Page 6: Historical Events In January - 27

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

1943  The first US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen) on January - 27.   

1943  On January - 27 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  Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands) on this day in history.   

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

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

1945  On January - 27 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  On this day in history the first tape recorder sold   

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

1949  Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history 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  The Air Force tests a one-kiloton atomic bomb at Frenchman Flats in the Nevada desert on January - 27.   

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

1955  On January - 27 "Plain & Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 476 perfs   

1955  On January - 27 ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies   

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 January - 27 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

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

1958  On January - 27 ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary   

1961  On this day in history "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 this day in history.   

1963  John Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1964  On this day in history barlow &Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval   

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

1546  On this day in history birth of joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg)   

1556  On January - 27 birth of abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)   

1585  Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634) was born on this day in history.   

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

1603  Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685) was born on January - 27.   

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

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

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

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

0672  On this day in history vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies   

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

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

1490  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)   

1540  On this day in history angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies   

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