On this day in History - Mar 27
- 1191 - Pope Clement III dies.
- 1306 - Robert I of Scotland and Elizabeth de Burgh are crowned king and Queen of the Scots.
- 1350 - King Alfonso XI of Castile, dies (b. 1312).
- 1378 - Pope Gregory XI,dies (b. c. 1336) .
- 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.
- 1513 - Falhou o ataque da armada portuguesa de Afonso de Albuquerque a Meca .
- 1555 - William Hunter (Protestant martyr) dies .
- 1625 - King James I of England and Ireland, James VI of Scotland, dies (b. 1566) .
- 1625 - Charles I becomes King of England and Scotland.
- 1635 - Robert Naunton,dies (b.1563). English politician.
- 1721 - Em Portugal, os funcionários superiores do Ultramar são proibidos de exercer comercio particular .
- 1721 - France and Spain sign Treaty of Madrid .
- 1730 - Thomas Tyrwhitt,was born English classical scholar (d. 1786) .
- 1746 - Michael Bruce,was born. Scottish poet (d. 1767) .
- 1757 - Johann Stamitz, dies Czech composer and violinist, (b. 1717) .
- 1765 - Franz Xaver von Baader was born. German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841) .
- 1770 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dies (b. 1696).
- 1781 - Em Portugal, Pina Manique decretou a obrigatoriedade de inspecção sanitária para todas as prostitutas .
- 1785 - King Louis XVII of France was born (d. 1795) .
- 1794 - The government of the United States establishes a permanent United States Navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
- 1797 - Alfred de Vigny,was born (d. 17 Sep 1863). French author ("Poemas Antiques et Modernes", "Eloa", "Ou la soeur des anges" "Les Destines"... ).
- 1809 - Baron Haussmann, was born. French civic planner .
- 1809 - Joseph-Marie Vien, dies (b. 1716). French painter .
- 1810 - William Hepworth Thompson, was born. English classical scholar (d. 1886) .
- 1813 - Nathaniel Currier, was born; illustrator.
- 1814 - War of 1812: In northern Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
- 1817 - Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, was born. Swiss biologist (d. 1891) .
- 1827 - François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, dies (b. 1747) .
- 1836 - Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre - Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texans at Goliad, Texas.
- 1836 - James Fannin, diesTexas Revolutionary (b. 1804) .
- 1836 - Joseph Smith funda o primeiro templo mórmon no estado norte-americano de Ohio.
- 1843 - Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal, dies. German jurist, (b. 1769) .
- 1845 - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen,was born. Physicist, winner of the first Nobel Prize in physics 1901 (d. 1923) .
- 1846 - Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas.
- 1847 - Otto Wallach, was born. German chemist and Nobel Prize winner (d. 1931) .
- 1849 - Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, dies (b. 1776) .
- 1850 - Wilhelm Beer, dies (b. 1797). Astronomer, (b. 1797) .
- 1851 - Vincent d'Indy, was born. Composer and teacher (d. 1931) .
- 1851 - First reported case of Europeans seeing Yosemite Valley.
- 1851 - Nasce o compositor espanhol Ruperto Chapí y Lorente.
- 1857 - Karl Pearson, was born. Statistician (d. 1936) .
- 1863 - Sir Henry Royce, was born.Automobile pioneer (d. 1933) .
- 1864 - Jean-Jacques Ampère, French scholar, (b. 1800) .
- 1865 - Petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar, (b. 1786).
- 1867 - Na Argentina, fundación del Rosario Cricket Club, que luego se transformaría en el Rosario Central futbolístico .
- 1869 - James McNeill, was born. Irish politician .
- 1871 - Heinrich Mann,was born. Narrator, dramatist and essayist (d. 1950) .
- 1871 - First international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
- 1873 - Amedée Simon Dominique Thierry, French journalist and historian, (b. 1797) .
- 1875 - Edgar Quinet,dies. French historian, (b. 1803) .
- 1878 - Sir George Gilbert Scott, dies. Architect, (b. 1811) .
- 1886 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was born. Architect (d. 1969) .
- 1889 - John Bright, dies (b. 1811) .
- 1893 - Karl Mannheim,was born. Hungarian sociologist (d. 1947) .
- 1899 - Gloria Swanson, was born. Actress (d. 1983) .
- 1901 - Carl Barks,was born. Donald Duck illustrator (d. 2000) .
- 1901 - Sato Eisaku, was born. Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1975) .
- 1901 - Sasaki Naojiro, was born. Japanese author (d. 1943) .
- 1901 - Erich Ollenhauer, was born. Politician (d. 1963).
- 1903 - Xavier Villaurrutia was born (d. 25 Dec 1950). Poet ( "Reflejos nocturnos", "Nostalgia de la muerte"... ).
- 1905 - Elsie MacGill,was born. Aeronautical engineer, "Queen of the Hurricanes" (d. 1980) .
- 1906 - Pee Wee Russell,was born. US jazz musician (d. 1969) .
- 1909 - Golo Mann, was born. Historian and publicist (d. 1994) .
- 1910 - John Pierce, was born (d. 02 Apr 2002). Electrical engineer. Father of communications satellits.
- 1910 - Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, dies. US scientist and engineer, (b. 1835) .
- 1912 - James Callaghan,was born. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
- 1914 - Budd Schulberg, was born. Screenwriter and novelist.
- 1914 - 1st successful blood transfusion (in Brussels) .
- 1917 - Cyrus Vance, was born. US politician (d. 2002) .
- 1918 - Henry Adams, dies. Historian and novelist, (b. 1838).
- 1919 - Nasce o político grego Andreas Papandreu, na ilha de Quios. Foi Primeiro ministro da Grecia nos períodos de 1981 a 1989 e de 1993 a 1996. Morreu em 23. Jun. 1986.
- 1920 - Hermann Müller becomes German chancellor (SPD).
- 1922 - Pierre Pairault aka Stefan Wul, was born. French author (d. 2003)
- 1923 - Louis Simpson, was born. Poet .
- 1923 - Endo Shusaku, was born. Catholic Japanese author (d. 1996) .
- 1923 - FART construction completed.
- 1923 - Sir James Dewar, dies (b. 1842. Chemist.
- 1924 - Walter Parratt, dies (b. 1841). Composer.
- 1924 - Sarah Vaughan,was born. singer (d. 1990) .
- 1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, was born in Baku. Conductor, musician .
- 1930 - David Janssen,was born. Actor (d. 1980) .
- 1931- Walter Kieber, Liechtenstein was born. Head of Government (d. 1978) .
- 1932 -Nascimento de Robert (Figueira) Farias, em Nova Friburgo-RJ. Actor brasileiro.
- 1933 - O Japão retirou-se da Sociedade das Nações.
- 1937 - Feyenoord-stadium official opens in Rotterdam.
- 1938 - Battle of Tai er zhuang .
- 1940 - Cale Yarborough, NASCAR was born. Race car driver .
- 1940 - Michael Joseph Savage, dies. Prime Minister of New Zealand, (b. 1872) .
- 1941 - Attack on Pearl Harbor: Japanese spy Takeo Yoshikawa arrives in Honolulu, Hawaii and begins to study the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor.
- 1942 - Michael York, was born . Actor.
- 1944 - Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno.
- 1945 - General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken.
- 1950 - Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China .
- 1950 - Tony Banks, was born. Musician of Genesis.
- 1952 - Maria Schneider was born in Paris France, actress (Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor).
- 1952 - Sun Records begins operations.
- 1954 - Wally Stocker, was born. Musician of The Babys .
- 1957 - Nick Hawkins, was born. British politician.
- 1957 - Krzysztof Pieczynski was born in Opole, Poland. Actor.
- 1957 - 29th Academy Awards: "Around World in 80 Days", Yul Brynner and Ingrid Bergman win
- 1958 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.
- 1959 - Madagascar: un ciclón causa 3.300 muertos.
- 1959 - Andrew Farriss, was born. Musician of INXS.
- 1960 - Muere el compositor mexicano Mario Talavera. Con Lerdo de Tejada, Alfonso Esparza Oteo y Tata Nacho formaron los "Tres Ases de la canción", conviertiendose después en "El Trío Veneno". Entre sus composiciones se encuentran "Gratta plena", "El nopal", "Flor de mayo", "Muchachita mía", "Adiós", "La china", "Dulce amor", "El día que te vayas", "Así te quiero", "Caballera", "Luz de cirio", entre otras. Nació en Xalapa en 1885.
- 1961 - Moisés Neto was born in Recife, Pernambuco. Brazilien actor, director and producer.
- 1962 - Jann Arden,was born. Canadian musician .
- 1963 - Quentin Tarantino, was born. Actor, director, writer, producer.
- 1963 - Xuxa (Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel), was born. Brazilien television personality. Actress.
- 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.
- 1967 - Talisa Soto, was born. Actress .
- 1967 - Jim Thompson (designer), disappeared, (b. 1906) .
- 1968 - Yuri Gagarin,dies (b. 1934). He was the first man in space.
- 1968 - Sadie Frost, was born. British actress.
- 1968 - Suharto succeeds Sukarno as President of Indonesia .
- 1969 - Mariner 7 is launched.
- 1969 - B. Traven, dies. Writer .
- 1970 - Mariah Carey, was born. Singer .
- 1970 - Brendan Hill, was born. Musician ("Blues Traveler") .
- 1970 - Princess Leila of Iran was born (d. 2001) .
- 1971- David Coulthard,was born in Twynholm, Scotland, UK .Formula One racing driver.
- 1972 - M. C. Escher, dies. Dutch artist, (b. 1898) .
- 1972 - Sharkey Bonano, jazzdies. Musician, (b. 1904).
- 1973 - 45th Academy Awards: "Godfather", Marlon Brando and Liza Minnelli win. Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians .
- 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.
- 1979 - Eric Clapton end Pattie Boyd get married.
- 1980 - The Norwegian oil platform Alexander Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
- 1983 - Larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 for heavyweight boxing title .
- 1986 - Melissa Stern aka "Baby M"was born.
- 1988 - Moudud Ahmed becomes Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
- 1989 - Generations, the first American soap opera to have an entire black family in its original core cast, commences telecasts on NBC.
- 1991 - Ralph Bates, dies British actor, (b. 1940) .
- 1992 - Easley Blackwood, dies. Bridge player. (b. 1903).
- 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 the Southeastern United States. One tornado slams into a church in Piedmont, Alabama during Palm Sunday services killing 20 and injuring 90.
- 1994 - O expresidente da Colombia César Gaviria Trujillo é eleito em Washington novo secretario general da Organização de Estados Americanos (OEA).
- 1994 - Maiden flight for future fighter jet. The troubled European Fighter Aircraft has made its inaugural flight two years later than expected.
- 1995 - 67th Academy Awards: "Forest Gump", Tom Hanks & Jessica Lange win .
- 1997 - Na California verifica-se um suicídio em massa de 38 seguidores do grupo pseudoreligioso "Heaven's Gate", cujo líder é Marshall Applewhite.
- 1998 - Os Estados Unidos aprovam o remédio Viagra, produzido pela companhia Pfizer, que ajuda a combater a impotência sexual de homens.
- 1998 - David McClelland, dies. Psychological theorist, (b. 1917) .
- 1998 - Ferry Porsche, dies (b. 1909). Founder of Porsche car manufacturer .
- 2000 - Ian Dury, dies. English rock musician, (b. 1942) .
- 2002 - Milton Berle, dies. Actor, comedian, (b. 1908).
- 2002 - Dudley Moore, dies. Actor, musician, (b. 1935) .
- 2002 - Billy Wilder, dies. Director, (b. 1906) .
- 2003 - An explosion in the Nitrochimie dynamite factory in Billy-Berclau, France kills 4 people.
- 2003 - Ricardo Munguia, dies. Aid worker in Afghanistan .
- 2003 - Joseph Menusa, dies. First soldier from the Philippines to die in the 2003 Iraq War, (b. 1970) .
- 2004 - HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
- 2005- Domingo de Páscoa - Easter -
- Dia do Teatro .
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