What are the important events that happened on March 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 27 is the 87th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 14, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,711,497,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontaheptagon’ day.
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 308 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,114 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 27 Historical Events
- 1613 –The first English child born in Canada at Cuper’s Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy.
- 1625 –Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
- 1794 –The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
- 1836 –Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre – Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
- 1846 –Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas.
- 1851 –First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans.
- 1948 –The Second Congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened.
- 1976 –The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens.
- 2004 –HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
- 2009 –A suicide bomber kills at least 48 at a mosque in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan.
Who were born on March 27?
- 1810 –William Hepworth Thompson, English classical scholar (d. 1886)
- 1947 –Aad de Mos, Dutch football coach
- 1950 –Tony Banks, English musician (Genesis)
- 1963 –Quentin Tarantino, American director, writer, and producer
- 1966 –Haruto Umezawa, Japanese manga artist
- 1970 –Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress
- 1976 –Djamel Belmadi, Algerian footballer
- 1977 –Adrian Anca, Romanian footballer
- 1984 –Laura Critchley, British singer/song writer
- 1985 –Stijn De Smet, Belgian footballer
Who died on March 27?
- 1482 –Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold; wife of Maximilian I (b. 1457)
- 1555 –William Hunter, Protestant martyr
- 1635 –Robert Naunton, English politician (b. 1563)
- 1843 –Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist (b. 1769)
- 1850 –Wilhelm Beer, German astronomer (b. 1797)
- 1878 –Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect (b. 1811)
- 1967 –Jim Thompson, American designer (disappeared) (b. 1906)
- 1968 –Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1934)
- 1981 –Mao Dun, Chinese writer (b. 1895)
- 2002 –Milton Berle, American actor and comedian (b. 1908)
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