Historical Events In January - 27

1942  On this day in history -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 this day in history 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  Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested on this day in history.  

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

1948  On this day in history the first tape recorder sold  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1950  On this day in history 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  "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances on this day in history.  

1953  Netherlands end Marshall aid on this day in history.  

1954  On January - 27 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 this day in history.  

1956  On January - 27 nFL's NY Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium  

1956  On January - 27 erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies  

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

1958  On this day in history ferenc Münnich follows Kádár as premier of Hungary  

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

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

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

1963  Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec on this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history john Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58  

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

1964  Barlow &Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval on this day in history.  

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1443  On January - 27 birth of albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)  

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

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

1585  On this day in history birth of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)  

1592  On January - 27 birth of pierre de La Barre, composer  

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  On this day in history birth of richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist  

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

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

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

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

1540  Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies on January - 27.  

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