March 27th, 1956

Born on March 27th, 1956

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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, 1956

68

Thomas Wassberg

Swedish cross-country skier

*March 27th, 1956, Årjäng Municipality

68

Axel Richter

German ice hockey player

*March 27th, 1956, Höganäs

68

Mart Opmann

Estonian politician

*March 27th, 1956, Surju Rural Municipality

68

Leung Kwok-hung

Hong Kong politician

*March 27th, 1956, British Hong Kong

68

Juan Claudio Lechín

Bolivian writer

*March 27th, 1956, La Paz

48

Aleksandr Rogov

Canoe racer

*March 27th, 1956, Putilkovo †October 1st, 2004, Dzhubga

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 27th?

61

Xuxa

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

*March 27th, 1963, Santa Rosa

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

67

Stephen Dillane

British actor

*March 27th, 1957, Kensington

61

Quentin Tarantino

American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor

*March 27th, 1963, Knoxville

72

Linda Martin

Northern Irish singer

*March 27th, 1952, Omagh

69

Mariano Rajoy

Spanish politician, prime Minister of Spain between 2011 and 2018

*March 27th, 1955, Santiago de Compostela

55

Mariah Carey

American singer and songwriter (born 1969)

*March 27th, 1969, Huntington

67

Clark Ross

Canadian composer, guitarist, and music educator

*March 27th, 1957, Maracaibo

70

Gerard Batten

British politician (born 1954)

*March 27th, 1954, London

89

Julian Glover

English actor

*March 27th, 1935, Hampstead

74

Esther Benbassa

French historian and politician

*March 27th, 1950, Istanbul

77

Wilhelm Röntgen

German physicist (1845–1923)

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

53

David Coulthard

British racing driver

*March 27th, 1971, Twynholm

74

Chick Vennera

Actor (1947-2021)

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

71

Annemarie Moser-Pröll

Austrian female alpine skier

*March 27th, 1953, Kleinarl

58

Maria Schneider

French actress (1952-2011)

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

69

Johannes Overbeck

German archaeologist and art historian (1826-1895)

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

71

Herman Ponsteen

Dutch racing cyclist

*March 27th, 1953, Hellendoorn

49

Fergie

American singer and actress

*March 27th, 1975, Whittier

63

Tony Rominger

Swiss cyclist

*March 27th, 1961, Vejle

Same year
Born in 1956

68

Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

67

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

68

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

67

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

67

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

67

Martyn Ware

English musician

*May 19th, 1956, Sheffield

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

67

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

62

Minken Fosheim

Norwegian actress (1956-2018)

*March 20th, 1956, Oslo †June 7th, 2018, Oslo

68

Imelda Staunton

English actress (born 1956)

*January 9th, 1956, London

67

Andreas Bornschein

German association football player

*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

67

Han Jian

Chinese badminton player

*July 6th, 1956, Liaoning

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Leap year

Yes: 1956 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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