27 March 1836 March 26, 2012 Author: Staff Antonio López de Santa Anna directs the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texan prisoners at Goliad, Texas. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as little reason to deplore the one as there is to be pleased over the other." Mahatma Gandhi — Click here for more from Mahatma Gandhi Related posts: 6 March 1836 Categories: History Tags: 1836, 27 March