March 27 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | March 27 Calendar
March 27th Daily Holidays include:
- Celebrate Exchange Day
- National Joe Day
- National Scribble Day
- National Spanish Paella Day
- Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day
- Seward’s Day – March 27, 2023 (Last Monday in March)
- Viagra Day
- World Theatre Day
March 27: Famous Birthdays
- March 27, 1899 – Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. 1983)
- March 27, 1942 – Michael York, English actor
- March 27, 1963 – Quentin Tarantino, American director, writer, and producer
- March 27, 1969 – Pauley Perrette, American actress, photographer, poet, writer (NCIS)
- March 27, 1970 – Mariah Carey, American singer and actress
- March 27, 1975 – Fergie, American singer of the The Black Eyed Peas
March 27: Historical Events
- March 27, 1794 – The US Government establishes a permanent Navy and authorizes the building of six frigates
- March 27, 1854 – The United Kingdom declares war on Russia (Crimean War)
- March 27, 1855 – Abraham Gesner patents kerosene
- March 27, 1884 – 1st long distance telephone call made from Boston to New York
- March 27, 1886 – Geronimo, an Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars
- March 27, 1914 – 1st successful blood transfusion in Brussels, Belguim
- March 27, 1930 – 1st US radio broadcast from a ship at sea
- March 27, 1933 – Japan leaves League of Nations
- March 27, 1944 – 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania
- March 27, 1964 – The Good Friday Earthquake, lasting nearly three minutes with a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska and is the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history
- March 27, 1975 – The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System starts construction
- March 27, 1976 – Washington DC underground Metro opens
- March 27, 1977 – 583 die in aviation’s worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash on Tenerife, in the Canary Islands
- March 27, 1980 – Mount St Helens, in the US State of Washington, becomes active after 123 years
- March 27, 1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence
- March 27, 2002 – Passover Massacre: A suicide bomber kills 30 people, and injures 140 more, in Netanya, Israel.
March 27: Music Events
- March 27, 1945 – Jazz Singer, Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys record It’s Only a Paper Moon
- March 27, 1958 – Stereo albums debut
- March 27, 1965 – The Supremes’ Stop! In The Name Of Love hits #1
- March 27, 1974 – John Denver’s Sunshine On My Shoulders hits #1
- March 27, 1984 – Kenny Loggins’ Footloose hits #1
- March 27, 2006 – Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion is designated as a National Historic Landmark
- March 27, 2008 – Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love hits #1
March 27: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for March 27 is Aries.
March Birthstone:
What is the March Birthstone? Aquamarine
The modern birthstone representing March is aquamarine. Famed for millennia for its pure and even blue or blue-green color, potentially large size, and sparkling clarity, the aquamarine has been a valued gem to many cultures.
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