Page 6: Historical Events In January - 27

1942  -19°F (-27.4°C), Netherland's coldest day since 1850 on January - 27.   

1943  On this day in history the first US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)   

1943  On January - 27 1st US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)   

1944  On this day in history leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed   

1945  On January - 27 nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)   

1945  On this day in history russia liberates Auschwitz &Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland)   

1945  On this day in history russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz.   

1945  Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested on this day in history.   

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

1948  On January - 27 the first tape recorder sold   

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

1949  On this day in history chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China   

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

1949  On January - 27 boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64   

1950  On this day in history 2nd Emmy Awards Ed Wynn Show &Texaco Star Theater win   

1950  On this day in history 2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show & Texaco Star Theater win   

1951  On this day in history "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 this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies   

1956  NFL's NY Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies   

1957  On January - 27 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

1958  Ferenc Münnich follows Kádár as premier of Hungary on January - 27.   

1958  On January - 27 ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary   

1961  "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV on this day in history.   

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 this day in history "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US   

1964  On January - 27 barlow &Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval   

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1443  Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500) was born on this day in history.   

1546  On this day in history birth of joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg)   

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 January - 27.   

1603  Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1621  Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1662  Richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist was born on January - 27.   

0098  Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

0661  On this day in history death of death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600)   

0672  On January - 27 vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies   

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

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

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

1540  On this day in history angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies   

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