Easter in the western Christian church can occur as early as March 22 and as late as April 25. It is observed on the Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon (a fixed spring date set by the church). This Christian holy day celebrates the resurrection of Christ after his Crucifixion and was probably the earliest of the church’s annual festivals. Folk customs attached to the festival date from pre-Christian times. Eggs, traditionally forbidden during Lent, symbolize new life. The Easter Bunny recalls the hare, the Egyptian symbol of fertility. Easter may have derived its name from the Saxon goddess Eostre, whose feast was celebrated each spring at about this time. Or it may have derived from the word oster, meaning “rising.” Learn more about Easter.
Daily Calendar for Sunday, March 28, 2027
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Sunday, March 28, 2027
Born
- William Byrd (satirist) –
- August Anheuser Busch Jr. (brewing magnate who grew Anheuser-Busch into the largest brewery in the world; was born in St. Louis, Missouri) –
- Rudolf Serkin (pianist) –
- Marlin Perkins (zookeeper) –
- Nelson Algren (novelist) –
- Edmund Muskie (politician) –
- Freddie Bartholomew (actor) –
- Dianne Wiest (actress) –
- Reba McEntire (country singer) –
- Vince Vaughn (actor) –
- Julia Stiles (actress) –
- Lady Gaga (entertainer) –
Died
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th U.S. president) –
- Maria von Trapp (singer) –
- Eugene Ionesco (playwright) –
- Peter Ustinov (actor, playwright, novelist, & director) –
- Art James (television game show host and announcer) –
- Richard Griffiths (actor) –
- James Noble (actor) –
- Peggy Fortnum (illustrator) –
Events
- Cat eating condemned by England’s Richard II –
- The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the U.S. –
- The pages of The Saturday Globe, a Canadian daily newspaper, included photographs for the first time. –
- First world weightlifting championships held in London –
- Emma Goldman gave a shocking speech (on contraception) to an audience in NYC. She was arrested and given a choice of paying a $100 fine or going to jail for 15 days. She chose jail –
- Mary Pickford married Douglas Fairbanks –
- U.S. and U.N. officials signed an agreement permitting the U.N. to issue its own postage stamps –
- Tsunami struck Port Alberni, British Columbia –
- The rock musical Hair opened at the Biltmore Theater in New York City –
- Basketball’s Wilt Chamberlain played his last professional game. In 14 years, 1,045 games, he never fouled out of a game –
- Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone, won the Academy Award for Best Picture –
- Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in southeastern PA seriously malfunctioned, raising fears of a meltdown of the reactor’s core, causing the evacuation of thousands and creating widespread concern about the safety of such facilities –
- El Chichon volcano in Mexico began series of eruptions, killing and injuring hundreds –
- Mt. Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted –
- Russian President Boris Yeltsin claimed victory after surviving attempts by the Russian Congress to depose him –
- A major earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island –
- Around 6:15 a.m. EDT, a fireball was seen in the northeastern United States –
Weather
- The Ottauquechee River reached its highest level since 1869 at Woodstock, Vermont –
- The earliest ice out of Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., on record –
- Twenty-two tornadoes spotted in the Carolinas –