Historical Events In January - 27

1964  On this day in history margaret Chase Smith (Senator-R-ME) tries for Republican Presidential bid  

1964  Lieb Glantz, composer, dies at 65 on January - 27.  

1965  On January - 27 the first ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite  

1965  1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite on January - 27.  

1965  On January - 27 theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63  

1966  Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisc an expansion team for 1966 on January - 27.  

1967  On January - 27 a treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons is signed by representatives of more than 60 countries.  

1967  Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records on January - 27.  

1967  Fire in the spacecraft! The world is shocked to learn that astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee die in a flash fire during testing of the Apollo I space capsule at Cape Kennedy, Florida on January - 27.  

1967  Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed on this day in history.  

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1967  On this day in history apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White & Chaffee  

1967  On this day in history alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies at 78  

1967  Three American astronauts killed in an Apollo spacecraft ground test on January - 27.  

1968  "Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 31 perfs on January - 27.  

1969  14 spies hung in Baghdad on January - 27.  

1969  On January - 27 9 Jews publicly executed in Damascus Syria  

1969  Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack (she dies Feb 5th) on this day in history.  

1969  Noordiers vicar Ian Paisley sentenced to 3 years on January - 27.  

1969  On January - 27 charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 82  

1970  Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG" on January - 27.  

1970  Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG" on January - 27.  

1970  Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch & 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for Ind), dies on this day in history.  

1971  On this day in history montgomery St Station, last link in BART, `holed thru'  

1972  On January - 27 mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60  

1973  The Vietnam peace accords are signed in Paris on this day in history.  

1973  US &Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest US war &military draft on January - 27.  

1973  US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn (her 5th consecutive win) on January - 27.  

1973  On January - 27 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr  

1973  William Rogers &Nguyen Duy Trinh sign US-N Vietnam treaty on this day in history.  

1973  UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record) on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history uS and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest US war  

1974  On January - 27 georgios Grivas, Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75  

1976  "Laverne &Shirley" spin-off from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV on this day in history.  

1976  Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara on this day in history.  

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

1546  Joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1621  Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) was born on January - 27.  

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

0098  On January - 27 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 this day in history.  

0672  Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies on this day in history.  

0847  On January - 27 sergius II, pope (844-47), dies  

1164  Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies on January - 27.  

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

1540  Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies on this day in history.  

1565  Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies on this day in history.