Wednesday March 27, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

March 27: Day of the Week

March 27, 2024 was the 87th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 279 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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.

March 27 Historical Event(s)

1886
Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
1890
A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.
1938
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang takes place.
1975
Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
1980
Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, led to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
1981
The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
1986
A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer and injuring 21 people.
1993
Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People’s Republic of China.
2004
HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
2009
A suicide bomber kills at least 48 at a mosque in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan.

Who were born on March 27?

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Stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)
1730
Thomas Tyrwhitt, English classical scholar (d. 1786)
1879
Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (d. 1929)
1901
Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (d. 1971)
1913
Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (d. 1945)
1914
Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (d. 2009)
1946
Olaf Malolepski, German musician (Die Flippers)
1947
Aad de Mos, Dutch football coach
1960
Renato Russo, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
1967
David Bavaro, American football player

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