Historical Events In March - 27

1931  Arnold Bennett, novelist, dies on March - 27.  

1932  On March - 27 de Bataven soccer team forms in Gendt  

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 this day in history.  

1933  Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson & Eric William Fawcett on March - 27.  

1933  On March - 27 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  Feyenoord-stadium official opens in Rotterdam on this day in history.  

1938  On this day in history the Battle of Taierzhuang takes place.  

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1938  Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

1939  On this day in history constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57  

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

1941  Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years on this day in history.  

1941  On this day in history hitler signs Directive 27 (assault on Yugoslavia)  

1941  Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul on March - 27.  

1942  Allies raid German submarine base in St Nazaire on March - 27.  

1942  On this day in history japanese still residing in California are told they must evacuate within 24 hours of receiving orders.  

1942  On March - 27 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  -28] Allies raid German submarine base in St Nazaire on March - 27.  

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 March - 27.  

1943  US begins assault on Fondouk-pass, Tunisia on this day in history.  

1943  Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash on March - 27.  

1944  1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp on March - 27.  

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

1944  On this day in history 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo  

1944  On March - 27 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  Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno on March - 27.  

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

1945  Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon" 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 this day in history birth of antonio Squarcialupi, composer  

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

1627  On March - 27 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  Antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760) was born on this day in history.  

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

0710  Death of Rupert of Salzburg on this day in history.  

0922  On March - 27 death of al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur, Persian mystic, beheaded at 64  

0965  On March - 27 arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies  

0973  On this day in history death of herman, Duke of Saxony  

1378  On this day in history gregory XI, [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies  

1462  On March - 27 death of vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)  

1472  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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