Unix Timestamp: 1048723200
Thursday, March 27. 2003, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert and the President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas agree to limited biweekly peace talks. //www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/world/middleeast/27cnd-diplo.html?ex=1332648000en=91f6fb24afdd62abei=5088partner=rssnytemc=rss (New York Times)

Prime Minister of LatviaAigars Kalvitis and Prime minister of RussiaMikhail Fradkov finally sign a border treaty between Latvia and Russia.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: At the start of Passover, a suicide bomber kills 30 and injures about 140 in a hotel in Netanya. The event triggers Operation Defensive Shield.

A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 30 Israeli civilians and injures 140 others at the Park Hotel in Netanya, triggering Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale counter-terrorist Israeli military incursion into the West Bank, two days later.

The Phillips explosion of 2000 kills 1 and injures 71 in Pasadena, Texas.

Kosovo War: A U.S. F-117 Nighthawk is shot down by Serbian forces.

The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba.

The first contested elections for the Soviet parliament result in losses for the Communist Party.

A fire devastates Hton Court Palace in Surrey, England.

A MexicanaBoeing 727 jetliner crashes at Maravatio, Mexico, killing 173.//www.planecrashinfo.com/Airline/AL%20M.htm

A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing a police officer.

Tenerife disaster: A collision between KLM and Pan Am Boeing 747s at Tenerife, Canary Islands, kills 583 persons (the deadliest accident in aviation history).

The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metrosubway system opens.

East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) independence is repeatedly declared by Army Major (later President of Bangladesh) Ziaur Rahman on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Kalurghat Radio Station, Chittagong.

Cevdet Sunay becomes the fifth president of Turkey.

In South Vietnam, 20,000 Buddhists march in demonstrations against the policies of the military government.

Indira Gandhi visits Washington, D.C.

Good Friday) – The Great Alaskan earthquake, the second most powerful known (and the most powerful earthquake in the United States) at a magnitude of 9.2, strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.

In Britain, Dr. Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the UK's rail network.

Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.

April – Unemployment in Detroit reaches 20%, marking the height of the Recession of 1958 in the United States.

The 29th Academy Awards ceremony is held.

The Castle Romeo nuclear test explosion is executed.

Konrad Adenauer survives an assassination attempt.

WWII ndash Escort carrier''Dasher'' was destroyed by an accidental explosion in the Firth of Clyde, killing 379 of the crew of 528.

Attack on Pearl Harbor: Japanese spy Takeo Yoshikawa arrives in Honolulu, Hawaii and begins to study the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.

Battle of Cape Matapan: Off the Peloponnesus coast in the Mediterranean, British naval forces defeat those of Italy, sinking 5 warships. Battle ends on March 29.

An anti-Axis coup d'état in Yugoslavia forces Prince Paul into exile 17-year-old King Peter II assumes power.

Japan leaves the League of Nations.

British writer Arnold Bennett dies of typhoid in London shortly after returning from a visit to Paris, where he drank local water to prove it was safe.

Bessarabia votes to become part of Romania.

Belgian surgeon Albert Hustin makes the first successful non-direct blood transfusion, using anticoagulants.

Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo gives 3,000 cherry trees to be planted in Washington, D.C., to symbolize the friendship between the two countries.

A fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary kills 312.

The arrival of a Russian naval fleet in Korea causes concern to the Imperial Japanese government.

A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 people and injuring 200.

Dorus Rijkers saves the 30-man crew of the "Renown", risking his own life.

In anticipation of war with Russia, Disraeli mobilizes the reserves and calls up Indian troops to Malta.

April ndash The Stockholms Handelsbank is founded.

The first Rugby Union International results in a 4–1 win by Scotland over England.

The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.

First Surgeon General appointed.

The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York.

Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia.

The first white men reportedly see Yosemite Valley.

342 Texan prisoners are shot and killed in the Goliad Massacre along with Texan General James Walker Fannin by Mexican troops in Goliad near the Presidio La Bahia during the Texas Revolution.

United States Survey of the Coast returned to U.S. Treasury Department renamed U.S. Coastal Survey.

Andrew Jackson is censured by the Congress of the United States (expunged in 1837).

War of 1812 ndash Battle of Horseshoe Bend: In northern Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek Indians.

Battle of Anholt: The British Navy defeats Denmark.

The United States Government authorizes the building of the first six United States Navy vessels (in 1797 the first three frigates, USS "United States", USS "Constellation" and USS "Constitution" go into service), not to be confused with October 13, 1775 which is observed as the //www.history.navy.mil/birthday.htm Navy's Birthday.

The United States Government authorizes the building of the first six United States Navy vessels (in 1797 the first three frigates, USS \'\'United States\'\', USS ''Constellation'' and USS "Constitution" go into service), not to be confused with October 13, 1775 which is observed as the //www.history.navy.mil/birthday.htm Navy's Birthday.

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

First Treaty of Utrecht between Britain and Spain. Philip V accepted by Britain and Austria as King of SpainSpain cedes Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain.ref name=Cassell's Chronology

Concluding that Emperor Iyasus I of Ethiopia has abdicated by retiring to a monastery, a council of high officials appoint Tekle Haymanot I Emperor of Ethiopia.

In North America (Canada), explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle is released from the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

Charles Stuart (Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland) succeeds James I of England.

The first English child is born in Canada at Cuper\'s Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy.

The first English child is born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy.

Juan Ponce de Leon becomes the first European definitely known to sight what is now the territory of the United States (specifically Florida), mistaking it for another island.

Vasili II of Russia dies, and is succeeded by his son Ivan III of Russia.

Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York becomes Protector for the insane King Henry VI of England.

Battle of the Thirty: Guillaume de Montauban defeats the English.

Pope John XXII condemns some teachings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.

April ndash Antipope Nicholas V is excommunicated by Pope John XXII.

The Coptic Orthodox Church (Egypt) splits from the Chalcedonian Church of Alexandria.

The Hepthalites (White Huns) conquer the remnants of the Kushan Empire and enter India.

Gennadius I, patriarch of Constantinople, banishes Timothy II, patriarch of Alexandria.

The seated Buddha in the Yungang Grottoes, Datong (Shanxi), is made (approximate date).

The Ajanta Caves (India) are completed. Cut into the volcanic rock and elaborately painted.

The remodeling of the dome of Baptistry of Neon at Ravenna (Italy) is finished.

night) ndash Swabians invade the Gallic city of Lugo. The governor is killed.

A famine that will last for several years begins in the Persian Empire (approximate date).