Historical Events In January - 27

1942  On January - 27 -19°F (-27.4°C), Netherland's coldest day since 1850  

1943  On this day in history the first US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)  

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

1945  On this day in history russia liberates Auschwitz &Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland)  

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 January - 27 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  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  2nd Emmy Awards Ed Wynn Show &Texaco Star Theater win on this day in history.  

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

1951  "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City NY after 320 performances on this day in history.  

1951  On this day in history 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 on January - 27.  

1953  On this day in history 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  NFL's NY Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium on January - 27.  

1956  Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies on this day in history.  

1957  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open on this day in history.  

1958  Ferenc Münnich follows Kádár as premier of Hungary on this day in history.  

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  On January - 27 "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  On this day in history john Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58  

1964  "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US on this day in history.  

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  On January - 27 birth of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)  

1592  On this day in history birth of pierre de La Barre, composer  

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

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

1662  Richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist was born on January - 27.  

0098  Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67 on this day in history.  

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

0672  Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies on January - 27.  

0847  On January - 27 sergius II, pope (844-47), dies  

1164  On this day in history abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies  

1490  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435) on this day in history.  

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

1565  On this day in history robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies