So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

March 27th


- Armed Forces Day or Tatmadaw nei (Burma)
- Christian Feast Day:
- World Theatre Day (International)

March 27th


- 2009 - Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
- 2004 - HMS Scylla (F71), a decommissioned Leander class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
- 2002 - Passover Massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people partaking of the Passover meal in Netanya, Israel.
- 2000 - A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills 1 and injures 71.
- 1999 - An F-117 Nighthawk is shot down during the Kosovo War.
- 1998 - The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
- 1994 - One of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent memory hits the Southeastern United States. One tornado slams into a church in Piedmont, Alabama during Palm Sunday services killing 20 and injuring 90.
- 1994 - The Eurofighter takes its first flight in Manching, Germany.
- 1993 - Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
- 1993 - Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
- 1990 - The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime.
- 1986 - A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer and injuring 21 people.
- 1980 - The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
- 1980 - Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, led to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
- 1977 - 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). 61 survived on the Pan Am flight.
- 1976 - The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens.
- 1975 - Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
- 1969 - Mariner 7 is launched.
- 1964 - The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
- 1963 - Beeching axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network.
- 1958 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.
- 1948 - The Second Congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened.
- 1945 - World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins.
- 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.
- 1941 - World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-axis government in a bloodless coup.
- 1938 - The Battle of Taierzhuang takes place.
- 1918 - Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania.
- 1910 - A fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, kills 312.
- 1906 - The Alpine Club of Canada is founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1890 - A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.
- 1886 - Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
- 1881 - Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army.
- 1871 - The first international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, is played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
- 1868 - The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York.
- 1854 - Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia.
- 1851 - First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans.
- 1846 - Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas.
- 1836 - Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre – Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texas POW's at Goliad, Texas.
- 1836 - Kirtland Temple in Ohio is dedicated in an 8 hour long service led by Joseph Smith, Jr. and Sidney Rigdon.
- 1814 - War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
- 1794 - The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
- 1794 - Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
- 1782 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1625 - Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
- 1613 - The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy.
- 1329 - Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
- 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Venice and all its population.
- 1306 - Robert The Bruce is crowned King of Scotland at Scone.
- -196 - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt.

March 27th


- 1995 - Taylor Atelian, American actress
- 1992 - Pedro Obiang, Equatoguinean–Spanish footballer
- 1990 - Alessio Bugno, Italian footballer
- 1990 - Scott Selwood, Australian rules footballer
- 1988 - Brenda Song, American actress
- 1987 - Chad Denny, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 - Victor Vito, New Zealand rugby player
- 1986 - Baby M, American custody case child
- 1986 - SoCal Val, American professional wrestling valet
- 1985 - Dario Baldauf, Austrian footballer
- 1985 - Stijn De Smet, Belgian footballer
- 1985 - Caroline Winberg, Swedish supermodel
- 1984 - Laura Critchley, British singer/song writer
- 1984 - Ben Franks, New Zealand All Black rugby player
- 1982 - Kurara Chibana, Japanese beauty queen, first runner-up Miss Universe 2006
- 1981 - Lin Jun Jie, Chinese singer
- 1981 - Terry McFlynn, Northern Irish footballer
- 1981 - Carey Davis, National Football League fullback
- 1980 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian singer and songwriter
- 1979 - Michael Cuddyer, Minnesota Twins baseball player
- 1977 - Vitor Meira, Brazilian racing driver
- 1977 - Adrian Anca, Romanian footballer
- 1976 - Djamel Belmadi, Algerian footballer
- 1976 - Danny Fortson, American basketball player
- 1976 - Carl Ng, Hong Kong/British actor and model
- 1975 - Fergie, American pop singer (The Black Eyed Peas)
- 1975 - Tom Goegebuer, Belgian weightlifter
- 1975 - Chakrit Yamnam, Thai film and television actor
- 1974 - Russ Haas, wrestler (d. 2001)
- 1974 - Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer
- 1972 - Charlie Haas, professional wrestler
- 1972 - Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer
- 1971 - David Coulthard, Scottish Formula One driver
- 1971 - Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
- 1970 - Mariah Carey, American R&B/pop singer
- 1970 - Brent Fitz, Canadian musician (Theory of a Deadman)
- 1970 - Brendan Hill, British drummer (Blues Traveler)
- 1970 - Princess Leila of Iran (d. 2001)
- 1970 - Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress
- 1969 - Kevin Corrigan, American actor
- 1969 - Pauley Perrette, American actress, photographer, poet, writer
- 1969 - Victoria O'Keefe, British actress (d. 1990)
- 1968 - Sandra Hess, Swiss-born actress and model
- 1967 - David Bavaro, American football player
- 1967 - Talisa Soto, American actress
- 1967 - Kenta Kobashi, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1966 - Paula Trickey, American actress
- 1966 - Haruto Umezawa, Japanese manga artist
- 1964 - Glenn Carter, English actor and singer-songwriter
- 1963 - Charly Alberti, Argentinian musician
- 1963 - Randall Cunningham, American football player
- 1963 - Dave Koz, American saxophonist
- 1963 - Quentin Tarantino, American director, writer, and producer
- 1963 - Xuxa, Brazilian television personality
- 1962 - Jann Arden, Canadian musician
- 1962 - John O'Farrell, British author and satirist
- 1961 - Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist (B'z)
- 1961 - Tony Rominger, Swiss cyclist
- 1960 - Hans Pflügler, German footballer
- 1960 - Renato Russo, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
- 1959 - Andrew Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
- 1957 - Nick Hawkins, British politician
- 1957 - Billy Mackenzie, Scottish musician (Associates) (d. 1997)
- 1956 - Leung Kwok Hung, Hong Kong activist
- 1956 - Thomas Wassberg, Swedish cross-country skier
- 1952 - Maria Schneider, French actress
- 1952 - Richard Séguin, Quebec singer and songwriter
- 1950 - Tony Banks, English musician (Genesis)
- 1950 - Petros Efthimiou, Greek politician
- 1950 - Lynn McGlothen, American baseball player (d. 1984)
- 1947 - Brian Jones, British balloonist
- 1947 - Walt Mossberg, the highest-paid journalist at the Wall Street Journal
- 1946 - Olaf Malolepski, German musician (Die Flippers)
- 1944 - Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (d. 2008)
- 1942 - John E. Sulston, British chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1942 - Michael York, English actor
- 1942 - Michael Jackson, English writer (d. 2007)
- 1941 - Ivan Gašparovi?, President of Slovakia
- 1940 - Janis Martin, American singer (d. 2007)
- 1940 - Austin Pendleton, American actor
- 1939 - Cale Yarborough, American race car driver
- 1937 - Thomas Aquinas Daly, American painter
- 1935 - Abelardo Castillo, Argentine writer
- 1935 - Julian Glover, British actor
- 1935 - Fr. Stanley Rother, Roman Catholic Priest, Martyr and Missionary to Guatemala (d. 1981)
- 1931 - David Janssen, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007)
- 1924 - Sarah Vaughan, American singer (d. 1990)
- 1923 - Endo Shusaku, Japanese author (d. 1996)
- 1923 - Louis Simpson, Jamaican-born poet
- 1922 - Stefan Wul, French author (d. 2003)
- 1921 - Harold Nicholas, American dancer (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Robin Jacques, illustrator (d. 1995)
- 1917 - Cyrus Vance, American politician (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Robert Lockwood, Jr., American blues guitarist (d. 2006)
- 1914 - Richard Denning, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1914 - Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (d. 2009)
- 1913 - Theodor Dannecker, SS officer (d. 1945)
- 1912 - James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1976-1979) (d. 2005)
- 1909 - Golo Mann, German historian (d. 1994)
- 1909 - Ben Webster, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1973)
- 1906 - Pee Wee Russell, American musician (d. 1969)
- 1905 - Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (d. 1980)
- 1902 - Charles Lang, American cinematographer (d. 1998)
- 1901 - Carl Barks, American illustrator (d. 2000)
- 1901 - Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (d. 1963)
- 1901 - Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975)
- 1901 - Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (d. 1971)
- 1899 - Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. 1983)
- 1897 - Douglas Hartree, English mathematical physicist (d. 1958)
- 1895 - Betty Schade, German-born American film actress (d. 1982)
- 1893 - Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist (d. 1947)
- 1892 - Ferde Grofé, American composer (d. 1972)
- 1886 - Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader (d. 1934)
- 1886 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (d. 1969)
- 1883 - Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (d. 1980)
- 1879 - Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (d. 1929)
- 1871 - Heinrich Mann, German writer (d. 1950)
- 1869 - James McNeill, Irish politician (d. 1938)
- 1863 - Sir Henry Royce, English automobile pioneer (d. 1933)
- 1860 - Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (d. 1924)
- 1859 - George Giffen, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
- 1857 - Karl Pearson, English statistician (d. 1936)
- 1851 - Vincent d'Indy, French composer and teacher (d. 1931)
- 1847 - Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
- 1845 - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
- 1817 - Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss biologist (d. 1891)
- 1813 - Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (d. 1888)
- 1810 - William Hepworth Thompson, English classical scholar (d. 1886)
- 1809 - Baron Haussmann, French civic planner (d. 1891)
- 1797 - Alfred de Vigny, French author (d. 1863)
- 1785 - King Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
- 1784 - Alexander Csoma de K?rös, Hungarian philologist, the founder of Tibetology (d. 1842)
- 1765 - Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841)
- 1746 - Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (d. 1767)
- 1730 - Thomas Tyrwhitt, English classical scholar (d. 1786)
- 1714 - Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (d. 1795)
- 1712 - Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (d. 1779)
- 1702 - Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (d. 1762)
- 1696 - Antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760)
- 1676 - Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (d. 1735)
- 1627 - Stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)
- 1416 - Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (d. 1480)
- 972 - King Robert II of France (d. 1031)