Page 6: Historical Events In January - 27

1942  -19°F (-27.4°C), Netherland's coldest day since 1850 on this day in history.   

1943  On January - 27 the first US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)   

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

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

1945  Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands) on this day in history.   

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

1945  On January - 27 russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz.   

1945  On this day in history wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested   

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

1948  On this day in history 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 January - 27 chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China   

1949  On this day in history 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  On January - 27 2nd Emmy Awards Ed Wynn Show &Texaco Star Theater win   

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

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

1951  On January - 27 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 January - 27 "Plain & Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 476 perfs   

1955  Ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  On January - 27 "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances   

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

1963  On January - 27 john Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58   

1964  On January - 27 "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  On this day in history birth of albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)   

1546  On January - 27 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  Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634) was born on January - 27.   

1592  On this day in history birth of pierre de La Barre, composer   

1603  On this day in history birth of harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)   

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

1662  On January - 27 birth of richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist   

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  Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies on January - 27.   

1164  Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1490  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435) on this day in history.   

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

1565  On January - 27 robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies