On This Day - March 27th

Featured Event:

Cleopatra reinstated as queen of Egypt (47 BC) 👑

The legendary Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, aided by her Roman lover Julius Caesar, was reinstated as coruler of Egypt

Other Events:

1964: South-central Alaska was struck by a 9.2-magnitude earthquake that was the strongest quake ever registered in the United States. 🇺🇸

1977: Two airplanes, a Pan Am 747 and a KLM 747, collided on a runway in the Canary Islands, killing 582. ✈️

1998: The drug Viagra from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 💊

2020: North Macedonia became the 30th country to join NATO. 🇲🇰

Holidays:

Armed Forces Day 🇲🇲

World Theatre Day 🌎

Featured Birthdays:

1955: Mariano Rajoy 🇪🇸 (Prime Minister)

1963: Quentin Tarantino 🇺🇸 (Director)

1969: Mariah Carey 🇺🇸 (Singer)

1997: Lalisa 🇹🇭 (Singer)

Featured Deaths:

1625: James I 🇬🇧 (King)

1968: Yuri Gagarin 🇷🇺 (Cosmonaut)

1972: M. C. Escher 🇳🇱 (Artist)

2002: Dudley Moore 🇬🇧 (Actor)