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January 27 Events in History - January 27 Birthdays - January 27 Deaths
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January 27, 1998 Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (New York City) Tram, injuring 10 January 27, 1998 WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics and Detroit Shock January 27, 1998 First Lady Hilary Clinton blames charges that President Clinton had affairs part of a vast right-wing conspiracy January 27, 1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City January 27, 1997 24th American Music Award: Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette win January 27, 1996 15 day old siamese twins separated - Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies January 27, 1996 70th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61) January 27, 1996 Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st New York female Episcopal bishop January 27, 1996 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island January 27, 1996 Germany celebrates it's 1st Holocaust Rememberance Day January 27, 1996 Monica Seles beats Anke Huber to win Australian Open January 27, 1996 Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303* for Guyana vs. Jamaica at Kingston January 27, 1995 69th Australian Womens Tennis: Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62) January 27, 1994 "No Man's Land" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 61 performances January 27, 1994 Carlos Reina succeeds President Callejas in Honduras January 27, 1994 Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites January 27, 1993 DC-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12 January 27, 1992 "Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 7 performances January 27, 1992 19th American Music Award: C and C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win January 27, 1992 Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee January 27, 1992 President candidate Bill Clinton (D) and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair January 27, 1991 79th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats I Lendl (16 64 64 64) January 27, 1991 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, disbands January 27, 1991 Nadine Strossen is 1st female president of the ACLU January 27, 1991 Superbowl XXV: New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19 in Tampa Superbowl MVP: Ottis Anderson, New York Giants, RB January 27, 1990 64th Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats MJ Fernandez (63 64) January 27, 1989 German war criminals Fischer and Aus der Funten freed January 27, 1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games January 27, 1989 Okla's linebacker, Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Ok grad student January 27, 1988 Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court January 27, 1987 Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose and Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team January 27, 1986 13th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis and C Gayle January 27, 1985 "Doug Henning and His World..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York after 60 perf January 27, 1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth January 27, 1985 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic January 27, 1985 Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25) January 27, 1985 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 22-14 January 27, 1984 John and Yoko release "Milk and Honey" album January 27, 1984 Los Angeles Kings end Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record 51-game scoring streak January 27, 1984 Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial January 27, 1983 World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaid January 27, 1982 "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" opens at Royale New York City for 747 performances January 27, 1982 Mauno Koivisto installed as president of Finland January 27, 1982 Philadelphia trades Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg to Cubs for Ivan DeJesus January 27, 1982 Roberto S. Cordova installed as president of Honduras January 27, 1982 West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup January 27, 1980 "Comin' Uptown" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 45 performances January 27, 1980 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 37-27 January 27, 1979 36th Golden Globes: Midnight Express, Jon Voight and Jane Fonda January 27, 1979 Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8) January 27, 1977 1st broadcast of "Roots" mini-series on ABC TV January 27, 1977 President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000) January 27, 1976 "Laverne and Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV January 27, 1976 9th ABA All-Star Game: Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver January 27, 1976 Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara January 27, 1976 Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia January 27, 1974 "Lorelei" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 320 performances January 27, 1973 UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record) January 27, 1973 US and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war and milt draft January 27, 1973 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn January 27, 1973 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr January 27, 1973 William Rogers and Nguyen Duy Trinh sign U.S. - North Vietnam treaty January 27, 1971 Montgomery St. Station, last link in BART, 'holed thru' January 27, 1970 Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG" January 27, 1969 14 spies hung in Baghdad January 27, 1969 9 Jews publically executed in Damascus Syria January 27, 1969 Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack and she dies Feb 5th January 27, 1969 Noordiers vicar Ian Paisley sentenced to 3 years January 27, 1968 "Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater New York City for 31 performances January 27, 1967 Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee January 27, 1967 Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records January 27, 1967 New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player (Paige Cothren-kicker) January 27, 1967 Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed January 27, 1966 Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W. Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966 January 27, 1965 1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite January 27, 1965 Ground breaking for "Dragon Gateway" at Grant Avenue January 27, 1964 "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US January 27, 1964 Barlow and Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval January 27, 1964 Margaret Chase Smith (Sen-R-Maine) tries for Republican President bid January 27, 1963 Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec January 27, 1963 Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame January 27, 1962 "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 65 performances January 27, 1961 "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV January 27, 1958 Ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary January 27, 1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open January 27, 1956 NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium January 27, 1955 "Plain and Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 476 performances January 27, 1953 Netherlands end Marshall aid January 27, 1951 "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 320 performances January 27, 1951 U.S. begins 126 nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site January 27, 1950 2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show and Texaco Star Theater win January 27, 1949 Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China January 27, 1948 1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates January 27, 1948 1st tape recorder sold January 27, 1945 Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands) January 27, 1945 Russia liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland) January 27, 1945 S Romberg, H&D Fields' musical premieres in New York City January 27, 1945 Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested January 27, 1944 Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed January 27, 1944 Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves January 27, 1943 1st U.S. air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen) January 27, 1942 -19 degrees F (-27.4 degrees C), Netherland's coldest day since 1850 January 27, 1941 Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Jap assault on Pearl Harbor January 27, 1940 -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record) January 27, 1934 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open: Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61) January 27, 1934 French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair) January 27, 1934 VARA refuses to hire after commemoration of Marinus Van de Lubbe January 27, 1933 Otto Meisnner dines with British ambassador Rumbold January 27, 1927 Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game January 27, 1926 1st public demonstration of television, John L Baird, London January 27, 1926 U.S. Senate agrees to join World Court January 27, 1924 Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier January 27, 1924 Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square January 27, 1918 "Tarzan of the Apes," 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater January 27, 1917 Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9:53) (record) January 27, 1916 Communist party "Spartacus Letters" 1st published in Berlin January 27, 1915 U.S. Marines occupy Haiti January 27, 1908 Pasiphae, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte January 27, 1906 Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec January 27, 1905 Maurice Rouvier forms government in France January 27, 1902 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City) January 27, 1900 Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds 1st convention January 27, 1897 British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana) January 27, 1896 Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory January 27, 1894 1st college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11 January 27, 1894 Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park January 27, 1891 Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania January 27, 1888 National Geographic Society organizes in Washington D.C. January 27, 1886 1st British government of Salisbury resigns January 27, 1880 Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp January 27, 1870 1st sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw U in Greencastle, Indiana) January 27, 1870 After accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is readmitted to Union January 27, 1870 Manitoba and Northwest Territories incorporated January 27, 1864 Battle of Fair Gardens, TN January 27, 1864 Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Va January 27, 1823 President Monroe appoints 1st U.S. ambassadors to South America January 27, 1785 1st U.S. state university chartered, Athens Georgia January 27, 1778 Piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres, Paris January 27, 1736 Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland January 27, 1710 Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget January 27, 1671 Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City January 27, 1662 1st American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI) January 27, 1593 Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno January 27, 1556 Willem of Orange becomes knight of Guilder Flies January 27, 1538 States of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy January 27, 1302 Dante becomes a Florentine political exile January 27, 847 Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope January 27, 672 St. Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope |