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  On January - 27 1st US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)   

1944  On January - 27 leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed   

1945  On this day in history nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)   

1945  Russia liberates Auschwitz &Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland) on this day in history.   

1945  Russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz on January - 27.   

1945  Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested on January - 27.   

1948  The first locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates on this day in history.   

1948  The first tape recorder sold on January - 27.   

1948  On this day in history 1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates   

1949  Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China on this day in history.   

1949  On January - 27 the Chief of Naval Operations authorized conversion of all new-construction cruisers to accommodate helicopters.   

1949  On this day in history boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64   

1950  2nd Emmy Awards Ed Wynn Show &Texaco Star Theater win on January - 27.   

1950  On January - 27 2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show & Texaco Star Theater win   

1951  On January - 27 "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City NY after 320 performances   

1951  On this day in history the Air Force tests a one-kiloton atomic bomb at Frenchman Flats in the Nevada desert.   

1951  On January - 27 "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances   

1953  Netherlands end Marshall aid on January - 27.   

1954  On January - 27 paul-Marie Masson, composer, dies at 71   

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

1955  Ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies on January - 27.   

1956  NFL's NY Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium on January - 27.   

1956  On January - 27 erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies   

1957  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open on this day in history.   

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  "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances on this day in history.   

1963  Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec on this day in history.   

1963  John Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58 on January - 27.   

1964  On January - 27 "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US   

1964  Barlow &Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval on January - 27.   

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1443  Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500) was born on January - 27.   

1546  Joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg) was born on January - 27.   

1556  Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629) was born on this day in history.   

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  On January - 27 birth of richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist   

0098  On this day in history 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  On this day in history vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies   

0847  Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies on this day in history.   

1164  On January - 27 abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies   

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

1540  On January - 27 angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies   

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