March 27th, 1949

Born on March 27th, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

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.

March 27th, 1899

Philippine–American War: American forces defeated troops commanded by Philippine president Emilio Aguinaldo at the Battle of Marilao River.

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

Born on March 27th, 1949

56

John Lagrand

Dutch musician (1949-2005)

*March 27th, 1949, The Hague †June 30th, 2005, Amsterdam

73

Dubravka Ugrešić

Croatian writer (1949–2023)

*March 27th, 1949, Kutina †March 17th, 2023, Amsterdam

75

Verena Diener

Swiss politician

*March 27th, 1949, Zürich

75

Poul Ruders

Danish composer

*March 27th, 1949, Ringsted

75

Christa Vahlensieck

German distance runner

*March 27th, 1949, Düsseldorf

62

Eberhard Walde

German politician (1949-2011)

*March 27th, 1949, Leipzig †December 16th, 2011, Salzwedel

73

Carlos García Cambón

Argentine footballer and manager

*March 27th, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 27th, 2022

Same Day
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

74

Esther Benbassa

French historian and politician

*March 27th, 1950, Istanbul

72

Linda Martin

Northern Irish singer

*March 27th, 1952, Omagh

61

Quentin Tarantino

American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor

*March 27th, 1963, Knoxville

67

Stephen Dillane

British actor

*March 27th, 1957, Kensington

74

Chick Vennera

Actor (1947-2021)

*March 27th, 1947, Herkimer †July 7th, 2021, Burbank

55

Mariah Carey

American singer and songwriter (born 1969)

*March 27th, 1969, Huntington

74

David Edgar

American swimmer

*March 27th, 1950, Fort Lauderdale

71

Maria Ewing

American opera singer (soprano/mezzo-soprano)

*March 27th, 1950, Detroit †January 9th, 2022, Detroit

89

Julian Glover

English actor

*March 27th, 1935, Hampstead

74

Julia Alvarez

Dominican-American poet, novelist, essayist

*March 27th, 1950, New York City

69

Mariano Rajoy

Spanish politician, prime Minister of Spain between 2011 and 2018

*March 27th, 1955, Santiago de Compostela

70

Gerard Batten

British politician (born 1954)

*March 27th, 1954, London

58

Maria Schneider

French actress (1952-2011)

*March 27th, 1952, Paris †February 3rd, 2011, Paris

74

Terry Yorath

Welsh footballer (born 1950)

*March 27th, 1950, Cardiff

77

Wilhelm Röntgen

German physicist (1845–1923)

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

76

Edgar Selge

German actor

*March 27th, 1948, Brilon

69

Johannes Overbeck

German archaeologist and art historian (1826-1895)

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

75

John Sulston

British biologist and Nobel laureate (1942–2018)

*March 27th, 1942, Fulmer †March 6th, 2018, Cambridge

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Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

75

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

75

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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