Page 6: Historical Events In January - 27

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

1943  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)   

1945  On January - 27 russia liberates Auschwitz &Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland)   

1945  Russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  Boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64 on January - 27.   

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

1951  The Air Force tests a one-kiloton atomic bomb at Frenchman Flats in the Nevada desert on January - 27.   

1951  On this day in history "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  "Plain & Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 476 perfs on January - 27.   

1955  On January - 27 ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies   

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

1956  Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies on January - 27.   

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

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  On January - 27 "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV   

1962  "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances on January - 27.   

1963  On this day in history jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec   

1963  On this day in history john Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58   

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

1964  Barlow &Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval on this day in history.   

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

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

1556  On January - 27 birth of abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)   

1585  On January - 27 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  On January - 27 birth of thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)   

1662  Richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist was born on this day in history.   

0098  Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67 on January - 27.   

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

0672  Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0847  Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies on January - 27.   

1164  On this day in history abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies   

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  Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies on this day in history.