27th March 1911: Asa Alonso Allen, famously known as A. A. Allen is born in Arkansas, USA. He was an American Pentecostal Evangelist known for his faith, healing and deliverance ministry. He passed on to glory aged 59.
27th March 2013: Justice Mobolaji Ojo of Ogun High Court, Ota dismisses suit filed by 20-year-old Longji Felix Vwamhi, a 400 level student of the Information and Communication Technology Department of Covenant University, challenging the institution over his expulsion for being in possession of pornographic materials in his laptop. The case was dismissed for lack of merit.
27th March 1969: Pastor Ndidi Osakwe is born. She is the wife of Pastor Andy Osakwe, the Founder of Summit Bible Church. She is also the President of Winning Women Fellowship.
27th March 2020: Pastor Chris Oyakhilome holds first Global Day of Prayer with Pastor Benny Hinn and prayed against the coronavirus which was spreading rapidly globally at the time. The program recorded 3 billion hits by online viewers. State Governments ordered the closure of churches 2 days later while President Buhari ordered total national lockdown 4 days later.
27th March 1991: Missionary Lynda Bethea is beaten to death by robbers in Kenya when she and her husband stopped to help a wounded African lying on the road.
27th March 1961: The New Testament was translated into its 1,000th language, expanding global access to Scripture.
27th March 1964: Pope Paul VI meets with the Archbishop of Canterbury, initiating modern ecumenical dialogue between the Catholics and Anglicans.
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