Historical Events In January - 27

1942  -19°F (-27.4°C), Netherland's coldest day since 1850 on this day in history.   

1943  The first US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen) on this day in history.   

1943  1st US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen) on this day in history.   

1944  Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed on this day in history.   

1945  On January - 27 nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)   

1945  Russia liberates Auschwitz &Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland) on January - 27.   

1945  On this day in history russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz.   

1945  On this day in history wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested   

1948  On this day in history the first locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates   

1948  The first tape recorder sold on this day in history.   

1948  On January - 27 1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates   

1949  Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China on January - 27.   

1949  The Chief of Naval Operations authorized conversion of all new-construction cruisers to accommodate helicopters on January - 27.   

1949  Boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1950  2nd Emmy Awards Ed Wynn Show &Texaco Star Theater win on January - 27.   

1950  On this day in history 2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show & Texaco Star Theater win   

1951  On January - 27 "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City NY after 320 performances   

1951  The Air Force tests a one-kiloton atomic bomb at Frenchman Flats in the Nevada desert on January - 27.   

1951  On this day in history "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances   

1953  On January - 27 netherlands end Marshall aid   

1954  On this day in history paul-Marie Masson, composer, dies at 71   

1955  "Plain & Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 476 perfs on this day in history.   

1955  Ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies on January - 27.   

1956  On January - 27 nFL's NY Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium   

1956  Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies on January - 27.   

1957  On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

1958  On this day in history ferenc Münnich follows Kádár as premier of Hungary   

1958  Ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV   

1962  "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances on this day in history.   

1963  Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec on this day in history.   

1963  On January - 27 john Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58   

1964  On January - 27 "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US   

1964  Barlow &Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval on January - 27.   

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1443  On this day in history birth of albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)   

1546  On January - 27 birth of joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg)   

1556  On this day in history birth of abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)   

1585  Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634) was born on January - 27.   

1592  On January - 27 birth of pierre de La Barre, composer   

1603  On this day in history birth of harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)   

1621  Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1662  On this day in history birth of richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist   

0098  Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67 on January - 27.   

0661  On this day in history death of death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600)   

0672  On January - 27 vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies   

0847  On this day in history sergius II, pope (844-47), dies   

1164  Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1490  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435) on January - 27.   

1540  Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies on this day in history.   

1565  Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies on this day in history.