March 27 in History

Historical Events on March 27

1809 Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.

1814 War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

1866 President Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.

1884 A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.

1938 Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.

1941 World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.

1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union

1999 Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.

2015 Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.

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Famous Birthdays on March 27

972 Robert II of France

1963 Quentin Tarantino

1970 Mariah Carey

1988 Atsuto Uchida

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Famous Deaths on March 27

1482 Mary of Burgundy

1625 James VI and I

1898 Syed Ahmad Khan

1968 Yuri Gagarin

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