Page 9: Historical Events In March - 08
Tuesday, 27 January 2026
1991 17th People's Choice Awards Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman 

1991 Harry Hamlin and Nicollette Sheridan wed. 

1991 In Eastern Siberia a 6.6 is believed to be the largest earthquake ever located in this area 

1991 Planeloads of US troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured 

1991 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 

1991 17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman 

1992 22nd Easter Seal Telethon. 

1992 Red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76. 

1993 Canadian Navy supply ship HMCS Preserver heads home after three-month tour of Somalia 

1993 Katharine Hepburn released from the hospital after exhaustion 

1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder. 

1993 Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke. 

1994 B-737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed 

1994 Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces. 

1994 Train accident at Pinetown, Natal results in the deaths of 47. 

1994 John Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55 

1995 -26ºF (-32.2ºC) in Bismarck ND 

1995 -44ºF (-42.2ºC) in Chosedacharad, Komi-district, on 67ºN 

1995 Costis Stephanopoulos is recorded as becoming President of Greece. 

1995 In this year, Dutch Liberal Party claims Provincial-National elections. 

1995 Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83. 

1996 Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner, dies at 45 

1997 Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman), dies at 75 

2007 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admits that Israel had planned an attack on Lebanon in the event of kidnapped soldiers on the border, months before Hezbollah carried out its kidnapping. 

2012 Greece secures debt-restructuring deal with private lenders 

2013 North Korea terminates all peace pacts with South Korea. 

2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history. 

2017 Aboriginal DNA study by University of Adelaide shows Aboriginal population dates back 50000 years from one migration. 

2017 FC Barcelona in a great comeback become 1st team to overturn 4-0 deficit beating St-Germain 6-5 in return game to reach the Champions League quarter finals. 

2018 US President Trump authorizes tariffs on steel and aluminium, excluding Canada and Mexico. 

2018 Asia-Pacific trade deal signed in Santiago, Chile by 11 countries after US pulled out. 

2018 5 million Spanish women mark International Women's Day by striking over gender inequality and sexual discrimination. 

2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] Italy places 16 million people in quarantine, more than a quarter of its population, in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19. 

2021 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says COVID-9 pandemic has had an "extremely unfair" effect on income and economic opportunities for women. 

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