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  1st US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen) on January - 27.   

1944  On January - 27 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 January - 27.   

1945  On January - 27 russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1949  On January - 27 chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China   

1949  On January - 27 the Chief of Naval Operations authorized conversion of all new-construction cruisers to accommodate helicopters.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history paul-Marie Masson, composer, dies at 71   

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

1955  On January - 27 ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies   

1956  On this day in history nFL's NY Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium   

1956  Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies on January - 27.   

1957  On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

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

1958  Ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary on January - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

1963  On January - 27 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 this day in history.   

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1443  Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500) was born on January - 27.   

1546  On January - 27 birth of joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg)   

1556  Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1621  On this day in history birth of thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)   

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

1164  On January - 27 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  Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies on this day in history.