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This day in history: March 27

1. 1993

   Jiang Zemin succeeded Yang Shangkun to become President of the People's Republic of China.

2. 1998

   The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug sildenafil, better known by the trade name Viagra, as the first treatment approved in the United States for erectile dysfunction.

3. 1999

   NATO bombing of Yugoslavia: A U.S. Air Force F-117 stealth aircraft was shot down by a Yugoslav Army unit.

4. 2002

   Second Intifada: A suicide bomber killed around 30 Israeli civilians and injured about 140 others in Netanya, triggering Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale counter-terrorist military incursion into the West Bank.

5. 2009

   A failure of the dam holding Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Tangerang, Indonesia, caused floods that killed at least 100 people.

6. 2015

   Himeji Castle, the largest and most visited Japanese castle, re-opened after five years of restoration work.

7. 2020

   North Macedonia became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

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