World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska. Date: March 27, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day…
World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers. Date: March 27, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. Date: March 27, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage. Date: March 27, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1964…
Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. Date: March 27, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first section of the Washington Metro opens to the public. Date: March 27, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)
Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history. Date: March 27, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212. Date: March 27, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours. Date: March 27, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people. Date: March 27, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)