About March 27

March 27, 2025 is the 86th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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Aries is the sun 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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 327 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On March 27

  • 1306 –
    Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scotland at Scone.
  • 1329 –
    Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
  • 1794 –
    Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
  • 1794 –
    The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
  • 1846 –
    Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas.
  • 1854 –
    Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia.
  • 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.
  • 1918 –
    Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania.
  • 1938 –
    Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang takes place.
  • 1941 –
    World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-axis government in a bloodless coup.
  • 1943 –
    World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands – In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
  • 1975 –
    Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
  • 1976 –
    The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens.
  • 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.
  • 1990 –
    The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime.
  • 1993 –
    Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
  • 1998 –
    The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
  • 2000 –
    A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills 1 and injures 71.
  • 2004 –
    HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.

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