Memory of the day: Sheikh Mohammad Sayed Tantawi is appointed Sheikh of Al-Azhar in 1996

CAIRO – 27 March 2022: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on March 27.

1329 - Pope John XXII issues a statement in the Agrarian Dominican Republic condemning some of Meister Eckhart's writings as heretical.

1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon arrives at the northern tip of the Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.

1613 – The first English child is born in Canada at Cooper Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas G.

1625 - Charles I of England becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland and claims the title of King of France.

1973 - Marlon Brando refuses to accept an Academy Award due to Hollywood's mistreatment of American Indians.

1996 - Sheikh Mohammad Sayed Tantawi is appointed Sheikh of Al-Azhar.