Historical Events Happened In March - 27

1964  Earthquake strikes Anchorage AK, 9.2 on Richter scale, 131 die from earthquake and resulting tsunami; this is the most violent eathquake in US history on this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history great Train Robbers sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars  

1964  On this day in history on the island of Cyprus the first Canadians troops start duties with UN peacekeeping force  

1964  UN troops arrive on Cyprus on March - 27.  

1966  On March - 27 anti Vietnam war demonstrations in US, Europe & Australia  

1966  On this day in history canada launches 158 kg. instrument package into upper atmosphere; to study aurora borealis; first all-Canadian space project, using Black Brant rocket.  

1966  Mien Labberton, Dutch poet, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history gerardus H de Vet, the Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67), dies at 49  

1968  Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in San Francisco on March - 27.  

1968  On March - 27 suharto succeeds Sukarno as President of Indonesia  

1968  Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, in plane crash at 34 on this day in history.  

1969  Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190 miles above southern Mars on this day in history.  

1969  On March - 27 ottawa to build new international airport at Mirabel, near St-Jerome, 42 km north of Montreal , a BIG waste of money it later closes  

1970  Ringo releases his first solo album "Sentimental Journey" on March - 27.  

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on March - 27.  

1972  Venera 8 launched to Venus on March - 27.  

1972  On this day in history maurits C Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73  

1973  45th Academy Awards "Godfather", Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians on March - 27.  

1973  Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) stopped for speeding & LSD possession on this day in history.  

1973  Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1973  45th Academy Awards: "Godfather", Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians on March - 27.  

1974  On this day in history ottawa and provinces agree that the price of domestic crude oil will rise from $4 to $6.50 a barrel those were the days!  

1975  Arthur Bliss, English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1976  On this day in history washington DC underground Metro opens  

1977  On March - 27 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747's crash, Tenerife  

1977  Diana Hyland, actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1978  On this day in history bob Fosse's "Dancin'" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1,774 performances  

1978  On this day in history wilfred Pickles, actor (Billy Liar, Gay Dog), dies at 73  

1979  Supreme Court rules, 8-1, cops can't randomly stop cars on this day in history.  

1979  Ronald Adam, actor (Phantom Shot), dies at 82 on March - 27.  

1980  On this day in history elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900 meter down (23 die)  

1980  On March - 27 mount St Helens becomes active after 123 years  

1980  On March - 27 tSE Index drops 5.3%, biggest one day loss since 1940; after attempt by Hunt Brothers of Texas to corner silver market and yup I boought silver at $50.00 U.S.  

1981  John Lennon releases "Watching the Wheels" in UK on this day in history.  

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0972  King Robert II of France (d. 1031) was born on this day in history.  

1416  On March - 27 birth of antonio Squarcialupi, composer  

1554  On March - 27 birth of everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer  

1627  On this day in history birth of stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)  

1665  Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau) was born on this day in history.  

1676  Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.  

1696  Antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760) was born on March - 27.  

1702  Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer was born on this day in history.  

0710  On March - 27 death of rupert of Salzburg  

0922  Death of Al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur, Persian mystic, beheaded at 64 on March - 27.  

0965  Arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies on March - 27.  

0973  On March - 27 death of herman, Duke of Saxony  

1378  On March - 27 gregory XI, [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies  

1462  Death of Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415) on March - 27.  

1472  On March - 27 janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator, dies at 37  

1482  On March - 27 maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25