© Copyright 2022 Day 2 Day History.

Historical Events

27 Jan 1142
Wrongful execution of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei
27 Jan 1538
States of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy
27 Jan 1556
Willem of Orange becomes a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
27 Jan 1593
Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno
27 Jan 1662
1st American lime kiln begins operation in Providence Rhode Island
27 Jan 1695
Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his death in 1703.
27 Jan 1785
1st US state university chartered in Athens Georgia
27 Jan 1823
President Monroe appoints first US ambassadors to South America
27 Jan 1825
U.S. 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
27 Jan 1870
1st sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw U in Greencastle Indiana)
27 Jan 1870
After accepting 15th amendment Virginia is readmitted to the Union
27 Jan 1888
The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington D.C. for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge
27 Jan 1891
Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania
27 Jan 1894
1st college basketball game University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11
27 Jan 1896
Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory
27 Jan 1900
Social Democrat Party of America (Debs party) holds 1st convention
27 Jan 1900
Foreign diplomats in Peking China write formal notes of protest demanding that the Chinese Government stop the Boxes and other groups leading attacks on Westerners and Christians.
27 Jan 1902
5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (NYC)
27 Jan 1906
Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec
27 Jan 1908
Pasipha a satellite of Jupiter discovered by Melotte
27 Jan 1914
A petition is written and submitted by the black and coloured women of the Orange Free State an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa against the carrying of passes by women
27 Jan 1916
Communist party Spartacus Letters 1st published in Berlin
27 Jan 1917
Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (953) (record)
27 Jan 1918
Tarzan of the Apes 1st Tarzan film premieres at Broadway Theater
27 Jan 1918
The first hostilities occurred in the Finnish Civil War.
27 Jan 1924
Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier
27 Jan 1924
The Natal Indian Congress and the Natal Indian Association jointly organise a mass meeting in Durban South Africa in opposition to the Class Areas Bill
27 Jan 1924
Clas Thunberg of Finland claims 3 gold medals in one day when he wins the 1500m 10000m and all-round speed skating events at the Chamonix Winter Olympics won 5000m the day before
27 Jan 1927
Australian Championships Womens Tennis Melbourne Esna Boyd wins title after 5 consecutive runner-up finishes beats Sylvia Lance Harper 5-7 6-1 6-2
27 Jan 1927
Australian Championships Mens Tennis Gerald Patterson wins his only home title beats countryman John Hawkes 3-6 6-4 3-6 18-16 6-3
27 Jan 1933
Otto Meisnner (Head of the German Presidents Office) dines with British ambassador Sir Horace Rumbold
27 Jan 1934
French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair)
27 Jan 1934
VARA refuses to hire after commemoration of Marinus Van de Lubbe
27 Jan 1934
Australian Championships Womens Tennis Sydney Joan Hartigan Bathurst retains title beats Margaret Molesworth 6-1 6-4
27 Jan 1934
Australian Championships Mens Tennis Englishman Fred Perry wins his only Australian title beats Jack Crawford of Australia 6-3 7-5 6-1
27 Jan 1936
Australian Championships Womens Tennis Adelaide Joan Hartigan Bathurst wins her 3rd Australian singles title beats Nancye Wynne Bolton 6-4 6-4
27 Jan 1936
Australian Championships Mens Tennis Adrian Quist wins his first Grand Slam event beats fellow Australian Jack Crawford 6-2 6-3 4-6 3-6 9-7
27 Jan 1940
-17F (-27C) CCC Camp F-16 Georgia (state record)
27 Jan 1942
-19F (-27.4C) Netherlands coldest day since 1850
27 Jan 1944
Casey Stengel manager of the Boston Braves since 1938 resigns Lou Perini Guido Rugo & Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves
27 Jan 1945
Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)
27 Jan 1945
Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps in Poland
27 Jan 1945
S Romberg H&D Fields musical premieres in NYC
27 Jan 1945
Wally van Hall Dutch banker and resistance leader arrested
27 Jan 1948
1st locomotive to carry 1000000 pounds (450000 kg) operates
27 Jan 1949
Chinese liner Taiping collides with a collier off south China
27 Jan 1950
2nd Emmy Awards Ed Wynn Show & Texaco Star Theater win
27 Jan 1951
Peter Pan closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances
27 Jan 1951
US begins 126 nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site
27 Jan 1955
Plain & Fancy opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 476 performances
27 Jan 1955
NFL Draft George Shaw from University of Oregon first pick by Baltimore Colts
27 Jan 1956
NFLs NY Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium
27 Jan 1958
Ferenc Munnich succeeds Kadar as premier of Hungary
27 Jan 1958
Australian Championships Womens Tennis Angela Mortimer Barrett of England beats Lorraine Coghlan of Australia 6-3 6-4
27 Jan 1961
Sing Along with Mitch [Miller] premieres on NBC TV
27 Jan 1963
Sam Rice Eppa Rixey Elmer Flick & John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
27 Jan 1964
Barlow & Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval
27 Jan 1964
Margaret Chase Smith (Sen-R-Maine) tries for Republican President bid
27 Jan 1965
1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite
27 Jan 1965
Groundbreaking for Dragon Gateway at Grant Avenue
27 Jan 1966
Wisconsin State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for
27 Jan 1967
A fire in the Apollo I Command Module kills astronauts Grissom White & Chaffee during a launch rehearsal
27 Jan 1967
The Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records
27 Jan 1967
New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player (Paige Cothren-kicker)
27 Jan 1967
Treaty signed banning military use of nuclear weapons in space
27 Jan 1968
Darling of the Day opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 31 performances
27 Jan 1969
Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack (she dies Feb 5th)
27 Jan 1970
Movie rating system modifies M rating to PG
27 Jan 1970
NFL Draft Terry Bradshaw from Louisiana Tech first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers
27 Jan 1970
58th Mens Australian Open Arthur Ashe beats Dick Crealy (6-4 9-7 6-2)
27 Jan 1961
Australian Championships Womens Tennis Margaret Court retains title repeat of previous years final beating Jan Lehane ONeill 6-1 6-4
27 Jan 1961
Australian Championships Mens Tennis Roy Emerson beats fellow Australian Rod Laver 1-6 6-3 7-5 6-4 for his first Grand Slam title
27 Jan 1962
Family Affair opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances
27 Jan 1963
Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec
27 Jan 1971
Montgomery St Station last link in Bay Area Rapid Transit in San Francisco holed thru
27 Jan 1971
The body of a man who had been shot dead is found in Belfast
27 Jan 1972
Two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers shot dead by IRA in an attack on their patrol car in the Creggan Road Derry
27 Jan 1972
The British Army and the Irish Republican Army engage in gun battles near County Armagh British troops fire over 1000 rounds of ammunition
27 Jan 1973
UCLAs basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record)
27 Jan 1973
US & North Vietnams William Rogers & Nguyen Duy Trinh sign cease-fire ending longest US war and military draft
27 Jan 1973
US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
27 Jan 1974
Lorelei opens at Palace Theater NYC for 320 performances
27 Jan 1976
9th ABA All-Star Game Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver
27 Jan 1976
Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia
27 Jan 1979
Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8)
27 Jan 1980
Comin Uptown closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 45 performances
27 Jan 1980
NFL Pro Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu HI NFC beats AFC 37-27 MVP Chuck Muncie New Orleans Saints RB
27 Jan 1982
Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat opens at Royale NYC for 747 performances
27 Jan 1982
Mauno Koivisto installed as President of Finland
27 Jan 1982
Philadelphia trades Larry Bowa & Ryne Sandberg to Cubs for Ivan DeJesus
27 Jan 1982
Roberto S. Cordova installed as President of Honduras
27 Jan 1982
West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win crickets World Series Cup
27 Jan 1982
Los Angeles Kings set an NHL record with their 6th consecutive tied game a 4-4 deadlock against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers
27 Jan 1983
Worlds longest underwater tunnel (53.90 km) opens Honshu-Hokkaid
27 Jan 1985
Doug Henning & His World... closes at Lunt-Fontanne NY after 60 performances
27 Jan 1985
15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth
27 Jan 1985
Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25)
27 Jan 1985
NFL Pro Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu HI AFC beats NFC 22-14 MVP Mark Gastineau NY Jets DE
27 Jan 1987
Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team
27 Jan 1988
Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony Kennedy to US Supreme Court
27 Jan 1989
German war criminals Fischer & Aus der Funten freed
27 Jan 1989
Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
27 Jan 1989
Okla linebacker Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Ok grad student
27 Jan 1990
Australian Open Womens Tennis Steffi Graf beats American Mary Joe Fernandez 6-3 6-4 for her 3rd consecutive Australian singles crown
27 Jan 1990
6th Sundance Film Festival Chameleon Street wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
27 Jan 1991
Nadine Strossen is 1st female president of the ACLU
27 Jan 1991
Super Bowl XXV Tampa Stadium Tampa FL New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills 20-19 MVP Ottis Anderson NY Giants RB
27 Jan 1991
Australian Open Mens Tennis Boris Becker of Germany wins his 1st Australian title beats Ivan Lendl 1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
27 Jan 1991
7th Sundance Film Festival Poison wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
27 Jan 1992
Crazy He Calls Me opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 7 performances
27 Jan 1992
19th American Music Awards C & C Music Factory Michael Bolton win
27 Jan 1992
Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee
27 Jan 1994
No Mans Land opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 61 performances
27 Jan 1994
Carlos Reina succeeds pres Callejas in Honduras
27 Jan 1994
Romanian social democrats form government with anti-Semites
27 Jan 1995
Eric Cantona of Manchester United fined and banned from playing football after attacking a fan
27 Jan 1996
15 day old conjoined twins separateSarah Morales survives Sarahi dies
27 Jan 1996
Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st NY female Episcopal bishop
27 Jan 1996
Germany celebrates its 1st Holocaust Remembrance Day
27 Jan 1996
Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303 for Guyana v Jamaica at Kingston
27 Jan 1996
Colonel Ibrahim Bar Manassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger Mahamane Ousmane in a military coup.
27 Jan 1996
Australian Open Womens Tennis Monica Seles beats Anke Huber of Germany 6-4 6-1 for her first and only Grand Slam victory after her stabbing
27 Jan 1997
Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus opens at Gershwin NYC
27 Jan 1998
Crane crashes into Roosevelt Island tram (NYC) injuring 10
27 Jan 1998
Roland Clarkson discovers 23021377-1 (37th known Mersenne prime)
27 Jan 1998
WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics & Detroit Shock
27 Jan 2001
Australian Open Womens Tennis Jennifer Capriati wins her first Grand Slam title beats Martina Hingis 6-4 6-3
27 Jan 2002
Australian Open Mens Tennis Thomas Johansson of Sweden wins his only Grand Slam title beats Russian star Marat Safin 3-6 6-4 6-4 7-6
27 Jan 2002
AFC Championship Heinz Field Pittsburgh New England Patriots beat Pittsburgh Steelers 24-17
27 Jan 2002
NFC Championship Edward Jones Dome St. Louis St. Louis Rams beat Philadelphia Eagles 29-24
27 Jan 2007
Australian Open Womens Tennis Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-2 first time the tournament used Hawk-Eye system for official line-calls
27 Jan 2008
Australian Open Mens Tennis Novak okovi beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 to become first Serbian player to win a Grand Slam title
27 Jan 2008
56th NHL All-Star Game Phillips Arena Atlanta Eastern Conference beats Western Conference 8-7 MVP Eric Staal Carolina C
27 Jan 2008
24th Sundance Film Festival Frozen River directed by Courtney Hunt wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
27 Jan 2013
20 police officers have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in Kandahar Afghanistan
27 Jan 2013
In Port Said Egypt protests result in 7 people being killed and 630 are injured
27 Jan 2013
11 people are killed and 32 are injured after a bus crashes down a ravine in Serta Portugal
27 Jan 2013
7 people are killed and 3 are injured after a retaining wall collapses during a football match at the Ugur Sports Facility Turkey
27 Jan 2013
Magnus Carlsen wins the Tata Steel Chess Tournament
27 Jan 2013
Spain defeats Denmark to win the World Mens Handball Championship
27 Jan 2013
NFL Pro Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu HI NFC beats AFC 62-35 MVP Kyle Rudolph Minnesota Vikings TE
27 Jan 2013
Australian Open Mens Tennis Novak okovi wins Open era record 4th Australian crown beats Andy Murray of Scotland 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-2
27 Jan 2013
29th Sundance Film Festival Fruitvale Station directed by Ryan Coogler wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
27 Jan 2016
On This Day receives its second substantial face-lift courtesy of a fresh new website design and brand by design studio Fhoke. Dedicated history and film and television channels are launched alongside the new design.
27 Jan 1956
Veikko Hakulinen of Finland wins Olympic 30k cross country gold medal at Cortina dAmpezzo second career Olympic title after taking out the 15k event in Oslo (1952)
27 Jan 1963
Yevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec
27 Jan 1968
French submarine Minerve dissappears in the Mediterranean with the loss of 52 crew
27 Jan 1983
Seikan Tunnel the worlds longest tunnel with an underwater segment (53.90 km in total) opens connecting Honshu-Hokkaido. The Channel Tunnel remains the longest underwater tunnel.
27 Jan 2008
56th NHL All-Star Game Phillips Arena Atlanta GA Eastern Conference beats Western Conference 8-7 MVP Eric Staal Carolina C
27 Jan 1942
-19F (-27.4C) is the coldest day in the Netherlands since 1850
27 Jan 1968
French submarine Minerve disappears in the Mediterranean with the loss of 52 crew
27 Jan 1982
Philadelphia Phillies trade shortstop Larry Bowa & infielder Ryne Sandberg to Chicago Cubs for 2nd baseman Ivan DeJesus
27 Jan 1989
Oklahoma linebacker Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Oklahoma grad student
27 Jan 1996
15 day old conjoined twins separated Sarah Morales survives Sarahi dies
27 Jan 1853
US whaling and sealing vessel the Levant captained by Mercator Cooper makes the first known landing on mainland Antarctica at Oates Coast Victoria land
27 Jan 1778
Niccol Piccinnis tragic opera Roland premieres at Thtre du Palais-Royale in Paris France
27 Jan 1924
The Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rome agreeing to the annexation of independent Free State of Fiume by Italy (now Rijeka Croatia)
27 Jan 1956
NFLs New York Giants move their home from the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan to Yankee Stadium in The Bronx
27 Jan 1956
Veikko Hakulinen of Finland wins Olympic 30k cross country gold medal at Cortina dAmpezzo second career Olympic title after winning the 15k event in Oslo 1952
27 Jan 1976
Revival of Sidney Howards Pulitzer Prize-winning 1924 stage drama They Knew What They Wanted opens at the Playhouse Theatre NYC runs for 23 performances
27 Jan 1985
Doug Henning & His World of Magic closes at Lunt-Fontanne NY after 60 performances
27 Jan 1534
French King Francis I signs classified treaty with Landgrave of Hesse
27 Jan 1538
Dutchy of Guelders accepts rule of William Duke of Jlich-Cleves-Berg
27 Jan 1593
Vatican opens blasphemy and theological heresy trial against Italian scholar and wayward friar Giordano Bruno proceedings drag on for over 7 years [1]
27 Jan 1649
English High Court of Justice finds King Charles I guilty of the crimes of which he had been accused did judge him tyrant traitor murderer and public enemy to the good people of the nation to be put to death by the severing of his head from his body
27 Jan 1955
Albert Hague and Arnold Horwitts musical Plain and Fancy about an Amish wedding opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC runs for 476 performances
27 Jan 1958
Australian Championships Mens Tennis Ashley Cooper wins 2nd straight Australian title beats fellow Australian Malcolm Anderson 7-5 6-3 6-4
27 Jan 1969
Australian Open Mens Tennis Rod Laver takes 1st leg of his successful second Grand Slam beats Andrs Gimeno of Spain 6-3 6-4 7-5
27 Jan 1970
Australian Open Mens Tennis Arthur Ashe beats big serving local Dick Crealy 6-4 9-7 6-2
27 Jan 1970
NFL Draft Louisiana Tech quarterback Terry Bradshaw 1 pick by Pittsburgh Steelers
27 Jan 1973
Paris Peace Accords signed by US Secretary of State William P. Rogers (North) Vietnam Minister for Foreign Affairs Nguyen Duy Trinh Republic of South Vietnam Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyn Th Bnh and Republic of Vietnam Minister for Foreign Affairs Trn Vn Lm ending Americas then longest war and its military draft.
27 Jan 1990
Australian Open Womens Tennis Steffi Graf beats American Mary Joe Fernndez 6-3 6-4 for her 3rd consecutive Australian singles crown
27 Jan 1962
New Zealander Peter Snell sets a new world mile record running in 3 minutes 54.4 seconds at Wanganuis Cook Gardens
27 Jan 1964
Australian cricketers Eddie Barlow and Graeme Pollock combine for a 341 stand at Adelaide Oval
27 Jan 1964
US Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine announces her bid for Republican presidential nomination
27 Jan 1967
New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player kicker Paige Cothren
27 Jan 1967
The Beatles sign a 9-year worldwide contract with EMI records
27 Jan 1983
Pilot tunnel breaks through under the Tsugaru Strait for Seikan Tunnel project to connect Honshu and Hokkaido Japan by rail
27 Jan 2013
7 people are killed and 3 are injured when a retaining wall collapses during a football match at the Ugur Sports Facility Turkey
27 Jan 2013
A bus crash into a ravine in Serta Portugal kills 11 people and injures an additional 32
27 Jan 2013
A series of bomb attacks in Kandahar Afghanistan kills 20 police officers
27 Jan 2013
The Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria Rio Grande do Sul Brazil ignited by pyrotechnics used by a performing rock band kills 245 people and injures at least 600 others most of the deaths were from toxic smoke inhalation the club was over capacity and had no fire exits
27 Jan 2018
Bomb in an ambulance kills over 100 people in Kabul Taliban claim responsibility
27 Jan 2019
Landslide kills 15 at a wedding party in a hotel in Abancay Peru
27 Jan 2019
Tornado strikes Havana Cuba killing three and injuring 172
27 Jan 2019
Two bombs at a Roman Catholic cathedral on Jolo Island southern Philippines kills 20 Islamic State claims responsibility
27 Jan 2020
Former king of Belgium Albert II admits fathering a child after DNA tests confirm paternity
27 Jan 2023
New Zealand city of Auckland declares a state of emergency as a tropical storm brings record levels of rain major flooding and four deaths [1]
27 Jan 2023
Urgent search announced for tiny radioactive capsule 6mmx8mm which dropped out of a truck somewhere along 1400 km journey in Western Australia [1]
27 Jan 2023
International Holocaust Remembrance Day representatives from various countries gather at site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp among attendees is Doug Emhoff the first Jewish spouse of a US president or vice president [1]
27 Jan 2024
Worlds largest cruise ship Icon of the Seas able to house 7600 passengers at 365 meters (1198 ft) 5x larger than the Titanic sets sail from Miami on its maiden voyage [1]
27 Jan 1870
First sorority Kappa Alpha Theta is founded at DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana
27 Jan 1900
Foreign diplomats in Peking China write formal notes of protest demanding that the Chinese Government stop the Boxers and other groups leading attacks on Westerners and Christians.
27 Jan 1948
First locomotive to carry 1000000 pounds (450000 kg) operates
27 Jan 1964
South African cricket batsmen Eddie Barlow (201) and Graeme Pollock (175) combine for a 341-run stand in the 4th Tests against Australia at the Adelaide Oval
27 Jan 2016
On This Day receives its second substantial face-lift courtesy of a fresh new website design and brand by design studio Fhoke. A dedicated film and television channel is launched alongside the new design.
27 Jan 2025
James McHenry the acting US Attorney General fires more than a dozen prosecutors who worked for on special counsel Jack Smiths prosecution of Donald Trump
27 Jan 2025
Rwanda-backed rebels led by the Tutsi group M23 seize Goma the biggest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo displacing 500000 people [1]
27 Jan 2025
Stocks of Nvidia leading supplier of AI chips lose 588.8 billion in market value the most a stock has ever lost in a single day after the release of a Chinese AI model by DeepSeek [1]