March 27 is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 279 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[edit]

• 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.
• 1329 Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
• 1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Len reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
• 1625 Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
• 1782 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1794 The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
• 1809 Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.
• 1814 War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
• 1836 Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
• 1866 President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
• 1871 The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
• 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.
• 1886 Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
• 1899 Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the PhilippineAmerican War at the Battle of Marilao River.
• 1915 Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
• 1918 The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• 1938 Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
• 1941 World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
• 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.
• 1945 World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
• 1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• 1975 Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
• 1977 Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747airliners 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 deadliest aviation accident in history.
• 1980 The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
• 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.
• 1981 The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
• 1986 A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
• 1990 The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Mart.
• 1993 Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
• 1993 Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2000 A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.
• 2002 Passover massacre: A Palestiniansuicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
• 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.
• 2004 HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
• 2009 The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
• 2014 Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
• 2015 Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.
• 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.
• 2020 North Macedonia becomes the 30th member of NATO.^[1]

Births[edit]

• 972 Robert II, king of France (d. 1031)
• 1401 Albert III, duke of Bavaria (d. 1460)
• 1416 Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded Order of the Minims (d. 1507)
• 1546 Johannes Piscator, German theologian (d. 1625)
• 1627 Stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)
• 1676 Francis II Rkczi, Hungarian prince (b. 1676)
• 1679 Domenico Lalli, Italian poet and librettist (d. 1741)
• 1681 Joaqun Fernndez de Portocarrero, Spanish-Italian cardinal (d. 1760)
• 1702 Johann Ernst Eberlin, German organist and composer (d. 1762)
• 1710 Joseph Abaco, Belgian cellist and composer (d. 1805)
• 1712 Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon and author (d. 1779)
• 1714 Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (d. 1795)
• 1724 Jane Colden, American botanist and author (d. 1766)
• 1745 Lindley Murray, American-English Quaker and grammarian (d. 1826)
• 1746 Michael Bruce, Scottish poet and composer (d. 1767)
• 1746 Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican-French lawyer and politician (d. 1785)
• 1765 Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841)
• 1781 Alexander Vostokov, Estonian-Russian philologist and academic (d. 1864)
• 1784 Sndor Kőrsi Csoma, Hungarian philologist, orientalist, and author (d. 1842)
• 1785 Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
• 1797 Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1863)
• 1801 Alexander Barrow, American lawyer and politician (d. 1846)
• 1802 Charles-Mathias Simons, German-Luxembourger jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1874)
• 1809 Georges-Eugne Haussmann, French engineer, urban planner, and politician (d. 1891)
• 1811 Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (d. 1880)
• 1814 Charles Mackay, Scottish journalist, anthologist, and author (d. 1889)
• 1820 Edward Augustus Inglefield, English admiral and explorer (d. 1894)
• 1822 Henri Murger, French novelist and poet (d. 1861)
• 1824 Virginia Minor, American women's suffrage activist (d. 1894)
• 1839 John Ballance, Irish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1893)
• 1843 George Frederick Leycester Marshall, English colonel and entomologist (d. 1934)
• 1844 Adolphus Greely, American general and explorer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1935)
• 1845 Wilhelm Rntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
• 1845 Jakob Sverdrup, Norwegian bishop and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs (d. 1899)
• 1847 Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
• 1851 Ruperto Chap, Spanish composer, co-founded Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (d. 1909)
• 1851 Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (d. 1931)
• 1852 Jan van Beers, Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1927)
• 1854 Giovanni Battista Grassi, Italian physician, zoologist, and entomologist (d. 1925)
• 1855 William Libbey, American target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist (d. 1927)
• 1857 Karl Pearson, English mathematician, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1936)
• 1859 George Giffen, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1927)
• 1860 Frank Frost Abbott, American-Swiss scholar and academic (d. 1924)
• 1862 Jelena Dimitrijević, Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist and polyglot (d. 1945)
• 1862 Arturo Berutti, Argentinian composer (d. 1938)
• 1863 Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1933)
• 1866 John Allan, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Victoria (d. 1936)
• 1868 Patty Hill, American songwriter and educator (d. 1946)
• 1869 James McNeill, Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1938)
• 1869 J. R. Clynes, English trade unionist and politician, Home Secretary (d. 1949)
• 1871 Heinrich Mann, German author and poet (d. 1950)
• 1871 Joseph G. Morrison, American captain and Nazarene minister (d. 1939)
• 1871 Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician, Minister of Labour (d. 1948)
• 1875 Albert Marquet, French painter (d. 1947)
• 1877 Oscar Grgoire, Belgian water polo player and swimmer (d. 1947)
• 1878 Kathleen Scott, British sculptor (d. 1947)
• 1879 Sndor Garbai, Hungarian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1947)
• 1879 Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (d. 1929)
• 1879 Edward Steichen, Luxembourger-American painter and photographer (d. 1973)
• 1881 Arkady Averchenko, Russian playwright and satirist (d. 1925)
• 1882 Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (d. 1965)
• 1883 Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (d. 1980)
• 1884 Gordon Thomson, English rower and lieutenant (d. 1953)
• 1885 Julio Lozano Daz, Honduran accountant and politician, 40th President of Honduras (d. 1957)
• 1885 Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster, English navy officer and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (d. 1961)
• 1886 Sergey Kirov, Russian politician (d. 1934)
• 1886 Wladimir Burliuk, Ukrainian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
• 1886 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building (d. 1969)
• 1887 Vin Siikaniemi, Finnish javelin thrower, poet, and translator (d. 1932)
• 1888 George Alfred Lawrence Hearne, English-South African cricketer (d. 1978)
• 1889 Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (d. 1974)
• 1889 Leonard Mociulschi, Romanian general (d. 1979)
• 1890 Harald Julin, Swedish swimmer and water polo player (d. 1967)
• 1890 Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (d. 1974)
• 1891 Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian novelist and playwright (d. 1974)
• 1891 Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski, Belarusian-Lithuanian architect, journalist, and diplomat, created the Flag of Belarus (d. 1959)
• 1892 Ferde Grof, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
• 1892 Thorne Smith, American author (d. 1934)
• 1893 Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (d. 1947)
• 1893 G. Lloyd Spencer, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1981)
• 1893 George Beranger, Australian-American actor and director (d. 1973)
• 1894 Ren Fonck, French colonel and pilot (d. 1953)
• 1895 Roland Leighton, English soldier and poet (d. 1915)
• 1897 Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1958)
• 1897 Fred Keating, American magician, stage and film actor (d. 1961)
• 1899 Francis Ponge, French poet and author (d. 1988)
• 1899 Herbert Arthur Stuart, German-Swiss physicist and academic (d. 1974)
• 1899 Gloria Swanson, American actress and producer (d. 1983)
• 1901 Carl Barks, American illustrator and screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 1901 Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (d. 1963)
• 1901 Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
• 1901 Kenneth Slessor, Australian journalist and poet (d. 1971)
• 1902 Sidney Buchman, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1975)
• 1902 Charles Lang, American cinematographer (d. 1998)
• 1903 Leif Tronstad, Norwegian chemist and military leader (d. 1945)^[2]
• 1903 Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1950)
• 1905 Leroy Carr, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1935)
• 1905 Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, German general (d. 1980)
• 1905 Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American author and engineer (d. 1980)
• 1906 Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 1969)
• 1909 Golo Mann, German historian and author (d. 1994)
• 1909 Ben Webster, American saxophonist (d. 1973)
• 1909 Valery Marakou, Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1937)
• 1910 Ai Qing, Chinese poet and author (d. 1996)
• 1911 Veronika Tushnova, Russian poet and physician (d. 1965)
• 1912 James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
• 1913 Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1914 Richard Denning, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1914 Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2009)
• 1915 Robert Lockwood, Jr., American guitarist (d. 2006)
• 1917 Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002)
• 1920 Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic (d. 1999)
• 1921 Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (d. 2016)
• 1921 Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2000)
• 1921 Harold Nicholas, American actor and dancer (d. 2000)
• 1922 Dick King-Smith, English author (d. 2011)
• 1922 Stefan Wul, French author and surgeon (d. 2003)
• 1922 Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter, printmaker, and sculptor (d. 2007)
• 1923 Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (d. 1996)
• 1923 Louis Simpson, Jamaican-American poet, translator, and academic (d. 2012)
• 1924 Sarah Vaughan, American singer (d. 1990)
• 1924 Ian Black, Scottish international footballer, goalkeeper and lawn bowls player (d. 2012)^[3]
• 1924 Margaret K. Butler, American mathematician and computer programmer (d. 2013)
• 1926 Frank O'Hara, American writer (d. 1966)
• 1927 Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2016)
• 1927 Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007)
• 1928 Jean Dotto, French cyclist (d. 2000)
• 1929 Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1929 Reg Evans, Australian actor (d. 2009)
• 1930 Daniel Spoerri, Romanian-Swiss photographer, writer and artist
• 1931 David Janssen, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1932 Junior Parker, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1971)
• 1932 Bailey Olter, Micronesian politician, 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia (d. 1999)
• 1933 L Văn Hưng, South Vietnamese Brigadier general (d. 1975)
• 1934 Istvn Csurka, Hungarian journalist, author, and politician (d. 2012)
• 1935 Stanley Rother, American Roman Catholic priest and missionary (d. 1981)
• 1935 Julian Glover, English actor
• 1936 Malcolm Goldstein, American violinist and composer
• 1937 Alan Hawkshaw, English keyboard player and songwriter
• 1939 Jay Kim, South Korean-American engineer and politician
• 1939 Cale Yarborough, American race car driver and businessman
• 1940 Sandro Munari, Italian race car driver
• 1940 Austin Pendleton, American actor, director, and playwright
• 1941 Ivan Gaparovič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Slovakia
• 1941 Liese Prokop, Austrian pentathlete and politician, Austrian Minister of the Interior (d. 2006)
• 1942 Michael Jackson, English journalist and author (d. 2007)
• 1942 John Sulston, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
• 1942 Michael York, English actor
• 1943 Mike Curtis, American football player and coach (d. 2020)
• 1944 Jesse Brown, American marine and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (d. 2002)
• 1944 Bryan Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1946 Michael Aris, Cuban-English author and academic (d. 1999)
• 1947 Oliver Friggieri, Maltese author, critic, poet and philosopher
• 1947 Brian Jones, English balloonist and pilot
• 1947 Walt Mossberg, American journalist
• 1948 Jens-Peter Bonde, Danish lawyer and politician
• 1950 Tony Banks, English keyboardist and songwriter
• 1950 Petros Efthymiou, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
• 1950 Maria Ewing, African-American soprano
• 1950 Terry Yorath, Welsh international footballer, Midfielder and international manager^[4]
• 1951 Andrei Kozyrev, Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia
• 1951 Chris Stewart, English musician and author
• 1952 Annemarie Moser-Prll, Austrian skier
• 1952 Maria Schneider, French actress (d. 2011)
• 1953 Herman Ponsteen, Dutch cyclist
• 1954 Gerard Batten, English lawyer and politician
• 1955 Patrick McCabe, Irish writer
• 1955 Mariano Rajoy, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
• 1955 Susan Neiman, Jewish American-German philosopher and author
• 1956 Leung Kwok-hung, Hong Kong activist and politician
• 1956 Thomas Wassberg, Swedish cross country skier
• 1957 Kostas Vasilakakis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1957 Stephen Dillane, English actor
• 1958 Didier de Radigus, Belgian race car driver and motorcycle racer
• 1959 Andrew Farriss, Australian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist
• 1960 Hans Pflgler, German footballer
• 1960 Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1961 Ellery Hanley, English rugby league player and coach
• 1961 Tony Rominger, Swiss professional cyclist
• 1962 Jann Arden, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1962 Brett French, Australian rugby league player
• 1962 Rob Hollink, Dutch poker player
• 1962 John O'Farrell, English journalist and author
• 1962 Brad Wright, American-Spanish basketball player
• 1962 Kevin J. Anderson, American science fiction writer
• 1963 Cory Blackwell, American basketball player
• 1963 Randall Cunningham, American football player, coach, and pastor
• 1963 Filippos Sachinidis, Greek-Canadian economist and politician
• 1963 Gary Stevens, English-Australian footballer and physiotherapist
• 1963 Quentin Tarantino, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
• 1963 Xuxa, Brazilian actress, singer, businesswoman and television presenter
• 1965 Gregor Foitek, Swiss race car driver
• 1966 arko Paspalj, Serbian basketball player
• 1967 Talisa Soto, American actress
• 1968 Irina Belova, Russian heptathlete
• 1969 Gianluigi Lentini, Italian footballer and manager
• 1969 Pauley Perrette, American actress
• 1969 or 1970 Mariah Carey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress^[5]
• 1970 Leila Pahlavi, Princess of Iran (d. 2001)
• 1970 Derek Aucoin, Canadian baseball player
• 1970 Brent Fitz, Canadian-American multi-instrumentalist and recording artist
• 1970 Jarrod McCracken, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1970 Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress
• 1970 Uwe Rosenberg, German game designer, created Bohnanza
• 1971 David Coulthard, Scottish race car driver and sportscaster
• 1971 Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
• 1972 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Surinamese-Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
• 1972 Charlie Haas, American professional wrestler
• 1973 Roger Telemachus, South African cricketer
• 1974 Marek Citko, Polish footballer and manager
• 1974 George Koumantarakis, Greek-South African footballer
• 1974 Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer
• 1975 Andrew Blowers, New Zealand rugby player
• 1975 Kim Felton, Australian golfer
• 1975 Fergie, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1975 Christian Fiedler, German footballer and manager
• 1976 Roberta Anastase, Romanian politician, 57th President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
• 1976 Danny Fortson, American basketball player
• 1976 Adrian Anca, Romanian footballer
• 1977 Vtor Meira, Brazilian race car driver
• 1978 Gabriel Paraschiv, Romanian footballer
• 1978 Marius Bakken, Norwegian runner
• 1978 Amlie Cocheteux, French tennis player
• 1979 Tom Palmer, English rugby union player
• 1979 Mohsen Moeini, Iranian author and director
• 1979 Imran Tahir, Pakistani-South African cricketer
• 1979 Jennifer Wilson, Zimbabwean-South African field hockey player
• 1980 Sean Ryan, American football player
• 1980 Michaela Patikov, Czech tennis player
• 1980 Maksim Shevchenko, Kazakhstani footballer
• 1981 Terry McFlynn, Irish footballer
• 1981 Akhil Kumar, Indian boxer
• 1981 Jukka Keskisalo, Finnish runner
• 1981 Hilda Kibet, Kenyan runner
• 1982 Shawn Beveney, Guyanese footballer
• 1983 Yuliya Golubchikova, Russian pole vaulter
• 1983 Vasily Koshechkin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1983 Romn Martnez, Argentinian footballer
• 1984 Adam Ashley-Cooper, Australian rugby player
• 1984 Ben Franks, Australian-born New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 Brett Holman, Australian footballer
• 1985 Dustin Byfuglien, American ice hockey player
• 1985 Danny Vukovic, Australian footballer
• 1986 Manuel Neuer, German footballer
• 1987 Jefferson Bernrdez, Honduran footballer
• 1987 Samuel Francis, Nigerian-Qatari sprinter
• 1987 Polina Gagarina, Russian singer-songwriter
• 1987 Buster Posey, American baseball player
• 1988 Jessie J, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 Atsuto Uchida, Japanese footballer
• 1988 Brenda Song, American actress
• 1988 Mauro Goicoechea, Uruguayan footballer
• 1988 Holliday Grainger, English actress
• 1989 Matt Harvey, American baseball player
• 1989 Camilla Lees, New Zealand netball player
• 1990 Erdin Demir, Swedish-Turkish footballer
• 1990 Ben Hunt, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 Nicolas Nkoulou, Cameroonian footballer
• 1990 Luca Zuffi, Swiss footballer
• 1990 Kimbra, New Zealand musician
• 1990 Brodha V, Indian Rapper and Music Producer
• 1992 Marc Muniesa, Spanish footballer
• 1995 Bill Tuiloma, New Zealand footballer
• 1997 Lisa, Thai rapper, member of South Korean girl group Blackpink^[6]

Deaths[edit]

• 710 Rupert of Salzburg, Austrian bishop and saint (b. 660)^[7]
• 853 Haymo of Halberstadt, German bishop and author (b. 778)
• 913 Du Xiao, chancellor of Later Liang
• 913 Zhang empress of Later Liang
• 916 Alduin I, Frankish nobleman
• 965 Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (born c. 890)^[8]
• 973 Hermann Billung, Frankish lieutenant (b. 900)
• 1045 Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i, Fatimid vizier
• 1184 Giorgi III, King of Georgia^[9]
• 1248 Maud Marshal, English countess (b. 1192)
• 1350 Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312)
• 1378 Pope Gregory XI (b. 1336)
• 1462 Vasily II of Moscow (b. 1415)
• 1472 Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop and poet (b. 1434)
• 1482 Mary of Burgundy, Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1457)
• 1564 Ltfi Pasha, Turkish historian and politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1488)
• 1572 Girolamo Maggi, Italian polymath (b. c. 1523)
• 1598 Theodor de Bry, Belgian-German engraver, goldsmith, and publisher (b. 1528)
• 1613 Sigismund Bthory (b. 1573)^[10]
• 1615 Margaret of Valois (b. 1553)
• 1621 Benedetto Giustiniani, Italian cardinal (b. 1554)
• 1624 Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (b. 1578)
• 1625 James VI and I of the United Kingdom (b. 1566)
• 1635 Robert Naunton, English politician (b. 1563)
• 1676 Bernardino de Rebolledo, Spanish poet, soldier, and diplomat (b. 1597)
• 1679 Abraham Mignon, Dutch painter (b. 1640)
• 1697 Simon Bradstreet, English businessman and politician, 20th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1603)
• 1729 Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1679)
• 1757 Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1717)
• 1770 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (b. 1696)
• 1848 Gabriel Bibron, French zoologist and herpetologist (b. 1805)
• 1849 Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, Irish-Canadian politician, 35th Governor General of Canada (b. 1776)
• 1850 Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)
• 1864 Jean-Jacques Ampre, French philologist and academic (b. 1800)
• 1869 James Harper, American publisher and politician, 65th Mayor of New York City (b. 1795)
• 1875 Juan Crisstomo Torrico, Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (b. 1808)
• 1875 Edgar Quinet, French historian and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 George Gilbert Scott, English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (b. 1811)
• 1886 Henry Taylor, English poet and playwright (b. 1800)
• 1889 John Bright, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1811)
• 1890 Carl Jacob Lwig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1817)
• 1900 Joseph A. Campbell, American businessman, founded the Campbell Soup Company (b. 1817)
• 1910 Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer (b. 1835)
• 1913 Richard Montgomery Gano, American minister, physician, and general (b. 1830)
• 1918 Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1838)
• 1918 Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (b. 1881)
• 1921 Harry Barron, English general and politician, 16th Governor of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1922 Nikolay Sokolov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1859)
• 1923 James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist (b. 1842)
• 1925 Carl Neumann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1926 Kick Kelly, American baseball player, manager, and umpire (b. 1856)
• 1926 Georges Vzina, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
• 1927 Joe Start, American baseball player and manager (b. 1842)
• 1927 Klaus Berntsen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1844)
• 1928 Leslie Stuart, English organist and composer (b. 1863)
• 1931 Arnold Bennett, English author and playwright (b. 1867)
• 1934 Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844)
• 1938 William Stern, German-American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1940 Michael Joseph Savage, Australian-New Zealand politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872)
• 1942 Julio Gonzlez, Catalan sculptor and painter (b. 1876)
• 1943 George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway, English politician, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1882)
• 1945 Vincent Hugo Bendix, American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (b. 1881)
• 1945 Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 Karl Groos, German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1949 Elisheva Bikhovski, Israeli-Russian poet (b. 1888)
• 1952 Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (b. 1894)
• 1956 variste Lvi-Provenal, French orientalist and historian (b. 1894)
• 1958 Leon C. Phillips, American lawyer and politician, 11th Governor of Oklahoma (b. 1890)
• 1960 Gregorio Maran, Spanish physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1887)
• 1967 Jaroslav Heyrovsk, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
• 1968 Yuri Gagarin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1934)^[11]
• 1968 Vladimir Seryogin, Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1922)
• 1972 Lorenzo Wright, American athlete (b. 1926)^[12]
• 1973 Mikhail Kalatozov, Georgian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1903)
• 1974 Eduardo Santos, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1888)
• 1975 Arthur Bliss, English conductor and composer (b. 1891)
• 1976 Georg August Zinn, German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Hesse (b. 1901)
• 1977 Shirley Graham Du Bois, American author, playwright, and composer (b. 1896)
• 1977 Diana Hyland, American actress (b. 1936)
• 1977 Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch airline pilot (b. 1927)
• 1978 Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded the White Spot (b. 1902)
• 1978 Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Indian field hockey (b. 1922)
• 1978 Sverre Farstad, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1920)
• 1980 Steve Fisher, American author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1981 Jakob Ackeret, Swiss engineer and academic (b. 1898)
• 1982 Fazlur Khan, Bangladeshi-American engineer and architect, designed the John Hancock Center and Willis Tower (b. 1929)
• 1987 William Bowers, American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 1988 Charles Willeford, American author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)
• 1989 May Allison, American actress (b. 1890)
• 1989 Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1898)
• 1990 Percy Beard, American hurdler and coach (b. 1908)
• 1991 Aldo Ray, American actor (b. 1926)
• 1992 Colin Gibson, English footballer (b. 1923)
• 1992 Lang Hancock, Australian businessman (b. 1909)
• 1992 James E. Webb, American colonel and politician, 16th Under Secretary of State (b. 1906)
• 1993 Kamal Hassan Ali, Egyptian general and politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1921)
• 1993 Paul Lszl, Hungarian-American architect and interior designer (b. 1900)
• 1994 Elisabeth Schmid, German archaeologist and osteologist (b. 1912)^[13]
• 1994 Lawrence Wetherby, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1908)
• 1995 Ren Allio, French director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1997 Lane Dwinell, American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1906)
• 1997 Ella Maillart, Swiss skier, sailor, field hockey player, and photographer (b. 1903)
• 1998 David McClelland, American psychologist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1999 Michael Aris, Cuban-English author and academic (b. 1946)
• 2000 George Allen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
• 2000 Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1942)
• 2002 Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (b. 1908)
• 2002 Dudley Moore, English actor (b. 1935)
• 2002 Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 2003 Edwin Carr, New Zealand composer and educator (b. 1926)
• 2004 Robert Merle, French author (b. 1909)
• 2005 Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, Canadian soldier and surgeon (b. 1913)
• 2006 Dan Curtis, American director and producer (b. 1928)
• 2006 Stanisław Lem, Ukrainian-Polish author (b. 1921)
• 2006 Rudolf Vrba, Czech Holocaust survivor and educator (b. 1924)
• 2006 Neil Williams, English cricketer (b. 1962)
• 2007 Nancy Adams, New Zealand botanist and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2007 Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
• 2008 Jean-Marie Balestre, French businessman (b. 1921)
• 2009 Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
• 2010 Dick Giordano, American illustrator (b. 1932)
• 2011 Clement Arrindell, Nevisian judge and politician, 1st Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (b. 1931)
• 2011 Farley Granger, American actor (b. 1925)
• 2012 Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist and feminist (b. 1929)
• 2013 Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1923)
• 2013 Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American scientist and engineer (b. 1924)
• 2013 Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1917)
• 2014 Richard N. Frye, American scholar and academic (b. 1920)
• 2014 James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense and first United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1929)
• 2015 Johnny Helms, American trumpet player, bandleader, and educator (b. 1935)
• 2015 T. Sailo, Indian soldier and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Mizoram (b. 1922)
• 2016 Mother Angelica, American Roman Catholic religious leader and media personality (b. 1923)
• 2018 Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (b. 1936)

Holidays and observances[edit]

• Christian feast day:
  • Alexander, a Pannonian soldier, martyred in 3rd century.
  • Amador of Portugal
  • Augusta of Treviso
  • Charles Henry Brent (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • Gelasius, Archbishop of Armagh
  • John of Egypt
  • Philetus
  • Romulus of Nmes, a Benedictine abbot, martyred c. 730.
  • Rupert of Salzburg
  • Zanitas and Lazarus of Persia
  • March 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Armed Forces Day (Myanmar)
• International whisk(e)y day
• World Theatre Day (International)