John Bright (d: March 27, 1889) (Biography of John Bright)

1878:
George Gilbert Scott (d: March 27, 1878) (Biography of George Gilbert Scott)

1875:
Edgar Quinet (d: March 27, 1875) (Biography of Edgar Quinet)

1873:
Amedée Simon Dominique Thierry (d: March 27, 1873) (Biography of Amedée Simon Dominique Thierry)

1865:
Petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp (d: March 27, 1865) (Biography of Petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp)

1864:
Jean-Jacques Ampère (d: March 27, 1864) (Biography of Jean-Jacques Ampère)

1850:
Wilhelm Beer (d: March 27, 1850) (Biography of Wilhelm Beer)

1849:
Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (d: March 27, 1849) (Biography of Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford)

1843:
Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal (d: March 27, 1843) (Biography of Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal)

1836:
James Fannin (d: March 27, 1836) (Biography of James Fannin)

1827:
François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (d: March 27, 1827) (Biography of François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt)

1809:
Joseph-Marie Vien (d: March 27, 1809) (Biography of Joseph-Marie Vien)

1770:
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (b: March 5, 1696 ; d: March 27, 1770) (Biography of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)

1757:
Johann Stamitz (d: March 27, 1757) (Biography of Johann Stamitz)

1697:
Simon Bradstreet, Massachusetts Bay colonist (b: March 18, 1603 ; d: March 27, 1697) (Biography of Simon Bradstreet)

1635:
Robert Naunton (d: March 27, 1635) (Biography of Robert Naunton)

1625:
King James I of England and VI of Scotland (b: June 19, 1566 ; d: March 27, 1625) (Biography of James I of England)

1615:
Margaret of Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b: May 14, 1553 ; d: March 27, 1615) (Biography of Margaret of Valois)

1555:
William Hunter (Protestant martyr) (d: March 27, 1555) (Biography of William Hunter (Protestant martyr))

1482:
Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emper (b: February 13, 1457 ; d: March 27, 1482) (Biography of Mary of Burgundy)

1462:
Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b: March 10, 1415 ; d: March 27, 1462) (Biography of Vasili II of Russia)

1378:
Pope Gregory XI (d: March 27, 1378) (Biography of Pope Gregory XI)

1350:
King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (b: August 13, 1311 ; d: March 27, 1350) (Biography of Alfonso XI of Castile)

1191:
Pope Clement III (d: March 27, 1191) (Biography of Pope Clement III)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/27-march/deaths.html