March 27th (1943) was a Saturday. It's the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 27th March, 1943
» 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.
Famous Birthdays on March 27 in 1943
» Keith Allan (linguist) or Keith Allan, English-Australian linguist
» Mike Curtis (American football) known as Mike Curtis, American football player
» Phil Frank, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
» Nicholas Humphrey, English psychologist
» Grant McCune, American special effects designer (d. 2010)
» Lorraine Michael, Canadian nun, educator, and politician
» Duncan Paterson, Scottish rugby player (d. 2009)
March 27th Holidays in History
» Armed Forces Day or 'Public holidays in Burma or Tatmadaw nei' (Burma)
» Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
» Alexander, a Pannonian soldier, martyred in 3rd century.
» Amador of Portugal
» Augusta of Treviso
» Charles Henry Brent (Episcopal Church (USA))
» Archbishop of Armagh Pre-Reformation archbishops or Gelasius
» John of Egypt
» Philetus named Philetus and companies
» Romulus of Nîmes, a Benedictine abbot, martyred c. 730.