On this day: 27 March

Selected events and births on 27 March, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1625 – Charles I became King of England, Scotland and Ireland. Read more: Charles I of England Monarchy of the United Kingdom
• 1850 – San Diego, the first European settlement in present-day California, was incorporated as a city. Read more: San Diego California
• 1958 – Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, assumed the office of premier. Read more: Nikita Khrushchev General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Premier of the Soviet Union
• 1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, an oil pipeline spanning the length of Alaska, began. Read more: Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Pipeline
• 1976 – The Washington Metro (rolling stock pictured), the second-busiest rapid transit system in the U.S., opened to commuters. Read more: Washington Metro Rapid transit
• 1980 – Brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt failed in their attempt to corner the world silver market, causing panic in commodity and futures exchanges. Read more: Nelson Bunker Hunt William Herbert Hunt Cornering the market
• 1993 – Jiang Zemin succeeded Yang Shangkun to become President of the People's Republic of China. Read more: Jiang Zemin Yang Shangkun President of China
• 2015 – Himeji Castle, the largest and most visited Japanese castle, re-opened after five years of restoration work. Read more: Himeji Castle Japanese castle
• 2022 – At the 94th Academy Awards, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage resulting in Smith being expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and banned from its events for ten years. Read more: 94th Academy Awards Chris Rock–Will Smith slapping incident Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Born on this day

• 1941 – Ivan Gašparovič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Slovakia Read more: Ivan Gašparovič President of Slovakia
• 1950 – Petros Efthymiou, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs Read more: Petros Efthymiou Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports
• 1951 – Andrei Kozyrev, Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia Read more: Andrei Kozyrev Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia)
• 1955 – Mariano Rajoy, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain Read more: Mariano Rajoy Prime Minister of Spain
• 1970 – Uwe Rosenberg, German game designer, created Bohnanza Read more: Uwe Rosenberg Bohnanza
• 1976 – Roberta Anastase, Romanian politician, 57th President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania Read more: Roberta Anastase President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
• 1999 – Jesser, American YouTuber Read more: Jesser
• 1999 – Alex O'Connor, English media personality Read more: Alex O'Connor
• 2000 – Halle Bailey, American singer-songwriter and actress Read more: Halle Bailey
• 2000 – Sophie Nélisse, Canadian actress Read more: Sophie Nélisse
• 2001 – Natanael Cano, Mexican rapper and singer Read more: Natanael Cano
• 2002 – Daria Snigur, Ukrainian tennis player Read more: Daria Snigur

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / March 27 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.