What day of the week was March 27, 1981?

The day of the week March 27th, 1981 fell on was a Friday. There were 23 days until Easter Sunday.

Olle Björklund the Swedish actor and journalist (b. 1916) died on this day in 1981. As did Mao Dun the Chinese journalist, author, and critic (b. 1895) .

The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike the in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.