Page 6: Historical Events In January - 27

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

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

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

1944  On this day in history leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1948  The first locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates on January - 27.   

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

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

1949  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1949  On January - 27 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  On January - 27 "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City NY after 320 performances   

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

1951  On January - 27 "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  On this day in history "Plain & Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 476 perfs   

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

1957  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open on January - 27.   

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

1958  On this day in history ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary   

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

1962  On January - 27 "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances   

1963  On this day in history jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec   

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  Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500) was born on January - 27.   

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

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 January - 27.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1565  Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies on January - 27.