Born on March 27
March 27 birthdays & history
If you were born on March 27, you share a birthday with Wilhelm Röntgen, Mariah Carey and Quentin Tarantino. March 27 babies are Aries, with aquamarine as their birthstone and the daffodil as their birth flower. March 27 is the 87th day of the year in leap years (86th in other years).
Famous people born on March 27
- 1845Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1969Mariah Carey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1963Quentin Tarantino, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
- 1955Mariano Rajoy, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
- 1986Manuel Neuer, German footballer
- 1899Gloria Swanson, American actress and producer
- 1886Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building
- 1997Lisa, Thai rapper and dancer
- 1871Heinrich Mann, German author and poet
- 1975Fergie, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
What happened on March 27
- 1513Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
- 1625Charles I became King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- 1850San Diego, the first European settlement in present-day California, was incorporated as a city.
- 1866President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
- 1912First Lady Helen Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, plant two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the origin of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
- 1918The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
- 1958Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, assumed the office of premier.
- 1975Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, an oil pipeline spanning the length of Alaska, began.
- 1976The Washington Metro, the second-busiest rapid transit system in the U.S., opened to commuters.
- 1990The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí.
- 1993Jiang Zemin succeeded Yang Shangkun to become President of the People's Republic of China.
- 2015Himeji Castle, the largest and most visited Japanese castle, re-opened after five years of restoration work.
Also observed on March 27
- Armed Forces Day (Myanmar)
- Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania (Romania)
- World Theatre Day (International)
Questions, answered
What star sign is March 27?
People born on March 27 are Aries. Their birthstone is aquamarine and their birth flower is the daffodil.
Which famous people were born on March 27?
Wilhelm Röntgen (1845), Mariah Carey (1969), Quentin Tarantino (1963), Mariano Rajoy (1955), Manuel Neuer (1986), Gloria Swanson (1899) were all born on March 27.
What happened on March 27 in history?
Among other things: in 1990, The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí; in 1993, Jiang Zemin succeeded Yang Shangkun to become President of the People's Republic of China; in 2015, Himeji Castle, the largest and most visited Japanese castle, re-opened after five years of restoration work.
Can I get a newspaper front page from March 27?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any March 27 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “March 27”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.