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TODAY IN HISTORY

March 27

Friday, March 27, 2026

Day 85 of 2026 | Week 13 | 274 days until Christmas 🎅

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2023

Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.

2
2023

Forty people are killed in a fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

3
2020

North Macedonia becomes the 30th member of NATO.

4
2016

A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter.

5
2015

Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.

6
2014

Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.

7
2009

The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.

8
2004

HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.

9
2002

Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.

10
2002

Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1959 Andrew Farriss

Australian rock keyboardist and songwriter (INXS - "Kiss the Dirt"; "New Sensation")

1958 Susan Molinari

American politician

1957 Billy MacKenzie

Scottish rock vocalist (The Associates - "Affectionate Punch")

1957 Nick Hawkins

British lawyer

1956 Thomas Wassberg

Swedish cross country skier (4 Olympic gold 1980

1955 Mariano Rajoy

Spanish politician

1955 Patrick McCabe

Irish novelist (The Butcher Boy)

1953 Pamela Roylance

actress (Sarah-Little House on Prairie)

1953 Walter "Wally" Stocker

British rock vocalist and guitarist (The Babys - "Missing You")

1952 Chick Vennera

American actor (Thank God It's Friday; High Risk; Milagro Beanfield War; Animaniacs)

1952 Jim Bolla Jr.

American college basketball coach (UNLV Women 1982-96; University of Hawaii 2004-09)

1952 Maria Schneider

French actress (Last Tango in Paris

1952 Rocky Maffit

American world music drummer and percussionist (Champaign)

1951 Bobby Lalonde

NHLer (Boston Bruins)

1950 Julia Alvarez

American poet and writer know for "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents"

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