Event:
"Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" opens at Royale New York City for 747 performances
More Notable Events on January 27:
1984 Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial
1967 Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee
1927 Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game
1888 National Geographic Society organizes in Washington D.C.
1880 Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
