January 27

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January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 338 days remaining (339 in leap years).

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

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Events

98 Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.
1186 - Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, weds Constance of Sicily.
1343 - Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus.
1606 - Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, and ending in their execution on January 31.
1695 - Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Amhed II. Mustafa ruled until 1703.
1785 - The University of Georgia is founded.
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."
1870 - The first college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is formed at DePauw University.
1880 - Thomas Edison files a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
1888 - In Washington, DC the National Geographic Society is founded.
1900 - Boxer Rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking, China demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined.
1909 - The Young Left is founded in Norway.
1915 - United States Marines occupy Haiti.
1926 - John Logie Baird demonstrates the first television broadcast.
1939 - The President of the United-States Franklin D. Roosevelt approves the sale of U.S. war planes to France.
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.
1943 - World War II: 50 bombers mount the first entirely American air raid against Germany, targeting Wilhelmshaven.
1944 - World War II: The two year Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
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.
1951 - Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flats.
1967 - Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of the Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center.
1967 - More than 60 nations sign the Outer Space Treaty banning nuclear weapons in space.
1973 - Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War.
1978 - Lt Marilyn R. Koon, 161st Aerial Refueling Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard, becomes first female Air National Guard Pilot.
1984 - Carl Lewis beats his own indoor world jumping record by 9-1/4 inches with a 28 feet, 10-1/4 inches jump.
1991 - Muhammad Siyad Barre flees his compound in Mogadishu.
1991 - Super Bowl XXV: The New York Giants defeat the Buffalo Bills, 20-19.
1992 - Mike Tyson goes on trial charged with raping a 1991 Miss Black America contestant.
1996 - Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup.
1997 - It is revealed that French museums have nearly 2,000 pieces of art that were stolen by Nazis.
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."
2002 - Several explosions at a military dump in Lagos, Nigeria kill more than 1,000.

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Births

1443 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)
1546 - Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608)
1585 - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)
1603 - Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)
1662 - Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (d. 1742)
1687 - Balthasar Neumann, German architect (d. 1753)
1701 - Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (d. 1790)
1720 - Samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (d. 1777)
1741 - Hester Thrale, Welsh diarist (d. 1821)
1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791)
1805 - Samuel Palmer, English artist (d. 1881)
1806 - Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (d. 1826)
1814 - Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (d. 1879)
1823 - Edouard Lalo, French composer (d. 1892)
1826 - Richard Taylor, American Confederate general (d. 1879)
1826 - Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian writer (d. 1889)
1832 - Lewis Carroll, English author (d. 1898)
1836 - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (d. 1895)
1848 - Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (d. 1934)
1850 - Samuel Gompers, American labor leader (d. 1924)
1850 - Edward J. Smith, Captain of the Titanic (d. 1912)
1859 - Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (d. 1941)
1885 - Jerome Kern, American composer (d. 1945)
1885 - Eduard Künnecke, German composer (d. 1953)
1885 - Harry Ruby, American musician, composer, and writer (d. 1974)
1891 - Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer (d. 1967)
1900 - Admiral Hyman Rickover, American admiral (d. 1986)
1901 - Art Rooney, American football team owner (d. 1988)
1903 - John Carew Eccles, Australian neuropsychologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1997)
1905 - Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969)
1908 - Oran "Hot Lips" Page, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1954)
1918 - Skitch Henderson, English-born bandleader (d. 2005)
1919 - Ross Bagdasarian, American musician and actor (d. 1972)
1920 - Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (d. 2002)
1921 - Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)
1924 - Sabu, Indian actor (d. 1963)
1926 - Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-born journalist (d. 2003)
1929 - Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (d. 1984)
1930 - Bobby Blue Bland, American singer
1931 - Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (d. 2001)
1936 - Troy Donahue, American actor (d. 2001)
1936 - Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 - John Ogdon, English pianist (d. 1989)
1940 - James Cromwell, American actor
1944 - Mairéad Corrigan, Irish activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1944 - Nick Mason, English drummer (Pink Floyd)
1945 - Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer (d. 2005)
1946 - Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes)
1948 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian dancer
1955 - John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States
1956 - Mimi Rogers, American actress
1957 - Janick Gers, English musician (Iron Maiden)
1959 - Keith Olbermann, American journalist and sportscaster
1964 - Bridget Fonda, American actress
1965 - Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
1968 - Mike Patton, American singer
1968 - Tricky, English rapper
1971 - Fann Wong, Singapore actress, model, and singer (Shanghai Knights)
1972 - Keith Wood, Irish rugby player
1974 - Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer
1979 - Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer
1980 - Marat Safin, Russian tennis player

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Deaths

98 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (b. 35)
1490 - Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)
1629 - Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (b. 1560)
1638 - Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist
1731 - Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (b. 1655)
1740 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692)
1814 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1761)
1851 - John James Audubon, French-American naturalist, ornithologist, and painter (b. 1785)
1860 - János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1860)
1880 - Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830)
1901 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
1910 - Thomas Crapper, English plumber (b. 1836)
1919 - Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (b. 1877)
1940 - Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (b. 1894)
1956 - Erich Kleiber, German conductor (b. 1890)
1967 - Crew of Apollo 1:
- Edward White (b. 1930)
- Virgil "Gus" Grissom (b. 1926)
- Roger Chaffee (b. 1935)
1970 - Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (b. 1908)
1971 - Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
1972 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911)
1975 - Bill Walsh, American producer and writer (b. 1913)
1986 - Lilli Palmer, German-born actress (b. 1914)
1988 - Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian author (b. 1938)
1989 - Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (b. 1888)
1992 - Allan Jones, actor and singer (b. 1908)
1993 - André the Giant, professional wrestler and actor (b. 1946)
1994 - Claude Akins, actor
1996 - Ralph Yarborough, American politician (b. 1903)
2004 - Jack Paar, American television show host (b. 1918)

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Holidays and observances

United Kingdom — Holocaust Memorial Day.
Germany — Gedenktag für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus (Commemoration Day for the Victims of National Socialism).
Poland — Dzień Pamięci Ofiar Nazizmu (Memorial Day for the Victims of Nazism).
Italy — Giorno della Memoria (Memorial Day).
Catholicism — Catholic Schools Week.
Serbia — St. Sava Day