27 March
Notable Births
Daria Snigur
b. 2002
Ukrainian tennis player (born 2002)
Natanael Cano
b. 2001
Mexican rapper (born 2001)
Halle Bailey
b. 2000
American singer and actress (born 2000)
Sophie Nélisse
b. 2000
Canadian actress (born 2000)
Jesser
b. 1999
American YouTuber (born 1999)
Alex O'Connor
b. 1999
English podcaster and YouTuber (born 1999)
Giannis Bouzoukis
b. 1998
Greek football player (born 1998)
Lisa (rapper)
b. 1997
Thai rapper and singer (born 1997)
Bill Tuiloma
b. 1995
New Zealand footballer (born 1995)
Brandon Nimmo
b. 1993
American baseball player (born 1993)
Marc Muniesa
b. 1992
Spanish footballer (born 1992)
London on da Track
b. 1991
American record producer (born 1991)
Erdin Demir
b. 1990
Swedish professional footballer
Ben Hunt
b. 1990
Australian international rugby league footballer
Nicolas Nkoulou
b. 1990
Cameroonian footballer (born 1990)
Luca Zuffi
b. 1990
Swiss footballer (born 1990)
Kimbra
b. 1990
New Zealander singer and songwriter (born 1990)
Brodha V
b. 1990
Indian rapper (born 1990)
Matt Harvey
b. 1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Jessie J
b. 1988
English singer (born 1988)
Notable Deaths
Christina McKelvie
d. 2025
Scottish politician (1968–2025)
Daniel Kahneman
d. 2024
Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)
Joe Lieberman
d. 2024
American politician and lawyer (1942–2024)
Mother Angelica
d. 2016
Religious sister (1923–2016)
T. Sailo
d. 2015
2nd Chief Minister of Mizoram
Richard N. Frye
d. 2014
American historian (1920–2014)
James R. Schlesinger
d. 2014
American politician (1929–2014)
Hjalmar Andersen
d. 2013
Norwegian speed skater
Yvonne Brill
d. 2013
Canadian-American Rocket and Jet Propulsion Engineer
Fay Kanin
d. 2013
American screenwriter
Adrienne Rich
d. 2012
American poet, essayist and feminist (1929–2012)
Clement Arrindell
d. 2011
Governor of Saint Kitts and Nevis (1931–2011)
Farley Granger
d. 2011
American actor (1925–2011)
Dick Giordano
d. 2010
American comic book artist and editor (1932-2010)
Jean-Marie Balestre
d. 2008
French motorsport administrator (1921–2008)
Paul Lauterbur
d. 2007
American chemist (1929–2007)
Dan Curtis
d. 2006
American film director
Stanisław Lem
d. 2006
Polish science fiction author and futurologist (1921–2006)
Rudolf Vrba
d. 2006
Slovak-Jewish Auschwitz escapee, Canadian biochemist (1924–2006)
Dudley Moore
d. 2002
English actor, comedian and musician (1935–2002)
On This Day in History
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2023
Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
2023 Nashville school shooting
2023
Forty people are killed in a fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
Ciudad Juárez migrant center fire
2020
North Macedonia becomes the 30th member of NATO.
North Macedonia
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.
2016 Lahore suicide bombing
2015
Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.
Al-Shabaab (militant group)
2014
Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
Government of the Philippines
2009
The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
Situ Gintung
2004
HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
HMS Scylla (F71)
2002
Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
Passover massacre
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.
Nanterre massacre
2000
A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.
2000 Phillips explosion
1999
Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav Army SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.
Kosovo War
1998
The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
Food and Drug Administration
1993
Jiang Zemin is appointed President of China.
Jiang Zemin
1993
Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
Christian Democracy (Italy)
1990
The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí.
Cuban dissident movement
1986
A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
Car bomb
1981
The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
Solidarity (Polish trade union)
1980
The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
Alexander L. Kielland (platform)
1977
Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners 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.
Tenerife airport disaster