Historical Events In March - 27

1931  Arnold Bennett, novelist, dies on this day in history.  

1932  De Bataven soccer team forms in Gendt on March - 27.  

1933  At a mass rally in New York's Madison Square Garden, Jewish leaders threaten a counter-boycott against German-made goods unless their anti-Jewish boycott is called off on March - 27.  

1933  On this day in history farm Credit Administration (US) authorized  

1933  Japan leaves League of Nations on March - 27.  

1933  Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson & Eric William Fawcett on this day in history.  

1933  On this day in history lionel Palairet, cricketer (49 runs in 2 Tests for England 1902), dies  

1936  On this day in history wOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air  

1937  On March - 27 feyenoord-stadium official opens in Rotterdam  

1938  The Battle of Taierzhuang takes place on this day in history.  

1938  Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66 on March - 27.  

1939  1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: U of Oregon beats OH State 46-33 on this day in history.  

1939  Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57 on March - 27.  

1940  Himmler orders building of Auschwitz concentration camp, at Katowice on March - 27.  

1941  On this day in history britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years  

1941  Hitler signs Directive 27 (assault on Yugoslavia) on March - 27.  

1941  On this day in history yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul  

1942  Allies raid German submarine base in St Nazaire on this day in history.  

1942  On March - 27 japanese still residing in California are told they must evacuate within 24 hours of receiving orders.  

1942  On this day in history joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York NY)  

1942  On March - 27 the Canadian Parliament passes War Appropriation (United Kingdom) Finance Act; $700 million British debt written off. The cost to each Canadian is $87  

1942  On this day in history -28] Allies raid German submarine base in St Nazaire  

1943  Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau on March - 27.  

1943  Blue Ribbon Town (with Groucho Marx) first heard on CBS Radio on March - 27.  

1943  HMS DASHER lost 5 miles south of Cumbraes Island in Firth of Clyde, SW Scotland - by aviation gasoline explosion. Working up after repairs to storm-damage sustained during Russian convoy JW.53 the previous month on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history uS begins assault on Fondouk-pass, Tunisia  

1943  On March - 27 grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash  

1944  On this day in history 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp  

1944  On this day in history 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania  

1944  On March - 27 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo  

1944  On this day in history australian Government launches First Victory Loan aimed at raising £150 million ($300 million) for the war effort Twelve major government war loans were offered to the Australian public during World War Two  

1944  On this day in history children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno  

1945  British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine on March - 27.  

1945  On March - 27 ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon"  

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0972  On March - 27 birth of king Robert II of France (d. 1031)  

1416  On March - 27 birth of antonio Squarcialupi, composer  

1554  On this day in history birth of everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer  

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

1665  On this day in history birth of benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau)  

1676  On this day in history birth of francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (d. 1735)  

1696  On this day in history birth of antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760)  

1702  Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer was born on March - 27.  

0710  Death of Rupert of Salzburg on March - 27.  

0922  Death of Al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur, Persian mystic, beheaded at 64 on this day in history.  

0965  On this day in history arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies  

0973  Death of Herman, Duke of Saxony on March - 27.  

1378  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1472  On this day in history janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator, dies at 37  

1482  On this day in history maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25