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 86^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 14, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,050,560 minutes 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 ‘octacontahexagon’ 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 327 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 4,479 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 27 Historical Events

• 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.
• 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: Goliad massacre – Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
• 1918 –
  Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania.
• 1963 –
  Beeching Axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom’s rail network.
• 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.
• 1980 –
  The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
• 1990 –
  The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime.
• 1993 –
  Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.

Who were born on March 27?

• 1859 –
  George Giffen, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
• 1860 –
  Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (d. 1924)
• 1901 –
  Carl Barks, American illustrator (d. 2000)
• 1909 –
  Ben Webster, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1973)
• 1922 –
  Stefan Wul, French author (d. 2003)
• 1923 –
  Endo Shusaku, Japanese author (d. 1996)
• 1942 –
  John E. Sulston, British chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1942 –
  Michael Jackson, English writer (d. 2007)
• 1962 –
  John O'Farrell, British author and satirist
• 1963 –
  Xuxa, Brazilian television personality

Who died on March 27?

• 1697 –
  Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate (b. 1603)
• 1875 –
  Edgar Quinet, French historian (b. 1803)
• 1879 –
  Prince Waldemar of Prussia, son of Emperor Frederick III (b. 1868)
• 1972 –
  M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (b. 1898)
• 1972 –
  Sharkey Bonano, American musician (b. 1904)
• 1977 –
  Diana Hyland, American actress (b. 1936)
• 1989 –
  Jack Starrett, American actor and film director (b. 1936)
• 2002 –
  Dudley Moore, British actor (b. 1935)
• 2006 –
  Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (b. 1921)
• 2007 –
  Paul Lauterbur, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1929)