March 27 in history
Events on March 27
Notable events that happened on March 27 in past years.
- 2023
Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
Wikipedia article: 2023 Nashville school shooting - 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.
Wikipedia article: 2016 Lahore suicide bombing - 2004
HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
Wikipedia article: HMS Scylla (F71) - 2000
A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.
Wikipedia article: 2000 Phillips explosion - 1993
Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
Wikipedia article: Christian Democracy (Italy) - 1981
The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
Wikipedia article: Solidarity (Polish trade union) - 1975
Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
Wikipedia article: Trans-Alaska Pipeline System - 1945
World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
Wikipedia article: Operation Starvation - 1941
World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 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.
Wikipedia article: Mary Mallon - 1899
Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
Wikipedia article: Emilio Aguinaldo - 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.
Wikipedia article: President of the United States - 1809
Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.
Wikipedia article: Peninsular War - 1625
Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
- 1309
Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
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