What happened on January 27? There are more than 295 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About January 27
January 27 is the 27th day of the year 2024. There are 339 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday. This day falls under the 4th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Wilkinson, Indiana 46186 sunrise occured at 07:53 AM and sunset occured at 05:56 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Aquarius. The modern birthstone for this month is Garnet while the mystical birthstone is Emerald.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 14 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (February 10, 2024).
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Historical Events For January 27
- 98Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.
- 661The Rashidun Caliphate ends with death of Ali.
- 1142Execution, believed wrongful, of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei.
- 1186Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily.
- 1343Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus.
- 1593The Vatican opens seven year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno.
- 1606Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
- 1695Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
- 1785The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
- 1825The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears”.
- 1868Boshin War: The Battle of Toba-Fushimi between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions begins, which will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
- 1870The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity is founded at DePauw University.
- 1888The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
- 1909The Young Left is founded in Norway.
- 1927Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
- 1939First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
- 1941New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
- 1943World War II: The VIII Bomber Command dispatched ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-Boat construction yards at Wilhemshafen, Germany. The first American bombing attack on Germany.
- 1944World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
- 1945World War II: The Red Army liberates the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland.
- 1951Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat.
- 1961Soviet submarine S-80 sinks with all hands lost.
- 1967Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
- 1967The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
- 1973The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict’s last recorded American combat casualty.
- 1974The Brisbane River breaches its banks causing the largest flood to affect the city of Brisbane in the 20th Century
- 1980Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian caper.
- 1983The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world’s longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
- 1984Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium.
- 1993American-born sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō becomes the first foreigner to be promoted to the sport’s highest rank of yokozuna.
- 1996Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- 1996In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
- 2002An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
- 2003The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
- 2006Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services.
- 2010The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.
Who Were Born On January 27?
- 1443Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)
- 1546Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608)
- 1585Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)
- 1603Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)
- 1621Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)
- 1662Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (d. 1742)
- 1687Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect (d. 1753)
- 1701Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian (d. 1790)
- 1708Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 1728)
- 1720Samuel Foote, English dramatist (d. 1777)
- 1741Hester Thrale, Welsh diarist (d. 1821)
- 1756Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791)
- 1774Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, German philosopher (d. 1854)
- 1805Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1877)
- 1805Samuel Palmer, English artist (d. 1881)
- 1805Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1872)
- 1806Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (d. 1826)
- 1807David Strauss, German theologian and writer (d. 1874)
- 1814Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (d. 1879)
- 1821John Chivington, American officer (d. 1892)
- 1823Edouard Lalo, French composer (d. 1892)
- 1826Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian writer (d. 1889)
- 1826Richard Taylor, American confederate general (d. 1879)
- 1827Nakahama Manjirō, Japanese translator (d. 1898)
- 1832Lewis Carroll, English author (d. 1898)
- 1836Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (d. 1895)
- 1841Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (d. 1910)
- 1848Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (d. 1934)
- 1850Edward J. Smith, English captain of the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)
- 1850John Collier, British writer and painter (d. 1934)
- 1850Samuel Gompers, American labor leader (d. 1924)
- 1859Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (d. 1941)
- 1875Elizabeth Israel, Purported world’s oldest person (d. 2003)
- 1885Eduard Künneke, German composer (d. 1953)
- 1885Jerome Kern, American composer (d. 1945)
- 1885Maeda Seison, Japanese painter (d. 1977)
- 1886Radhabinod Pal, Indian jurist (d. 1967)
- 1891Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer (d. 1967)
- 1893Soong Ching-ling, Chinese wife of Sun Yat-sen (d. 1981)
- 1895Harry Ruby, American composer (d. 1974)
- 1895Joseph Rosenstock, Polish conductor (d. 1985)
- 1900Hyman Rickover, American admiral (d. 1986)
- 1901Art Rooney, Pittsburgh Steelers founder and owner (d. 1988)
- 1901Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. 1973)
- 1903John Carew Eccles, Australian neuropsychologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
- 1903Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (d. 1979)
- 1904James J. Gibson, American ecological psychologist (d. 1973)
- 1905Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969)
- 1908Oran Page, American musician (jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader) (d. 1954)
- 1908William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American newspaper magnate (d. 1993)
- 1910Edvard Kardelj, Yugoslav Communist politician (d. 1979)
- 1912Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (d. 2009)
- 1912Francis Rogallo, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2009)
- 1915Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-born artist (d. 1985)
- 1915Jules Archer, American historian (d. 2008)
- 1918Elmore James, American blues musician (d. 1963)
- 1918Skitch Henderson, American bandleader (d. 2005)
- 1918William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (d. 2005)
- 1919Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American musician (d. 1972)
- 1920Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (d. 2002)
- 1920John Box, British film production designer and art director (d. 2005)
- 1921Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1924Sabu Dastagir, Indian actor (d. 1963)
- 1926Fritz Spiegl, Austrian journalist (d. 2003)
- 1926Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (d. 2004)
- 1927Jerry Haynes, American actor d. 2011
- 1928Hans Modrow, German politician, premier of East Germany
- 1928Michael Craig, British actor
- 1929Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist (d. 1984)
- 1930Bobby Blue Bland, American singer
- 1931Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (d. 2001)
- 1932Boris Shakhlin, Soviet gymnast (d. 2008)
- 1933Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian businessman
- 1934George Follmer, American racecar driver
- 1936Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1936Troy Donahue, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1937Fred Åkerström, Swedish singer
- 1937John Ogdon, English pianist (d. 1989)
- 1940James Cromwell, American actor
- 1940Petru Lucinschi, second President of Moldova
- 1940Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1941Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981)
- 1942John Witherspoon, American actor
- 1942Kate Wolf, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1942Stewart Raffill, American film director
- 1944Mairéad Corrigan, Irish activist, Nobel laureate
- 1944Nick Mason, English drummer (Pink Floyd)
- 1944Peter Akinola, Nigerian religious leader
- 1945Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader (d. 2005)
- 1946Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes)
- 1947Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer (d. 1999)
- 1947Cal Schenkel, American artist
- 1947Vyron Polydoras, Greek politician
- 1948Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist
- 1948Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian ballet dancer
- 1948Valeri Brainin, Russian/German musicologist, music manager, composer, and poet
- 1949Ethan Mordden, American author
- 1950Amos Grunebaum, Israeli-born physician
- 1950Derek Acorah, English spirit medium
- 1951Brian Downey, Irish musician (drummer) (Thin Lizzy)
- 1952“White Shoes” Johnson, American football player
- 1954Ed Schultz, American radio talk show host
- 1954Jōkō Ninomiya, Japanese martial artist
- 1954Peter Laird, American comic book artist
- 1955Alexander Stuart, British author
- 1955Brian Engblom, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1955John G. Roberts, American jurist and the 17th Chief Justice of the United States
- 1955Koji Ushikubo, Japanese racing driver
- 1956Mimi Rogers, American actress
- 1957Frank Miller, American comic book author and film director
- 1957Frank Skinner, English writer and comedian
- 1957Janick Gers, British guitarist (Iron Maiden)
- 1958James Grippando, American novelist
- 1958Kadri Mälk, Estonian artist and jewelry designer
- 1958Susanna Thompson, American actress
- 1959Cris Collinsworth, American football player
- 1959Göran Hägglund, Swedish politician
- 1959Keith Olbermann, American news anchor & political commentator
- 1960Bernd Stieler, German footballer
- 1961Dina Bonnevie, Filipino actress
- 1961Gillian Gilbert, British musician (New Order)
- 1961Karen Velez, American model
- 1961Margo Timmins, Canadian singer (Cowboy Junkies)
- 1961Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer
- 1962Roberto Paci Dalò, Italian director and composer
- 1963Mark Moraghan, British actor and singer
- 1964Bridget Fonda, American actress
- 1964Jack Haley, American basketball player
- 1965Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
- 1965Mike Newell, English football manager
- 1967Bobby Deol, Indian actor
- 1967Byron Mann, Hong Kong actor
- 1967Dave Manson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968Deb Talan, American folk singer and songwriter (The Weepies)
- 1968Matt Stover, American football player
- 1968Mike Patton, American singer-songwriter (Faith No More)
- 1968Patrick Blondeau, French footballer
- 1968Tricky, English rapper
- 1969Cornelius, Japanese musician and producer (Flipper’s Guitar)
- 1969Marc Forster, German-Swiss filmmaker
- 1969Michael Kulas, Canadian singer (James)
- 1969Patton Oswalt, American actor and writer
- 1970Emmanuel Pahud, Swiss-born flautist
- 1971Fann Wong, Singaporean actress
- 1971Lil Jon, American rapper
- 1971Patrice Brisebois, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972Janine Ilitch, Australian netballer
- 1972Josh Randall, American actor
- 1972Keith Wood, Irish rugby player
- 1972Mark Owen, English pop singer
- 1972Wynne Evans, Welsh operatic tenor
- 1974Andrei Pavel, Romanian tennis player
- 1974Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1974Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Nordic biathlete
- 1976Ahn Jung-Hwan, Korean football player
- 1976Clint Ford, American voice actor
- 1976Fred Taylor, American football player
- 1976Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
- 1976Todd MacCulloch, American basketball player
- 1976Zoriah Miller, American photojournalist
- 1978Jake Pavelka, American reality TV star (The Bachelor)
- 1978Pete Laforest, Canadian baseball player
- 1979Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer
- 1979Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgian beach volleyball player
- 1979Mario Fatafehi, American football player
- 1979Rosamund Pike, British actress
- 1980Chanda Gunn, American ice hockey player
- 1980Marat Safin, Russian tennis player
- 1981Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player
- 1981Tony Woodcock, New Zealand rugby union player
- 1983Carlo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983Deon Anderson, American football player
- 1983Gavin Floyd, American baseball player
- 1983Mike Zagurski, American baseball player
- 1983Paulo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983Tim Kasten, German rugby player
- 1984Davetta Sherwood, American actress
- 1986Giorgi Loria, Georgian footballer
- 1987Katy Rose, American pop singer
- 1987Lily Donaldson, British model
- 1988Kerlon, Brazilian footballer
- 1988Liu Wen, Chinese model
- 1988Toni Gänge, German footballer
- 1989Carl Magnay, British footballer
- 1989Daisy Lowe, British model
- 1989Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Dutch footballer
- 1990Maria-Elena Papasotiriou, Greek-American figure skater
- 1992Stefano Pettinari, Italian professional footballer
Who Died On January 27?
- 98Nerva, Roman Emperor (b. 35)
- 661Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam
- 1490Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)
- 1540Saint Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (b. 1474)
- 1595Sir Francis Drake, English explorer (b. c.1540)
- 1629Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (b. 1560)
- 1638Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist (b. 1585?)
- 1689Robert Aske, merchant whose charitable foundation operates Haberdashers‘ Aske’s Boys School and Haberdashers’Aske’s School for Girls (b. 1619)
- 1731Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian musical instrument maker (b. 1655)
- 1740Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692)
- 1794Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French royalist commander and counterrevolutionary (b. 1765)
- 1812Captain John Perkins, first black commissioned officer in the Royal Navy
- 1814Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1762)
- 1816Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (b. 1724)
- 1851John James Audubon, French-born naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1789)
- 1857Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (b. 1785)
- 1860János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1802)
- 1880Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830)
- 1901Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
- 1910Thomas Crapper, English inventor (b. 1836)
- 1919Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (b. 1877)
- 1921Maurice Vincent Buckley, Australian soldier (b. 1891)
- 1922Nellie Bly, American journalist and writer (b. 1864)
- 1927Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (Matulewicz), Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
- 1931Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
- 1940Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (b. 1894)
- 1942Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1888)
- 1956Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1890)
- 1967Alphonse Juin, Marshal of France (b. 1888)
- 1967Edward White – Crew of Apollo 1 (b. 1930)
- 1967Roger Chaffee – Crew of Apollo 1 (b. 1935)
- 1967Virgil “Gus” Grissom – Crew of Apollo 1 (b. 1926)
- 1970Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (b. 1908)
- 1971Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
- 1972Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911)
- 1972Richard Courant, German-American mathematician (b. 1888)
- 1973William Nolde, last American combat casualty of Vietnam War (b. 1929)
- 1974Georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army (b. 1898)
- 1975Bill Walsh, American producer and writer (b. 1913)
- 1979Qalander Ba Ba Auliya, Sufi master (b. 1898)
- 1983Louis de Funès, French actor (b. 1914)
- 1986Lilli Palmer, German-born actress (b. 1914)
- 1987Norman McLaren, Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director (b. 1914)
- 1988Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian author (b. 1938)
- 1989Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (b. 1918)
- 1989Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (b. 1888)
- 1992Clara Solovera, Chilean folk musician (b. 1909)
- 1993André the Giant, French professional wrestler and actor (b. 1946)
- 1994Claude Akins, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1996Ralph Yarborough, American politician (b. 1903)
- 1997Gerald Marks, American songwriter (All of Me) (b. 1900)
- 2000Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist (b. 1930)
- 2001Stavros Damianides, Greek musician (b. 1941)
- 2003Henryk Jabłoński, President of Poland (b. 1909)
- 2003Louis Archambault, Canadian sculptor (b. 1915)
- 2004Jack Paar, American television show host (b. 1918)
- 2004Salvador Laurel, Vice President of the Philippines (b. 1928)
- 2005Shah A M S Kibria, Finance Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1931)
- 2006Gene McFadden, American singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
- 2006Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (disappeared) (b. 1965)
- 2006Johannes Rau, 8th President of Germany (b. 1931)
- 2007Alberta Davis, American supercentenerian ( b. 1881)
- 2007Tige Andrews, American actor (b. 1920)
- 2007Yang Chuan-kwang, Taiwanese athlete (b. 1933)
- 2008Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader (b. 1910)
- 2008Louie Welch, mayor of Houston (b. 1918)
- 2008Suharto, President of Indonesia (b. 1921)
- 2009John Updike, American novelist (b. 1932)
- 2009R. Venkataraman, 8th President of India (b. 1910)
- 2010Howard Zinn, American historian and activist (b. 1922)
- 2010J. D. Salinger, American novelist (b. 1919)
- 2010Zelda Rubinstein, American actress (b. 1933)
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