Wednesday, March 27, 2024

History for March 27

History for March 27 - On-This-Day.com 
Quentin Tarantino 1963 - Movie director
  • 1794 - The U.S. Congress authorized the creation of the U.S. Navy.
  • 1836 - In Goliad, TX, about 350 Texan prisoners, including their commander James Fannin, were executed under orders from Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna. An estimated 30 Texans escaped execution.
  • 1899 - The first international radio transmission between England and France was achieved by the Italian inventor G. Marconi.
  • 1933 - About 55,000 people staged a protest against Hitler in New York City.
  • 1958 - Nikita Khrushchev became the chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers in addition to First Secretary of the Communist Party.
  • 1997 - Russian workers, nearly 2 million, held a nationwide strike to protest unpaid wages.

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