Page 6: Historical Events In January - 27

1943  1st US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)   

1944  Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600000 killed   

1945  Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)   

1945  Russia liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland).   

1945  Russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz.   

1945  Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested   

1948  The inaugural locomotive to carry 1000000 pounds (450000 kg) operates   

1948  The inaugural tape recorder sold   

1948  1st locomotive to carry 1000000 pounds (450000 kg) operates   

1949  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.   

1949  Boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64.   

1950  2nd Emmy Awards Ed Wynn Show and Texaco Star Theater win.   

1950  2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show and Texaco Star Theater win   

1951  "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   

1951  "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances   

1953  Netherlands end Marshall aid   

1954  Paul-Marie Masson, composer, dies at 71.   

1955  "Plain and Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 476 perfs   

1955  Ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies.   

1956  NFL's NY Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium.   

1956  Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies.   

1957  In this year, Betsy Rawls claims LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

1958  Ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary   

1961  "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV   

1962  "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances   

1963  Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec   

1963  John Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58   

1964  "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US   

1964  Barlow and Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval.   

1964  Margaret Chase Smith (Senator-R-ME) tries for Republican Presidential bid.   

1964  Lieb Glantz, composer, dies at 65.   

1965  The inaugural ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite.   

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1443  Albert: Duke of saxony   

1546  Joachim iii frederick: Elector (brandenburg)   

1556  Abbas i: "the great," shah of persia (1587-1629)   

1585  Hendrick avercamp: Dutch painter   

1592  Pierre de la barre: Composer   

1603  Harbottle grimston: English politician   

1621  Thomas willis: English physician   

1662  Richard bentley: Oulton, scholar/controversialist   

0098  Death of Marius cocceius nerva: Emperor of rome (96-98),   

0661  Death of ali: The final sunni rashidun and first shia imam.(b. 599 or 600)   

0672  Death of Vitalianus: Pope (657-72)/saint,   

0847  Sergius ii: Pope (844-47),   

1164  Death of Abraham ibn ezra: Poet/philosopher,   

1490  Ashikaga yoshimasa: Japanese shogun (b. 1435)   

1540  Angela merici: Italian monk/monastery,   

1565  Death of Robrecht de berghes: Prince-bishop of liege (1557-64),