January, 27th in History

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Events

Sunday 27, 2002:
Several explosions at a military dump in Lagos, Nigeria kill more than 1,000.

Tuesday 27, 1998:
American First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton appears on the Today Show calling the attacks against her husband part of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."

Monday 27, 1997:
It is revealed that French museums have nearly 2,000 pieces of art that were stolen by Nazis.

Saturday 27, 1996:
Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup.

Monday 27, 1992:
Mike Tyson goes on trial charged with raping a 1991 Miss Black America contestant.

Sunday 27, 1991:
Super Bowl XXV: The New York Giants defeat the Buffalo Bills, 20-19.

Friday 27, 1984:
Carl Lewis beats his own indoor world jumping record by 9-1/4 inches with a 28 feet, 10-1/4 inches jump.

Friday 27, 1978:
Lt Marilyn R. Koon, 161st Aerial Refueling Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard, becomes first female Air National Guard Pilot.

Saturday 27, 1973:
Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War.

Friday 27, 1967:
More than 60 nations sign the Outer Space Treaty banning nuclear weapons in space.

Saturday 27, 1951:
Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flats.

Saturday 27, 1945:
World War II: The Red Army arrives at Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland and find the Nazi concentration camp where 1.1-1.5 million people were murdered.

Thursday 27, 1944:
World War II: The two year Siege of Leningrad is lifted.

Wednesday 27, 1943:
World War II: 50 bombers mount the first entirely American air raid against Germany, targeting Wilhelmshaven.

Monday 27, 1941:
World War II: Fighting at Derna, Libya, begins Following the capture of Tobruk 2 brigades of the 6th Australian Division under Major General Iven Mackay pursued the Italians westwards and encountered an Italian rear guard at Derna.

Friday 27, 1939:
1939 - The President of the United-States Franklin D. Roosevelt approves the sale of U.S. war planes to France.

Wednesday 27, 1926:
John Logie Baird demonstrates the first television broadcast.

Wednesday 27, 1915:
United States Marines occupy Haiti.

Wednesday 27, 1909:
The Young Left is founded in Norway.

Saturday 27, 1900:
Boxer Rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking, China demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined.

Friday 27, 1888:
In Washington, DC the National Geographic Society is founded.

Tuesday 27, 1880:
Thomas Edison files a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.

Thursday 27, 1870:
The first college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is formed at DePauw University.

Thursday 27, 1825:
US Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears."

Thursday 27, 1785:
The University of Georgia is founded.

Thursday 27, 1695:
Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Amhed II. Mustafa ruled until 1703.

Friday 27, 1606:
Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, and ending in their execution on January 31.

Sunday 27, 1343:
Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus.

Monday 27, 1186:
Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, weds Constance of Sicily.

Monday 27, 98:
98 Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/27-january/on-this-day.html


People born on January 27

1980:
Marat Safin, Russian tennis player (b: January 27, 1980) (Biography of Marat Safin)

1979:
Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer (b: January 27, 1979) (Biography of Daniel Vettori)

1974:
Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer (b: January 27, 1974) (Biography of Chaminda Vaas)

1972:
Keith Wood, Irish rugby player (b: January 27, 1972) (Biography of Keith Wood)

1971:
Fann Wong, Singaporean-Chinese actress, model, and singer (Shanghai Knights) (b: January 27, 1971) (Biography of Fann Wong)

1968:
Mike Patton, American singer (b: January 27, 1968) (Biography of Mike Patton)
Tricky, English rapper (b: January 27, 1968) (Biography of Tricky)

1967:
Laura Doyle, American author (b: January 27, 1967) (Biography of Laura Doyle)

1965:
Alan Cumming, Scottish actor (b: January 27, 1965) (Biography of Alan Cumming)

1964:
Bridget Fonda, American actress (b: January 27, 1964) (Biography of Bridget Fonda)

1959:
Keith Olbermann, American journalist and sportscaster (b: January 27, 1959) (Biography of Keith Olbermann)

1957:
Janick Gers, English musician (Iron Maiden) (b: January 27, 1957) (Biography of Janick Gers)

1956:
Mimi Rogers, American actress (b: January 27, 1956) (Biography of Mimi Rogers)

1955:
John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States (b: January 27, 1955) (Biography of John Roberts)

1946:
Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes) (b: January 27, 1946) (Biography of Nedra Talley)

1945:
Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer (b: January 27, 1945) (Biography of Harold Cardinal)

1944:
Mairéad Corrigan, Northern Ireland peace activist (b: January 27, 1944) (Biography of Mairéad Corrigan)
Nick Mason, English drummer (Pink Floyd) (b: January 27, 1944) (Biography of Nick Mason)

1940:
James Cromwell, American actor (b: January 27, 1940) (Biography of James Cromwell)

1937:
John Ogdon, English pianist (b: January 27, 1937 ; d: August 1, 1989) (Biography of John Ogdon)

1936:
Troy Donahue, American actor (b: January 27, 1936 ; d: September 2, 2001) (Biography of Troy Donahue)
Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: January 27, 1936) (Biography of Samuel C. C. Ting)

1931:
Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (b: January 27, 1931 ; d: July 3, 2001) (Biography of Mordecai Richler)

1930:
Bobby Blue Bland, American singer (b: January 27, 1930) (Biography of Bobby Blue Bland)

1929:
Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b: January 27, 1929 ; d: November 6, 1984) (Biography of Gastón Suárez)

1926:
Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-born journalist (b: January 27, 1926 ; d: March 23, 2003) (Biography of Fritz Spiegl)

1924:
Sabu, Indian actor (b: January 27, 1924 ; d: December 2, 1963) (Biography of Sabu (actor))

1921:
Donna Reed, American actress (b: January 27, 1921 ; d: January 14, 1986) (Biography of Donna Reed)

1920:
Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (b: January 27, 1920 ; d: February 28, 2002) (Biography of Helmut Zacharias)

1919:
Ross Bagdasarian, American musician and actor (b: January 27, 1919 ; d: January 16, 1972) (Biography of Ross Bagdasarian)

1918:
Skitch Henderson, American band leader (b: January 27, 1918) (Biography of Skitch Henderson)

1908:
Oran "Hot Lips" Page, American jazz trumpeter (b: January 27, 1908) (Biography of Oran Page)

1905:
Howard McNear, American actor (b: January 27, 1905) (Biography of Howard McNear)

1903:
John Carew Eccles, Australian neuropsychologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b: January 27, 1903 ; d: May 2, 1997) (Biography of John Carew Eccles)

1901:
Art Rooney, American football team owner (b: January 27, 1901) (Biography of Art Rooney)

1900:
Admiral Hyman Rickover, American admiral (b: January 27, 1900) (Biography of Hyman Rickover)

1885:
Eduard Künnecke, German composer (b: January 27, 1885) (Biography of Eduard Kuennecke)
Jerome Kern, American composer (b: January 27, 1885) (Biography of Jerome Kern)
Harry Ruby, American musician, composer, and writer (b: January 27, 1885 ; d: February 23, 1974) (Biography of Harry Ruby)

1859:
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (b: January 27, 1859 ; d: June 4, 1941) (Biography of Wilhelm II of Germany)

1850:
Samuel Gompers, American labor leader (b: January 27, 1850) (Biography of Samuel Gompers)
Edward J. Smith, Captain of the Titanic (b: January 27, 1850) (Biography of Edward J. Smith)

1848:
Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (b: January 27, 1848 ; d: May 30, 1934) (Biography of Togo Heihachiro)

1836:
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (b: January 27, 1836) (Biography of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch)

1832:
Lewis Carroll, English author (b: January 27, 1832 ; d: January 14, 1898) (Biography of Lewis Carroll)

1823:
Edouard Lalo, French composer (b: January 27, 1823 ; d: April 22, 1892) (Biography of Edouard Lalo)

1814:
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (b: January 27, 1814 ; d: September 17, 1879) (Biography of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc)

1806:
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b: January 27, 1806 ; d: January 17, 1826) (Biography of Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga)

1805:
Samuel Palmer, English artist (b: January 27, 1805 ; d: May 24, 1881) (Biography of Samuel Palmer)

1756:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (b: January 27, 1756 ; d: December 5, 1791) (Biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

1741:
Hester Thrale, Welsh diarist (b: January 27, 1741) (Biography of Hester Thrale)

1720:
Samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b: January 27, 1720) (Biography of Samuel Foote)

1701:
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (b: January 27, 1701 ; d: September 2, 1790) (Biography of Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim)

1687:
Balthasar Neumann, German architect (b: January 27, 1687 ; d: August 19, 1753) (Biography of Balthasar Neumann)

1662:
Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (b: January 27, 1662 ; d: July 14, 1742) (Biography of Richard Bentley)

1603:
Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b: January 27, 1603 ; d: January 2, 1685) (Biography of Harbottle Grimston)

1585:
Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b: January 27, 1585 ; d: May 15, 1634) (Biography of Hendrick Avercamp)

1546:
Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (b: January 27, 1546 ; d: July 18, 1608) (Biography of Joachim Friedrich)

1443:
Albert, Duke of Saxony (b: January 27, 1443 ; d: September 12, 1500) (Biography of Albert, Duke of Saxony)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/27-january/births.html

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People who died on January 27

2004:
Jack Paar, American television host (b: May 1, 1918 ; d: January 27, 2004) (Biography of Jack Paar)

1996:
Ralph Yarborough, U.S. Senator from Texas (b: June 8, 1903 ; d: January 27, 1996) (Biography of Ralph Yarborough)

1994:
Claude Akins (d: January 27, 1994) (Biography of Claude Akins)

1993:
André the Giant, French professional wrestler (b: May 19, 1946 ; d: January 27, 1993) (Biography of André the Giant)

1992:
Allan Jones, American actor and singer (b: October 14, 1908 ; d: January 27, 1992) (Biography of Allan Jones)

1989:
Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (b: January 18, 1888 ; d: January 27, 1989) (Biography of Thomas Sopwith)

1988:
Massa Makan Diabaté (d: January 27, 1988) (Biography of Massa Makan Diabaté)

1986:
Lilli Palmer, German-born actress (b: May 24, 1914 ; d: January 27, 1986) (Biography of Lilli Palmer)

1975:
Bill Walsh, American film producer and writer (b: September 30, 1913 ; d: January 27, 1975) (Biography of Bill Walsh (producer))

1972:
Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b: October 26, 1911 ; d: January 27, 1972) (Biography of Mahalia Jackson)

1971:
Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (b: September 14, 1913 ; d: January 27, 1971) (Biography of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán)

1970:
Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (b: March 12, 1908 ; d: January 27, 1970) (Biography of Rita Angus)

1967:
Edward White, astronaut (b: November 14, 1930 ; d: January 27, 1967) (Biography of Edward Higgins White)
Virgil Grissom (d: January 27, 1967) (Biography of Virgil Grissom)
Roger Chaffee, astronaut (b: February 15, 1935 ; d: January 27, 1967) (Biography of Roger Chaffee)

1956:
Erich Kleiber, Austrian-born conductor (b: August 5, 1890 ; d: January 27, 1956) (Biography of Erich Kleiber)

1940:
Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (b: July 18, 1894 ; d: January 27, 1940) (Biography of Isaac Babel)

1919:
Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (b: November 22, 1877 ; d: January 27, 1919) (Biography of Endre Ady)

1910:
Thomas Crapper (d: January 27, 1910) (Biography of Thomas Crapper)

1901:
Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b: October 10, 1813 ; d: January 27, 1901) (Biography of Giuseppe Verdi)

1880:
Edward Middleton Barry (d: January 27, 1880) (Biography of Edward Middleton Barry)

1860:
János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b: December 15, 1802 ; d: January 27, 1860) (Biography of János Bolyai)

1851:
John James Audubon, French-American naturalist and illustrator (b: April 26, 1785 ; d: January 27, 1851) (Biography of John James Audubon)

1740:
Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b: August 18, 1692 ; d: January 27, 1740) (Biography of Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon)

1731:
Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (b: May 4, 1655 ; d: January 27, 1731) (Biography of Bartolomeo Cristofori)

1638:
Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses (d: January 27, 1638) (Biography of Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses)

1629:
Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (b: August 10, 1560 ; d: January 27, 1629) (Biography of Hieronymus Praetorius)

1490:
Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b: January 20, 1435 ; d: January 27, 1490) (Biography of Ashikaga Yoshimasa)

98:
Nerva, Roman Emperor (b: November 8, 35 ; d: January 27, 9 (Biography of Nerva)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/27-january/deaths.html