Tukuk-OS📅 March 27
22 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on March 27? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2023 — Forty people are killed in a fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
- 2022 — At the 94th Academy Awards, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage resulting in Smith being expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and banned from its events for ten years.
94th Academy AwardsChris Rock–Will Smith slapping incidentAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- 2020 — North Macedonia became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- 2015 — Himeji Castle, the largest and most visited Japanese castle, re-opened after five years of restoration work.
- 2009 — A failure of the dam holding Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Tangerang, Indonesia, caused floods that killed at least 100 people.
- 2002 — Second Intifada: A suicide bomber killed around 30 Israeli civilians and injured about 140 others in Netanya, triggering Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale counter-terrorist military incursion into the West Bank.
- 1999 — NATO bombing of Yugoslavia: A U.S. Air Force F-117 stealth aircraft was shot down by a Yugoslav Army unit.
NATO bombing of YugoslaviaLockheed F-117 Nighthawk1999 F-117A shootdown
- 1998 — The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug sildenafil (chemical structure pictured), better known by the trade name Viagra, as the first treatment approved in the United States for erectile dysfunction.
- 1993 — Jiang Zemin succeeded Yang Shangkun to become President of the People's Republic of China.
- 1981 — The Solidarity movement in Poland staged a warning strike, the largest in the history of the Eastern Bloc, in which at least 12 million Poles walked off their jobs for four hours.
Solidarity (Polish trade union)1981 warning strike in PolandEastern Bloc
- 1980 — Brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt failed in their attempt to corner the world silver market, causing panic in commodity and futures exchanges.
- 1976 — The Washington Metro (rolling stock pictured), the second-busiest rapid transit system in the U.S., opened to commuters.
- 1975 — Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, an oil pipeline spanning the length of Alaska, began.
Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline SystemTrans-Alaska Pipeline SystemPipeline
- 1958 — Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, assumed the office of premier.
Nikita KhrushchevGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionPremier of the Soviet Union
- 1945 — World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began Operation Starvation, laying naval mines in many of Japan's vital water routes and ports to disrupt enemy shipping.
World War IIUnited States Army Air ForcesOperation Starvation
- 1941 — World War II: A group of Serbian-nationalist officers of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force carried out a coup d'état after Yugoslavia joined the Axis powers.
- 1899 — Philippine–American War: American forces defeated troops commanded by Philippine president Emilio Aguinaldo at the Battle of Marilao River.
Philippine–American WarEmilio AguinaldoBattle of Marilao River
- 1884 — Outraged by a jury's decision to convict a man of manslaughter instead of murder, a mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, began three days of rioting.
- 1850 — San Diego, the first European settlement in present-day California, was incorporated as a city.
- 1836 — At least 425 Texian prisoners of war were executed in the Goliad massacre, under orders from Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna.
- 1638 — The first of four destructive earthquakes struck southern Italy, destroying an estimated 10,000 homes.
- 1625 — Charles I became King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Births
- 2002 — Daria Snigur, Ukrainian tennis player
- 2001 — Natanael Cano, Mexican rapper and singer
- 2000 — Halle Bailey, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 2000 — Sophie Nélisse, Canadian actress
- 1999 — Jesser, American YouTuber
- 1999 — Alex O'Connor, English media personality
- 1998 — Giannis Bouzoukis, Greek footballer
- 1997 — Lisa, Thai rapper and dancer
- 1995 — Bill Tuiloma, New Zealand footballer
- 1993 — Brandon Nimmo, American baseball player
- 1992 — Marc Muniesa, Spanish footballer
- 1991 — London on da Track, American record producer
Deaths
- 2026 — Henry Lee, Chinese-American forensic scientist (born 1938)
- 2025 — Christina McKelvie, Scottish politician (born 1968)
- 2024 — Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American author, psychologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)
- 2024 — Joe Lieberman, American politician and lawyer (born 1942)
- 2018 — Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (born 1936)
- 2016 — Mother Angelica, American Roman Catholic religious leader and media personality (born 1923)
- 2015 — Johnny Helms, American trumpet player, bandleader, and educator (born 1935)
- 2015 — T. Sailo, Indian soldier and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Mizoram (born 1922)
- 2014 — Richard N. Frye, American scholar and academic (born 1920)
- 2014 — James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense and first United States Secretary of Energy (born 1929)
James R. SchlesingerUnited States Secretary of DefenseUnited States Secretary of Energy
- 2013 — Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater (born 1923)
- 2013 — Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American scientist and engineer (born 1924)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Easter (Palmarian Church)
- Christian feast day: Alexander, a Pannonian soldier, martyred in 3rd century.
- Christian feast day: Amador of Portugal
- Christian feast day: Augusta of Treviso
- Christian feast day: Charles Henry Brent (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: Gelasius, Archbishop of Armagh
- Christian feast day: John of Egypt
- Christian feast day: Panacea De' Muzzi
- Christian feast day: Philetus
- Christian feast day: Romulus of Nîmes, a Benedictine abbot, martyred c. 730.
- Christian feast day: Rupert of Salzburg
- Christian feast day: Zanitas and Lazarus of Persia
- Christian feast day: March 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Armed Forces Day (Myanmar)
- Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania (Romania)
- World Theatre Day (International)
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