This Day in History
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
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John Lennon writes and records Instant Karma in a single day
I wrote it for breakfast recorded it for lunch and were putting it out for dinner. Thats the way John Lennon told the story of ...
Somali dictator flees
Muhammad Siyad Barre the dictator of the Somali Democratic Republic since 1969 flees Mogadishu as rebels overrun his palace and capture the Somali capital.In ...
Senate investigation of FBI and CIA activities begins
A bipartisan Senate investigation of activities by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is launched by a special ...
Baird demonstrates TV
On January 27 1926 John Logie Baird a Scottish inventor gives the first public demonstration of a true television system in London launching a revolution i...
Astronauts die in launch pad fire
A launch pad fire during Apollo program tests at Cape Canaveral Florida kills astronauts Virgil Gus Grissom Edward H. White II and Roger B. Ch...
Shelby GT 350 debuts
On this day in 1965 the Shelby GT 350 a version of a Ford Mustang sports car developed by the American auto racer and car designer Carroll Shelby is launched...
National Geographic Society founded
On January 27 1888 the National Geographic Society is founded in Washington D.C. for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge.The ...
Siege of Leningrad is lifted
On this day Soviet forces permanently break the Leningrad siege line ending the almost 900-day German-enforced containment of the city which cost hundreds of...
Paris Peace Accords signed
The United States South Vietnam Viet Cong and North Vietnam formally sign An Agreement Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam in Paris. ...
Donald Evans earns Medal of Honor
Specialist Four Donald W. Evans a 23-year-old medic from Covina California was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor for action on this day in the Kontum Provi...
Monica Seles wins first Grand Slam title since being attacked
On January 27 1996 Serbian-born tennis player Monica Seles the former No. 1 womens player in the world defeats Anke Huber of Germany to win the Aust...
Reagan serves in film unit
On this day in 1943 future President Ronald Reagan an Army Air Corps first lieutenant during World War II is on an active-duty assignment with the Army...
First atomic detonation at the Nevada test site
Forcefully marking the continued importance of the West in the development of nuclear weaponry the government detonates the first of a series of nuclear bombs ...
Dante is exiled from Florence
On this day poet and politician Dante Alighieri is exiled from Florence where he served as one of six priors governing the city. Dantes political acti...
Thirteen-year-old Keisha Castle-Hughes nominated for Best Actress Oscar
On this day in 2004 the actress Sigourney Weaver joins Frank Pierson president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to announce the 76th annual...
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