March 27th, 1915

Born on March 27th, 1915

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What happened on March 27th, 1915?

March 27th, 1915

Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

March 27th, 1915

Mary Mallon (pictured), the first person to be identified as an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever, was placed into quarantine in New York City, where she spent the rest of her life.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

What else happened on March 27th?

March 27th, 2015

Himeji Castle (pictured), the largest and most visited Japanese castle, re-opened after five years of restoration work.

March 27th, 2009

A failure of the dam holding Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Tangerang, Indonesia, caused floods that killed at least 100 people.

March 27th, 2020

North Macedonia became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

March 27th, 2002

Second Intifada: A suicide bomber killed around 30 Israeli civilians and injured about 140 others in Netanya, triggering Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale counter-terrorist military incursion into the West Bank.

March 27th, 1999

During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, an Army of Yugoslavia unit shot down a U.S. Air Force F-117 stealth aircraft.

March 27th, 1998

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug sildenafil (chemical structure pictured), better known by the trade name Viagra, for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.

March 27th, 1981

The Solidarity movement in Poland staged a warning strike, the largest in the history of the Eastern Bloc, in which at least 12 million Poles walked off their jobs for four hours.

March 27th, 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.

March 27th, 1977

Two Boeing 747 airliners collided on a foggy runway at Los Rodeos Airport on the island of Tenerife, killing 583 people in the worst aircraft accident in aviation history

March 27th, 1976

The Washington Metro, the second-busiest rapid transit system in the U.S., opened to commuters.

March 27th, 1958

Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, assumed the office of premier.

March 27th, 1945

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began Operation Starvation, laying naval mines in many of Japan's vital water routes and ports to disrupt enemy shipping.

March 27th, 1941

World War II: A group of Serbian-nationalist officers of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force carried out a coup d'état after Yugoslavia joined the Axis powers.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 27th

Born on March 27th, 1915

91

Robert Lockwood Jr.

American Delta blues guitarist (1915-2006)

*March 27th, 1915, Turkey Scratch †November 21st, 2006, Cleveland

82

Erik Blumenfeld

German politician (1915-1997)

*March 27th, 1915, Hamburg †April 10th, 1997, Hamburg

88

Pushpalata Das

Indian Independence Activist, Social worker and Gandhian

*March 27th, 1915, North Lakhimpur †November 9th, 2003, Kolkata

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Who's birthday is on March 27th?

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

61

Xuxa

Brazilian television presenter, actress, singer and former model and Wiggles member

*March 27th, 1963, Santa Rosa

92

James Callaghan

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (1912–2005)

*March 27th, 1912, Copnor †March 26th, 2005, East Sussex

95

Budd Schulberg

American writer

*March 27th, 1914, Manhattan †August 5th, 2009, Westhampton Beach

89

Julian Glover

English actor

*March 27th, 1935, Hampstead

55

Mariah Carey

American singer and songwriter (born 1969)

*March 27th, 1969, Huntington

77

Wilhelm Röntgen

German physicist (1845–1923)

*March 27th, 1845, Lennep †February 10th, 1923, Munich

61

Quentin Tarantino

American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor

*March 27th, 1963, Knoxville

84

Gloria Swanson

American actress (1899–1983)

*March 27th, 1899, Chicago †April 4th, 1983, Weill Cornell Medical Center

69

Johannes Overbeck

German archaeologist and art historian (1826-1895)

*March 27th, 1826, Antwerp †November 8th, 1895, Leipzig

74

Eisaku Satō

Prime Minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972

*March 27th, 1901, Tabuse †June 3rd, 1975, The Jikei University Hospital

67

Stephen Dillane

British actor

*March 27th, 1957, Kensington

72

Linda Martin

Northern Irish singer

*March 27th, 1952, Omagh

84

Richard Denning

American actor (1914–1998)

*March 27th, 1914, Poughkeepsie †October 11th, 1998, Escondido

74

Esther Benbassa

French historian and politician

*March 27th, 1950, Istanbul

66

Sarah Vaughan

American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)

*March 27th, 1924, Newark †April 3rd, 1990, Hidden Hills

80

Mstislav Rostropovich

Russian cellist and conductor (1927-2007)

*March 27th, 1927, Baku †April 27th, 2007, Moscow

83

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

German architect

*March 27th, 1886, Aachen †August 17th, 1969, Chicago

62

Erich Ollenhauer

German politician (1901–1963)

*March 27th, 1901, Magdeburg †December 14th, 1963, Bonn

35

Diego Rosa

Italian racing cyclist

*March 27th, 1989, Corneliano d'Alba

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Born in 1915

96

Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

*April 10th, 1915, Detroit †December 7th, 2011, Los Angeles

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

90

Jean Parker

American actress

*August 11th, 1915, Deer Lodge †November 30th, 2005, Woodland Hills

89

Wee Kim Wee

4th President of Singapore (1915–2005)

*November 4th, 1915, Singapore †May 2nd, 2005, Siglap

82

Frank Sinatra

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

*December 12th, 1915, Hoboken †May 14th, 1998, Los Angeles

91

Augusto Pinochet

Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990

*November 25th, 1915, Valparaíso †December 10th, 2006, Santiago

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

98

Eli Wallach

American actor (1915–2014)

*December 7th, 1915, Brooklyn †June 24th, 2014, New York City

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

85

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

82nd Prime Minister of France

*March 7th, 1915, 13th arrondissement of Paris †November 10th, 2000, 7th arrondissement of Paris

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

67

Fernando Lamas

Argentine-born actor

*January 9th, 1915, Buenos Aires †October 8th, 1982, Los Angeles

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

*December 5th, 1915, Ningguo †February 12th, 2017, Beijing

86

Anthony Quinn

Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)

*April 21st, 1915, Chihuahua City †June 3rd, 2001, Boston

94

Paul Samuelson

American economist

*May 15th, 1915, Gary †December 13th, 2009, Belmont

86

Fred Hoyle

British astronomer

*June 24th, 1915, Bingley †August 20th, 2001, Bournemouth

90

Barnard Hughes

American actor (1915–2006)

*July 16th, 1915, Westchester County †July 11th, 2006, New York City

99

Charles Hard Townes

20th-century American physicist

*July 28th, 1915, Greenville †January 27th, 2015, Oakland

89

Saul Bellow

Canadian-American writer

*June 10th, 1915, Lachine †April 5th, 2005, Brookline

81

Lars Ahlin

Swedish author and aesthetiian

*April 4th, 1915, Sundsvall †March 11th, 1997, Stockholm

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 27th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 27th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1915 is a normal year and no leap year.

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