What day of the week was March 27, 1980?

The day of the week March 27th, 1980 fell on was a Thursday. There were 10 days until Easter Sunday.

The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea the killing 123 of its crew of 212. Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices the resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, led to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.