* [[2015]] – ”'[[Himeji Castle]]”’ ”(pictured)”, the largest and most visited [[Japanese castle]], re-opened after five years of restoration work.
* [[2015]] – ”'[[Himeji Castle]]”’ ”(pictured)”, the largest and most visited [[Japanese castle]], re-opened after five years of restoration work.
* [[2023]] – Forty people are killed ”'[[Ciudad Juárez migrant center fire|in a fire at a migrant detention facility]]”’ in [[Ciudad Juárez]], Mexico.
* [[2023]] – Forty people are killed ”'[[Ciudad Juárez migrant center fire|in a fire at a migrant detention facility]]”’ in [[Ciudad Juárez]], Mexico.
* Born/died this day: |”'[[Sigismund Báthory]]”'<!–Transylvanian prince–> |d|1613| ”'[[Simon Bradstreet]]”'<!–American colonist–> |d|1697| ”'[[Alexander Vostokov]]”'<!–Russian philologists–> |b|1781| ”'[[Rosa Campbell Praed]]”'<!–Australian writer–> |b|1851| ”'[[Jan van Beers (artist)|Jan van Beers]]”'<!–Belgian painter–> |b|1852|”'[[Thomas Graham Brown]]”'<!–Scottish mountaineer–> |b|1882|”'[[Kick Kelly]]”'<!–American baseball player–> |d|1926| ”'[[Michael Joseph Savage]]”'<!–New Zealand prime minister–> |d|1940| ”'[[Julia Alvarez]]”'<!–Dominican/American poet–> |b|1950| ”'[[Mariah Carey]]”'<!–American singer–> |b|1969| ”'[[Alistair Carns]]”'<!–British politician–> |b|1980| ”'[[Rosabell Laurenti Sellers]]”'<!–American-Italian actress–> |b|1996| ”'[[Mother Angelica]]”'<!–American nun–> |d|2016|
* Born/died this day: |”'[[Sigismund Báthory]]”'<!–Transylvanian prince–> |d|1613| ”'[[Simon Bradstreet]]”'<!–American colonist–> |d|1697| ”'[[Alexander Vostokov]]”'<!–Russian philologists–> |b|1781| ”'[[Rosa Campbell Praed]]”'<!–Australian writer–> |b|1851| ”'[[Jan van Beers (artist)|Jan van Beers]]”'<!–Belgian painter–> |b|1852|”'[[Thomas Graham Brown]]”'<!–Scottish mountaineer–> |b|1882|”'[[Kick Kelly]]”'<!–American baseball player–> |d|1926| ”'[[Michael Joseph Savage]]”'<!–New Zealand prime minister–> |d|1940| ”'[[Julia Alvarez]]”'<!–Dominican/American poet–> |b|1950| ”'[[Mariah Carey]]”'<!–American singer–> |b|1969| ”'[[Alistair Carns]]”'<!–British politician–> |b|1980| ”'[[Rosabell Laurenti Sellers]]”'<!–American-Italian actress–> |b|1996| ”'[[Mother Angelica]]”'<!–American nun–> |d|2016|
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| Tatmadaw Day in Myanmar | refimprove |
| 1782 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, a leading British Whig Party statesman, began his second non-consecutive term as prime minister of Great Britain. | unreferenced section |
| 1794 – To protect American merchant ships from Barbary pirates, Congress passed the Naval Act to authorize the building of six frigates, which eventually became the U.S. Navy. | Date not in source cited |
| 1814 – In central Alabama, U.S. and Native American forces under General Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. | refimprove section |
| 1851 – Explorer Lafayette Bunnell and other members of the Mariposa Battalion became the non-indigenous discoverers of California‘s Yosemite Valley. | unreferenced section |
| 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. | improve citations |
| 1964 – The 9.2 Mw Good Friday earthquake, the strongest in U.S. history, and subsequent tsunamis devastated Anchorage, Alaska, killing over 130 people. | Too much uncited |
| 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. | Too much uncited |
| 1993 – Jiang Zemin succeeded Yang Shangkun to become President of the People’s Republic of China. | refimprove |
| 2009 – A suicide bomber killed at least 48 people during Friday prayer at a mosque in Jamrud, Pakistan. | Source and article inconsistencies re death toll |
| Domenico Lalli |b|1679| | Birthday not cited |
| Jane Colden |b|1724| | Birthday not cited |
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- 1638 – The first of four destructive earthquakes struck southern Italy, destroying an estimated 10,000 homes.
- 1836 – At least 425 Texian prisoners of war were executed in the Goliad massacre, under orders from Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna.
- 1850 – San Diego, the first European settlement in present-day California, was incorporated as a city.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1958 – Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, assumed the office of premier.
- 1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, an oil pipeline spanning the length of Alaska, began.
- 1976 – The Washington Metro, the second-busiest rapid transit system in the U.S., opened to commuters.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2009 – A failure of the dam holding Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Tangerang, Indonesia, caused floods that killed at least 100 people.
- 2015 – Himeji Castle (pictured), the largest and most visited Japanese castle, re-opened after five years of restoration work.
- 2023 – Forty people are killed in a fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
- Born/died this day: |Sigismund Báthory |d|1613| Simon Bradstreet |d|1697| Alexander Vostokov |b|1781| Rosa Campbell Praed |b|1851| Jan van Beers |b|1852|Thomas Graham Brown |b|1882|Kick Kelly |d|1926| Michael Joseph Savage |d|1940| Julia Alvarez |b|1950| Mariah Carey |b|1969| Alistair Carns |b|1980| Rosabell Laurenti Sellers |b|1996| Mother Angelica |d|2016|
March 27: Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania (1918)
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