March 27: Day of the Week
March 27, 2023 is the 86th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
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March 27 Historical Event(s)
- 1613The first English child born in Canada at Cuper’s Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy.
- 1809Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad-Real.
- 1814War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
- 1851First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans.
- 1918Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania.
- 1975Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
- 1990The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime.
- 1993Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People’s Republic of China.
- 2000A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills 1 and injures 71.
- 2009Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
Who were born on March 27?
- 1416Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (d. 1480)
- 1712Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (d. 1779)
- 1817Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss biologist (d. 1891)
- 1888Bouke Benenga, Dutch freestyle swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
- 1923Louis Simpson, Jamaican-born poet
- 1960Renato Russo, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
- 1963Xuxa, Brazilian television personality
- 1982Kurara Chibana, Japanese beauty pageant contestant
- 1984Laura Critchley, British singer/song writer
- 1992Pedro Obiang, Spanish-born Equatoguinean footballer
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