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 this day in history.  

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  On January - 27 russia liberates Auschwitz &Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland)  

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  On this day in history 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  1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1949  Boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 January - 27.  

1953  Netherlands end Marshall aid on January - 27.  

1954  Paul-Marie Masson, composer, dies at 71 on January - 27.  

1955  On this day in history "Plain & Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 476 perfs  

1955  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1958  Ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary on this day in history.  

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

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  Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634) was born on January - 27.  

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

1603  On this day in history birth of harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)  

1621  On January - 27 birth of thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)  

1662  On January - 27 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  On this day in history death of death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600)  

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

0847  Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies on January - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

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