Historical Events In January - 27

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

1943  On January - 27 the first US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)  

1943  1st US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen) on January - 27.  

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

1945  Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands) on January - 27.  

1945  Russia liberates Auschwitz &Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland) on this day in history.  

1945  Russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz on January - 27.  

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 January - 27.  

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

1949  On January - 27 chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China  

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

1949  On this day in history boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64  

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

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

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

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

1951  On January - 27 "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances  

1953  Netherlands end Marshall aid on January - 27.  

1954  Paul-Marie Masson, composer, dies at 71 on January - 27.  

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

1955  On January - 27 ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies  

1956  NFL's NY Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies  

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

1958  Ferenc Münnich follows Kádár as premier of Hungary on January - 27.  

1958  Ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary on January - 27.  

1961  On January - 27 "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV  

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

1963  Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec on January - 27.  

1963  John Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58 on January - 27.  

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 January - 27 birth of albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)  

1546  Joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg) was born on January - 27.  

1556  Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629) was born on January - 27.  

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

1592  Pierre de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.  

1603  On January - 27 birth of harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)  

1621  On January - 27 birth of thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)  

1662  Richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist was born on this day in history.  

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

0661  Death of Death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600) on January - 27.  

0672  Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies on this day in history.  

0847  Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies on this day in history.  

1164  On January - 27 abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies  

1490  On January - 27 death of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)  

1540  On January - 27 angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies  

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