What Happened On March 27

What Happened On Mar 27 Events

1756 Mar 27 Battle Of Fort Bull
The Battle of Fort Bull was a French attack on the British-held Fort Bull on 27 March 1756, early in the French and Indian War. Lt. Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry led his command c...
1827 Mar 27 Charles Darwin First Scientific Speech
Darwin made a discovery new to science when he observed cilia moving the microscopic larvae of a species of the bryzoan Flustra. He rushed to tell Grant, confirming Grant's belief that th...
1836 Mar 27 Joseph Smith Jr. Dedicates The Kirtland Temple
The historic building stands on a hill south of the east fork of the Chagrin River, about three miles southeast of Willoughby, Ohio, and about nine miles southwest of Painesville, about s...
1865 Mar 27
to 1865 Apr 8
 Battle of Spanish Fort
Other Names: None Location: Baldwin County Campaign: Mobile Campaign (1865) Date(s): March 27-April 8, 1865 Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby [US]; Brig. Gen. Randa...
1886 Mar 27 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Born
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to and addressed by his surname, Mies...
1912 Mar 27 Helen Herron Taft And The Viscountess Chinda Plant Yoshino Cherry Trees On The Potomac River
On March 27, 1912, First Lady Helen Herron Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, planted two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River Tid...
1939 Mar 27 First NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - Oregon Defeats Ohio State 46-33
The 1939 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1941 Mar 27
to 1941 Mar 29
 Battle of Cape Matapan
The Battle of Cape Matapan (Greek: Ναυμαχία του Ταίναρου) was a World War II naval battle fought from March 27 to March 29, 1941. The cape is on the southwest coast of Greece's Peloponnes...
1942 Mar 27 The Cripps' Mission
Upon his arrival in India, Cripps held talks with Indian leaders. There is some confusion over what Cripps had been authorised to offer India's nationalist politicians by Churchill and Le...
1943 Mar 27 Battle of the Komandorski Islands
When dawn broke on the morning of March 26, the American task force was east of the International Date Line, (so it was actually March 27) 180 miles west of Attu and a hundred miles sout...
1945 Mar 27 Oklahoma A&M Beats NYU in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1945 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1951 Mar 27 Kentucky Wildcats Beat Kansas State in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1951 Mar 27 Ringway Dakota Accident of 1951
On 27 March 1951 a Douglas Dakota 3 cargo aircraft registered G-AJVZ operated by Air Transport Charter en route from Ringway Airport, Manchester, England, to Nutts Corner Airport, Antrim,...
1952 Mar 27 "Singin' In The Rain" Is Released
Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 comedy musical film starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen, with Kelly also providing the choreogr...
1957 Mar 27 29th Academy Awards
During the 29th Academy Awards, the regular competitive category of Best Foreign Language Film was introduced, instead of only being recognized as a Special Achievement Award or as a Best...
1964 Mar 27 The Good Friday Earthquake
This great earthquake and ensuing tsunami took 128 lives (tsunami 113, earthquake 15), and caused about $311 million in property loss. Earthquake effects were heavy in many towns, includi...
1971 Mar 27 UCLA Beats Villanova in Final Four
The 1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1973 Mar 27 45th Academy Awards
The 45th Academy Awards were presented March 27, 1973 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, an...
1977 Mar 27 Runway Collision at Tenerife Airport
The Tenerife airport disaster in 1977 was a collision involving two Boeing 747 passenger aircraft on the runway of Los Rodeos Airport (now known as Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish ...
1978 Mar 27 Kentucky Beats Duke in Final Four
The 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1980 Mar 27 Alexander L. Kielland Oil Platform Collapse
The initial collapse occurred within a minute but the Kielland remained floating for another 14 minutes or so after the initial failure. During this time, a number of attempts were made t...
1981 Mar 27 Ozzy Osbourne Releases "Blizzard of Ozz" in the US
Blizzard of Ozz is a heavy metal album by Ozzy Osbourne, recorded in Surrey, UK and released on September 20, 1980 in the UK and on March 27, 1981 in the U.S.. This is Osbourne's first...
1984 Mar 27 Ratt release Out of the Cellar
Out of the Cellar is the breakthrough album by heavy metal band Ratt, released in 1984. It is RIAA certified 3x Platinum. Produced by Beau Hill, the album features their best-known hit, "...
1984 Mar 27 Scorpions release Love at First Sting
Love at First Sting is the ninth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1984. Love at First Sting became the most successful album of the band in the USA where...
1988 Mar 27 WrestleMania IV
WrestleMania IV was the fourth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on March 27, 1988 at the Trump...
1989 Mar 27 61st Academy Awards
The 61st Academy Awards were presented March 27, 1989 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. For this show, there was no "official" host as the show opened with a stage-show featuring Mer...
1990 Mar 27 Social Distortion releases self-titled third album
Social Distortion is the third and self-titled album by the American punk rock band Social Distortion, released on March 27, 1990, through Epic Records. After touring in support of its pr...
1995 Mar 27 67th Academy Awards
The 67th Academy Awards, honoring the best films of 1994, were held on March 27, 1995 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by well-known comedian and talk s...
1998 Mar 27 FDA Approves Viagra
Like the reliable erection its new product promised, Pfizer's stock had risen 21% in the previous two months. Some urologists bought rubber stamps so they could churn out prescriptions, a...
2001 Mar 27 Kellogg's Acquires Keebler Foods Company
Kellogg to Acquire Keebler From Flowers Industries for $3.86 Billion Ending weeks of speculation, Kellogg Co. plans to acquire Keebler Foods Co. in a deal with Flowers Industries Inc.,...
2002 Mar 27 Dudley Moore Dies
In September 1997 Moore underwent quaduruple heart bypass surgery in London, and subsequently suffered four minor strokes. In June 1998, Nicole Rothschild was reported to have told an ...
2002 Mar 27 Milton Berle Dies
In April 2001, Berle announced that he was suffering from a cancerous tumor in his colon, but would not undergo surgery. At the time of the announcement, Berle's wife said the tumor was g...
2002 Mar 27 Passover massacre
Location: Netanya Attack type: suicide bomber Deaths: 30 Perpetrator(s): Hamas The Passover massacre (also known as the Netanya Bombing or the Park Hotel Passover attack) was a suic...
2002 Mar 27 South Park Episode 604 - "Fun with Veal"
When the boys learn where veal comes from on a field trip to the local slaughterhouse, they instantly turn into junior eco-terrorists (call Tom Ridge!). After calf-napping all the future ...
2007 Mar 27 DisneyMania 5 Is Released
DisneyMania 5 is the fifth installment in the DisneyMania series. Its was released on March 27, 2007. The album features four of the stars from High School Musical: Vanessa Hudgens, Lucas...
2007 Mar 27 "Meet The Robinsons" Soundtrack Is Released
Meet the Robinsons is a soundtrack for the 2007 Disney animated film of the same title. The album was released on March 27, 2007 and contained songs by Rufus Wainwright and Rob Thomas, am...
2008 Mar 27 QAZ Street Art
2009 Mar 27 Boston Celtics defeat Atlanta Hawks, 99-93
2009 Mar 27 Harman points to poll numbers, asks for Benjamin recusal again
A bankrupt coal company and its president again are asking state Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin to recuse himself from its case against Massey Energy. And this time, they have commi...
2009 Mar 27 Situ Gintung Flood
A dam has burst south-west of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, killing at least 58 people. Witnesses said a "horrifying" flash flood of water up to 4m (13ft) deep engulfed hundreds of h...
2010 Mar 27 Toronto Maple Leafs defeat New York Rangers, 3-2
TORONTO - This time, it never should have come down to Henrik Lundqvist. But when it did, and the Rangers' goaltender sprang a stunning leak, the rest was just watching the Rangers sink. ...
2011 Mar 27 Increased Radiation Levels Detected in Water Around Stricken Reactor
Radiation is spiking both in and around the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, forcing workers to evacuate the plant. Radioactive iodine in water leaking from the No. 2 reactor's ...