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January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September January 2004: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2001: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2000: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 338 days remaining until the end of the year (339 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 98 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan ( September 18 53 &ndash August 9 117) was a Roman Emperor who The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Marcus Cocceius Nerva was also the name of a Roman emperor NERVA is an acronym for Nuclear Engine for Rocket
• 1142 - Wrongful execution of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei. The Song Dynasty ( Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'ao was a ruling dynasty in China between 960&ndash1279 CE it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Yue Fei’s biographies Yue Fei Biography A biography of Yue Fei was written 60 years after his death by his grandson the poet and historian Yue Ke (岳柯
• 1186 - Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, weds Constance of Sicily. Henry VI (November 1165 – 28 September 1197) was King of Germany from 1190 to 1197 Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197 and King The Holy Roman Emperor (Römischer Kaiser or Römisch-Deutscher Kaiser Romanorum Imperator was the elected monarch ruling over the many varying numbers of states Frederick I Barbarossa (1122 &ndash 10 June 1190) was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned Constance of Sicily (1154 &ndash November 27, 1198) was the heiress of the Norman kings of Sicily and the wife of Henry VI Holy Roman Emperor
• 1343 - Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus. Pope Clement VI (1291 &ndash December 6, 1352) born Pierre Roger, the fourth of the Avignon Popes, was Pope from May 1342 until his Unigenitus may also refer to a papal bull issued by Pope Clement VI in 1343
• 1593 - Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno. The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Giordano Bruno (1548 – February 17, 1600) was an Italian Philosopher best-known as an early proponent of Heliocentrism and
• 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, and ending in their execution on January 31. The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 or the Powder Treason, as it was known at the time was a failed Assassination attempt by a group of provincial English Guy Fawkes ( 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606) sometimes known as Guido Fawkes, was a member of a group of English Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
• 1695 - Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa II ( Ottoman Turkish: مصطفى ثانى Muṣṭafā-yi sānī) ( February 6, 1664 December The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey Ahmed II ( Ottoman Turkish: احمد ثانى Aḥmed-i sānī) ( February 25, 1643 February 6 Mustafa rules until his death in 1703. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
• 1785 - The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States. Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The University of Georgia ( UGA) is a public research University located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the
• 1825 - U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The Indian Territory, also known as The Indian Country, The Indian territory or the Indian territories, was land set aside within the United States Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. The Five Civilized Tribes is the term applied to five Native American nations the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of Native Americans from their homelands to Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma in the Western United States "
• 1870 - The first women's fraternity, Kappa Alpha Theta, is formed at DePauw University. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal Kappa Alpha Theta ( ΚΑΘ) is an international women's fraternity founded on January 27, 1870 at DePauw University. DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana, USA is a private national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2400 students
• 1888 - In Washington, D.C., the National Geographic Society is founded. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Overview The NGS's historical mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural historical and natural
• 1909 - The Young Left is founded in Norway. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Young Liberals of Norway (Unge Venstre is the youth league of the Norwegian Political party '''Venstre'''. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional
• 1918 - The first hostilities occurred in the Finnish Civil War. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Finnish Civil War was a part of the national and social turmoil caused by World War I (1914&ndash1918 in Europe
• 1939 - First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Lockheed Corporation (originally Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company was an American aerospace company founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta
• 1944 - World War II: The two-year Siege of Leningrad is lifted. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Siege of Leningrad, also known as The Leningrad Blockade ( Russian: блокада Ленинграда ( transliteration: blokada Leningrada
• 1945 - World War II: The Red Army arrives at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya "Auschwitz" redirects here For the town see Oświęcim Auschwitz-Birkenau () was the largest of Nazi Germany Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
• 1951 - Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on the Frenchman Flats. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness yield and explosive capability of Nuclear weapons Throughout the twentieth century most nations The Nevada Test Site is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km northwest of the City of
• 1967 - Apollo program: Apollo 1 - Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of the spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained Virgil Ivan Grissom, more widely known as Gus Grissom, ( 3 April 1926 – 27 January 1967) was one of the original NASA Edward Higgins White II (LtCol, USAF ( November 14, 1930  &ndash January 27, 1967) was a United States Air Force officer and Roger Bruce Chaffee ( February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was a U The John F Kennedy Space Center ( KSC) is the NASA Space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center ( Spaceport) on
• 1967 - More than sixty nations sign the Outer Space Treaty banning nuclear weapons in space. Key points of the Treaty The Outer Space Treaty represents the basic legal framework of international space law A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion.
• 1973 - Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Paris Peace Accords (or Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam) were signed on January 27, 1973 by the governments of the The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Colonel William Nolde falls, becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty. Colonel William Benedict Nolde ( August 8, 1929 – January 27, 1973) was an officer in the United States Army.
• 1974 - Brisbane river has the largest flood in the 20th Century
• 1983 - Pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest subaqueous tunnel (53. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Brisbane River is situated in southeast Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The Seikan Tunnel (青函トンネル Seikan Tonneru or 青函隧道 Seikan Zuidō) is a 53 85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō breaks through. or Honshu is the largest Island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan 's
• 1996 - Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara ( May 9, 1949 – April 9, 1999) was a military officer in the West African country of Niger who Niger ( or /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/) officially the Republic of Niger, is a Landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. Mahamane Ousmane (born 20 January 1950) is a Nigerien Political figure.
• 1996 - Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. International Commemoration Day in Memory of the victims of the Holocaust The International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27 is the first universal commemoration in memory

Births

• 1443 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. Albert (Albrecht 27 January, 1443 &ndash 12 September, 1500) was a Duke of Saxony. 1500)
• 1546 - Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (d. Joachim Frederick (Joachim Friedrich 27 January 1546 &ndash 18 July 1608) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen states of Germany. 1608)
• 1585 - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. Hendrick Avercamp (bapt January 27, 1585, Amsterdam - buried May 15, 1634, Kampen (Overijssel) was a Dutch 1634)
• 1603 - Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. Sir Harbottle Grimston 2nd Baronet ( 27 January 1603 &ndash 2 January 1685) was an English Politician, and son of Sir 1685)
• 1621 - Thomas Willis, English physician (d. Thomas Willis ( 27 January 1621 &ndash 11 November 1675) was an English doctor who played an important part in the history of 1675)
• 1662 - Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (d. Richard Bentley ( January 27, 1662 &ndash July 14, 1742) was an English Theologian, classical scholar and 1742)
• 1687 - Balthasar Neumann, German architect (d. Year 1742 ( MDCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a ( January 27, 1687 - August 19, 1753) was a German military engineer and Architect who developed a refined brand of 1753)
• 1701 - Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian (d. Year 1753 ( MDCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim ( January 27, 1701 &ndash September 2, 1790) was a German Historian and theologian 1790)
• 1708 - Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1708 ( MDCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Anna Petrovna Tsesarevna of Russia (Анна Петровна 27 January 1708, Moscow &ndash 4 March 1728, Kiel 1728)
• 1720 - Samuel Foote, English dramatist (d. Year 1728 ( MDCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Samuel Foote (January 1720 &ndash October 21, 1777) was an English Dramatist, Actor and Theatre manager from Cornwall 1777)
• 1741 - Hester Thrale, Welsh diarist (d. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage Hester Lynch Piozzi) ( 16 January 1741[NS] �� 2 May 1821)
• 1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1791)
• 1805 - Samuel Palmer, English artist (d. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Samuel Palmer ( January 27 1805 – May 24 1881) was an English landscape painter, Etcher and 1881)
• 1805 - Sophie of Bavaria, archduchess of Austria (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Children Portrayal on stage Kenneth MacMillan 's 1978 ballet Mayerling Michael Kunze 's 1992 1872)
• 1805 - Maria Anna of Bavaria, queen consort of Saxony (d. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Bayern born Munich, 27 January 1805; died Wachwitz, 13 September 1877)
• 1806 - Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (d. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola ( January 27, 1806 – January 17, 1826) was a Spanish Basque 1826)
• 1814 - Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (d. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc ( January 27 1814 &ndash September 17, 1879) was a French Architect and theorist famous for his "restorations" 1879)
• 1821 - John Chivington, American officer, (d. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year John Milton Chivington ( January 27, 1821 &ndash October 4, 1892) was a 19th century United States Army officer noted for his 1892)
• 1823 - Edouard Lalo, French composer (d. Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo ( 27 January 1823 &ndash 22 April 1892) was a French Composer of Spanish descent 1892)
• 1826 - Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian writer (d. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (Михаил Евграфович Салтыков-Щедрин in Spas-Ugol village Tver guverniya &ndash - in 1889)
• 1826 - Richard Taylor, American Confederate general (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Taylor ( January 27 1826 &ndash April 12 1879) was a Confederate General in the American Civil War. 1879)
• 1832 - Lewis Carroll, English author (d. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (ˈdɒdsən (27 January 1832 &ndash 14 January 1898 better known by the Pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ was an English 1898)
• 1836 - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch ( 27 January, 1836 – 9 March, 1895) was an Austrian writer and journalist who gained renown 1895)
• 1841 - Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (d. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (or Arkhip Kuinji, Архип Иванович Куинджи ( January 27, 1842 (? – July 24, 1910 1910)
• 1848 - Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Fleet Admiral Marquis (, OM, GCVO, ( 27 January 1848 - 30 May 1934) was a Fleet Admiral in 1934)
• 1850 - Samuel Gompers, American labor leader (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Samuel Gompers (January 27 1850 - December 13 1924 was an American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. 1924)
• 1850 - Edward J. Smith, English captain of the Titanic (d. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Captain Edward John Smith, RD, RNR ( 27 January 1850 &ndash 15 April 1912) was the captain of the RMS ''Titanic'' Construction The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland 1912)
• 1859 - Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1941)
• 1885 - Jerome Kern, American composer (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jerome David Kern ( January 27, 1885 &ndash November 11, 1945) was an American Composer of popular music 1945)
• 1885 - Eduard Künneke, German composer (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Eduard Künneke (also spelled Künnecke ( 27 January 1885 - 27 October 1953) was a German Composer of Operettas 1953)
• 1885 - Maeda Seison, Japanese painter (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common ( 27 January 1885 - 29 October 1977) was the pseudonym of a Nihonga painter in Taishō and Showa period 1977)
• 1891 - Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (Илья́ Григо́рьевич Эренбу́рг) ( Kiev, Russian Empire) &ndash August 31, 1967 ( 1967)
• 1893 - Soong Ching-ling, Chinese wife of Sun Yat-sen (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Soong Ch'ing-ling ( (27 January 1893 &ndash 29 May 1981 also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the three Soong sisters &mdashwho along with their husbands Sun Yat-sen ( November 12, 1866 &ndash March 12, 1925) was a Chinese Revolutionary and political leader often 1981)
• 1895 - Harry Ruby, American composer (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Harry Ruby ( October 29 1895 – February 23 1974) was an American Songwriter and Screenwriter. 1974)
• 1900 - Hyman Rickover, American admiral (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Admiral Hyman George Rickover, United States Navy, ( January 27, 1900 – July 8, 1986) was known as the "Father of 1986)
• 1901 - Art Rooney, American football team owner (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Arthur Joseph Rooney Sr ( January 27, 1901 - August 25, 1988) was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise in 1988)
• 1901 - Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Willy Fritsch ( 27 January 1901 - 13 July 1973) was a popular leading man in German silent motion-pictures and the father of actor Thomas 1973)
• 1903 - John Carew Eccles, Australian neuropsychologist, Nobel Laureate (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Sir John Carew Eccles, AC FRS FRACP FRSNZ FAAS ( January 27, 1903 &ndash May 2, 1997 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1997)
• 1905 - Howard McNear, American actor (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Howard T McNear ( January 27, 1905 &ndash January 3, 1969) was an American film television and radio character actor 1969)
• 1908 - Oran Page, American musician (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Oran Thaddeus Page ( 27 January, 1908 &ndash 4 November, 1954) Jazz Trumpeter singer bandleader born in Dallas Texas 1954)
• 1908 - William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American newspaper magnate (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) For other people named William Randolph Hearst see William Randolph Hearst (disambiguation William Randolph Hearst Jr 1993)
• 1912 - Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher
• 1918 - Skitch Henderson, English bandleader (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Arne Dekke Eide Næss (born January 27, 1912) is widely regarded as the foremost Norwegian Philosopher of the 20th century and is the founder Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lyle Russell Cedric “Skitch” Henderson ( January 27 1918 &ndash November 1 2005) was a Pianist, conductor, and 2005)
• 1918 - Elmore James, American blues musician (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elmore James ( January 27, 1918 &ndash May 24, 1963) was an American Blues Guitarist, Singer 1963)
• 1918 - William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Thomas Seawell ( 27 January 1918 in Pine Bluff Arkansas - 20 May 2005) was a Brigadier General in the United States 2005)
• 1919 - Ross Bagdasarian, American musician (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ross Bagdasarian may refer to Ross Bagdasarian Sr (1919-1972 creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks Ross Bagdasarian Jr 1972)
• 1920 - Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Helmut Zacharias ( January 27, 1920 - February 28, 2002) was a German Violinist. 2002)
• 1920 - John Box, British film production designer and art director (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. John Allan Hyatt Box OBE, ( January 27 1920 — March 7 2005) was a British film Production designer and 2005)
• 1921 - Donna Reed, American actress (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Donna Reed ( January 27, 1921 - January 14, 1986) was an Academy Award -winning American actress. 1986)
• 1924 - Sabu Dastagir, Indian actor (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sabu Dastagir ( January 27, 1924 &ndash December 2, 1963) was a Film Actor of Indian South Asian origin—although 1963)
• 1924 - Rauf Denktaş, founder of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
• 1926 - Fritz Spiegl, Austrian journalist (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rauf Raif Denktaş (in English often spelled Rauf Denktash) (born 27 January 1924) is the founder of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fritz Spiegl ( 27 January 1926 - 23 March 2003) was born at Zurndorf, Austria, the son of an agricultural merchant and his 2003)
• 1926 - Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Ingrid Thulin (ˈɪŋrɪd tɵˈliːn in Swedish ( 27 January 1926 &ndash 7 January 2004) was a Swedish actress 2004)
• 1928 - Michael Craig, British actor
• 1928 - Hans Modrow, a German politician, premier of East Germany
• 1929 - Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Craig (born Michael Francis Gregson; 27 January 1929) is a British actor known for his work in Film and Television Hans Modrow (born January 27, 1928) is a German politician best known as the last Communist premier of East Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The first constitution of the German Democratic Republic (GDR in October 1949 created the office of de Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (President of the The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gastón Suárez (born January 27, 1929 &ndash November 6, 1984) was a Bolivian Novelist and Dramatist. 1984)
• 1930 - Bobby Blue Bland, American singer
• 1931 - Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Calvin Bland (born January 27, 1930) better known as Bobby “Blue” Bland, is an American singer of Blues and soul Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mordecai Richler ( January 27, 1931 &ndash July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author Academy Award -nominated screenwriter and 2001)
• 1932 - Boris Shakhlin, Soviet gymnast
• 1933 - Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian billionaire businessman
• 1934 - George Follmer, American race car driver
• 1936 - Troy Donahue, American actor (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin ( Russian:Борис Анфиянович Шахлин ( January 27 1932 - May 30 2008) was a Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Follmer (born January 27, 1934) is a retired American race car driver and one of the most successful road racers of the 1970s Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Troy Donahue ( January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American Actor, known for being a Teen idol. 2001)
• 1936 - Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist, Nobel Laureate
• 1937 - John Ogdon, English pianist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Samuel Chao Chung Ting (丁肇中 Pinyin: Dīng Zhàozhōng Wade-Giles: Ting¹ Chao⁴-chung¹ (born January 27, 1936) is an American The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Andrew Howard Ogdon ( January 27 1937 &ndash August 1 1989) was an English Pianist and Composer. 1989)
• 1940 - James Cromwell, American actor
• 1940 - Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1942 - John Witherspoon, American actor
• 1942 - Kate Wolf, American folk singer and songwriter (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) sometimes credited as Jamie Cromwell, is an American Film and Television Terry Harper (born January 27, 1940 in Regina, Saskatchewan) was a Canadian Ice hockey defenceman. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Witherspoon (born January 27, 1942) is an American comedy actor known for his roles in Hollywood Shuffle (1987 Boomerang Kate Wolf ( Kathryn Louise Allen) ( January 27 1942 – December 10 1986) was an American Folk singer and Songwriter 1986)
• 1944 - Peter Akinola, Nigerian religious leader
• 1944 - Mairéad Corrigan, Irish activist, Nobel Prize Laureate
• 1944 - Nick Mason, English drummer (Pink Floyd)
• 1945 - Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Jasper Akinola (born 27 January 1944) is the current Anglican Primate of the Church of Nigeria. Mairead Corrigan (born 27 January, 1944) also known as Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, was the co-founder with Betty Williams, of the Community The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason (born 27 January 1944 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England) is the Drummer for Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd are Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Dr Harold Cardinal ( January 27, 1945 &ndash June 3, 2005) was a Cree writer political leader teacher negotiator and lawyer 2005)
• 1946 - Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes)
• 1947 - Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nedra Talley now Nedra Talley Ross (born January 27 1946, in New York) was a member of the Girl group The Ronettes, along The Ronettes were a Girl group of the 1960s from New York City, best known for their work with producer Phil Spector. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Björn Afzelius ( January 27, 1947 &ndash February 1999)
• 1947 - Vyron Polydoras, Greek politician
• 1948 - Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist
• 1949 - Ethan Mordden, American author
• 1950 - Amos Grunebaum, Israeli-born physician
• 1950 - Derek Acorah, English spirit medium
• 1951 - Brian Downey, Irish musician (Thin Lizzy)
• 1952 - Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, American football player
• 1954 - Peter Laird, American comic-book artist
• 1954 - Joko Ninomiya, Japanese martial artist
• 1955 - Brian Engblom, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 - John G. Roberts, 17th Chief Justice of the United States
• 1955 - Alexander Stuart, British author
• 1955 - Koji Ushikubo, Japanese racing driver
• 1956 - Mimi Rogers, American actress
• 1957 - Janick Gers, British guitarist (Iron Maiden)
• 1957 - Frank Miller, American comic book artist and writer and film director
• 1958 - James Grippando, American novelist
• 1958 - Kadri Mälk, Estonian artist and jewelry designer
• 1959 - Keith Olbermann, American news presenter
• 1959 - Göran Hägglund, Swedish politician
• 1959 - Cris Collinsworth, American football player
• 1961 - Margo Timmins, Canadian singer (Cowboy Junkies)
• 1961 - Dina Bonnevie, Filipino actress
• 1961 - Gillian Gilbert, British musician (New Order)
• 1961 - Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer
• 1964 - Bridget Fonda, American actress
• 1965 - Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
• 1965 - Mike Newell, English football manager
• 1967 - Bobby Deol, Indian actor
• 1967 - Byron Mann, Hong Kong actor
• 1967 - Dave Manson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 - Patrick Blondeau, former French International footballer
• 1968 - Mike Patton, American singer (Faith No More)
• 1968 - Tricky, English rapper
• 1969 - Cornelius, Japanese musician and producer (Flipper's Guitar)
• 1969 - Michael Kulas, Canadian singer (James)
• 1969 - Patton Oswalt, American actor and writer
• 1970 - Jon Douglas Rainey, American TV personality
• 1970 - Emmanuel Pahud, French-Swiss flautist
• 1971 - Fann Wong, Singapore entertainer (Shanghai Knights)
• 1971 - Lil Jon, American rapper and producer
• 1971 - Patrice Brisebois, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 - Guillermo, Mexican-born American TV personality
• 1972 - Keith Wood, Irish rugby player
• 1972 - Mark Owen, English pop singer
• 1972 - Janine Ilitch, Australian netballer
• 1974 - Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1974 - Andrei Pavel, Romanian tennis player
• 1974 - ZP Theart, South African-born English singer (Dragonforce)
• 1976 - Clint Ford, American voice actor
• 1976 - Ahn Jung-Hwan, Korean football player
• 1976 - Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
• 1978 - Pete Laforest, Canadian baseball player
• 1979 - Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer
• 1979 - Rosamund Pike, British actress
• 1979 - Mario Fatafehi, American-born Canadian Football League player
• 1980 - Marat Safin, Russian tennis player
• 1980 - Chanda Gunn, ice hockey player
• 1981 - Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player
• 1983 - Carlo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 - Gavin Floyd, American baseball player
• 1983 - Mike Zagurski, American baseball player
• 1984 - Davetta Sherwood, American actress
• 1987 - Lily Donaldson, British model
• 1987 - Katy Rose, American pop singer
• 1987 - Zuleidy Spanish porn star
• 1988 - Kerlon Moura Souza, Brazilian footballer

Deaths

• 98 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (b. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vyron Polydoras (Βύρων Πολύδωρας born January 27, 1947 in Perivolia, Greece) is a Greek politician who was the Minister for Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean-Philippe Collard (born January 27, 1948, Mareuil-sur-Ay, Marne) is a renowned French pianist. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ethan Mordden (born January 27, 1949, Pennsylvania) is an American Author. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Amos Grunebaum ( January 27, 1950 - present is one of the top US Obstetricians and Gynecologists His subspecialty is in Maternal-fetal medicine Derek Acorah (born 27 January 1950) is a medium and television personality in the UK. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Brian Michael Downey (born 27 January 1951) is a Drummer. He was born in Dublin Ireland. Thin Lizzy are an Irish Hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969 Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Arthur Johnson, aka "White Shoes" (born January 27, 1952 in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania) was an American football player Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Peter Alan Laird (b 1954 is an American Comic book artist. He is best known for co-creating Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the fall of 1983 Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Joko Ninomiya (二宮城光 is the founder and director of Enshin Karate. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Brian Engblom (b January 28, 1955 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a former Canadian Professional Ice hockey defenceman John Glover Roberts Jr (born January 27 1955) is the seventeenth and current Chief Justice of the United States. The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the U Alexander Stuart is a British -born Los Angeles -based Novelist and Screenwriter. Koji Ushikubo (born January 27, 1955 in Japan) is a professional Racecar driver Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mimi Rogers (born January 27 1956 is an American movie actress and competitive Poker player Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Janick Robert Gers (pronounced YA-nik Gerz (born January 27, 1957 in Hartlepool, England) is one of three current Guitarists For other uses see Iron maiden. Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American Writer, Artist and Film director best known for his dark Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Grippando (born January 27, 1958) is an American novelist and lawyer Kadri Mälk ( January 27, 1958, Tallinn, Estonia) is a notable Estonian Artist and Jewelry designer. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Keith Olbermann (born January 27 1959 is an American Sportscaster, news anchor, and Political commentator. Bo Göran Hägglund (born January 27, 1959, Degerfors, Värmland) is a Swedish politician and the current leader of the Anthony Cris Collinsworth (born January 27, 1959 in Dayton Ohio) is a former American football player and current Television Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Margo Timmins (born January 27, 1961 in Montreal, Quebec) is the Lead vocalist of the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian Country music and Alternative rock band Geraldine Yuson Bonnevie known as Dina Bonnevie (born January 27 1961 in Quezon City) is an Actress in the Philippines. Gillian Gilbert (born Gillian Lesley Gilbert, 27 January 1961 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England) is a British New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner ( vocals, Guitars Synthesizers, Peter Hook Narciso Rodríguez III (born 27 January 1961) is an American Fashion designer. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an Emmy - and Golden Globe Award -nominated American actress. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965 is a Scottish film and stage Actor, perhaps best known for his supporting roles as Boris Grishenko in the Michael Colin "Mike" Newell (born January 27 1965) is an English football manager and former player Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Vijay Singh Deol ( Punjabi: ਵਿਜੈ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਉਲ Hindi:विजय सिंह देओल Urdu: وِجے سِںہ دِیول Byron Mann ( 文峰) is an actor who has made films in both Hollywood and Asia David "Dave" Manson (born January 27 1967 in Prince Albert Saskatchewan) is a retired former professional Ice hockey player Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patrick Blondeau (born January 27, 1968 in Marseille) is a French former international footballer. Michael Allan Patton (born January 27 1968) is an American singer Songwriter, Composer, multi-instrumentalist and Video Faith No More was an American Alternative metal band that formed in San Francisco, California from 1982 to 1998 Tricky (born Adrian Thaws 27 January, 1968) is an English musician Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cornelius (born Keigo Oyamada (小山田圭吾 January 27 1969 in Setagaya Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese recording artist and producer Flipper's Guitar were a Tokyo -based Japanese pop duo Keigo Oyamada and Kenji Ozawa. Michael Kulas is a Canadian Singer, Songwriter and Music producer who was a member of the British rock band James between James are an English rock band from Manchester. They formed in 1981 and were active throughout the 80s but most successful during the 90s Patton Oswalt (born January 27 1969) is an American Stand-up comedian, voiceover artist and Actor. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It Takes a Thief is a Reality television series that aired on the Discovery Channel from February 1 2005 until April 2007 Emmanuel Pahud (born January 27 1970 is a French - Swiss Flute player Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Fann Woon Fong ( born January 27, 1971) better known by her Stage name Fann Wong, is a Singaporean Actress, Shanghai Knights is a 2003 action - Comedy film. It is the sequel to Shanghai Noon. Jonathan Mortimer Smith (born January 27, 1971) better known by his Stage name Lil Jon, is an American producer, promoter and Patrice Brisebois (born January 27, 1971 in Montreal, Quebec) is a French Canadian professional Ice hockey defenceman Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Guillermo is the Spanish form of the male given name William. Keith Gerard Mallinson Wood (born 27 January 1972 Killaloe County Clare) and educated at St Munchin's College, Limerick is a former international rugby union Mark Anthony Patrick Owen (born 27 January 1972) is an English Singer and Songwriter. Janine Ilitch (born January 27, 1972) is an Australian Netball player Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas, (born 27 January 1974 in Mattumagala) usually known as Chaminda Vaas, is a Sri Lankan Andrei Pavel (born January 27, 1974 in Constanţa) is a Romanian Tennis player who turned professional in 1990. ZP Theart (born January 22 1975 in Clanwilliam South Africa) is the vocalist for British Power metal band DragonForce. DragonForce are a British band formed in 1999 History DragonForce was formed in 1998 from the remnants of the band Demoniac under the name Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clint Ford (born January 27, 1976 in Fort Worth Texas) is an American Actor and Voice-over artist Ahn Jung-Hwan (born January 27 1976 in Paju, Gyeonggi) is a South Korean football player he made world headlines by scoring the winning Ruby Lin ( born 27 January 1976 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese Actress and pop Singer. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Pierre-Luc "Pete" Laforest (born January 27, 1978 in Hull, Quebec) is a Major League Baseball Catcher who Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Luca Vettori (born 27 January 1979, Auckland, New Zealand) but brought up in Hamilton attending Marian School and Rosamund Pike (born 27 January 1979) is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her portrayals of Bond Villainess Mario Fatafehi (born January 27, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Canadian football Defensive tackle for the Hamilton The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Marat Mikhailovich Safin (Марат Мөбин улы Сафин Marat Möbin ulı Safin Мара́т Миха́йлович (Муби́нович Са́фин /mɑ Chanda Gunn (born January 27, 1980 in Huntington Beach California) is an American Ice hockey player Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981 is a former professional Female tennis player from Australia. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Carlo Colaiacovo (koʊleɪɒkoʊvoʊ (born January 27, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian Ice hockey defenceman Gavin Christopher Floyd (born January 27, 1983 in) is a Major League Baseball Starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Davetta Sherwood (born January 27, 1984 in Mount Vernon New York) is an American Actress and Folk rock Singer-songwriter Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Lily Donaldson (born January 27, 1987) is a British Model. She is the daughter of photographer Matthew Donaldson and wife Tiffany Katy Rose (born January 27th, 1987, real name Kathryn Rosemary Bullard) is an American Singer, Songwriter, producer Zuleidy is a Spanish adult pornographic actress who began appearing in adult movies in mid-2006 in Spain. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Kerlon Moura Souza (born January 27, 1988 in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian Year 98 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Marcus Cocceius Nerva was also the name of a Roman emperor NERVA is an acronym for Nuclear Engine for Rocket The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC 35)
• 1490 - Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. Year 35 was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. was the 8th Shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1449 to 1473 during the Muromachi period of Japan. 1435)
• 1629 - Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (b. Hieronymus Praetorius ( August 10, 1560 &ndash January 27, 1629) was a north German composer and organist of the late 1560)
• 1638 - Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist
• 1731 - Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian musical instrument maker (b. Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses (1585? &ndash January 27, 1638) Spanish Novelist, was born at Madrid about 1585 Year 1731 ( MDCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco ( May 4, 1655 - January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments generally regarded 1655)
• 1740 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Louis IV Henri Joseph de Bourbon-Condé prince de Condé ( duc de Bourbon and d'Enghien) ( August 18 1692 &ndash January 27 1740 1692)
• 1814 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (b. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johann Gottlieb Fichte ( May 19, 1762 – January 27, 1814) was a German philosopher 1762)
• 1816 - Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (b. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For other related uses see Admiral Hood Samuel Hood 1st Viscount Hood ( 12 December 1724 &ndash 27 January 1724)
• 1851 - John James Audubon, French-born naturalist and ornithologist (b. Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year John James Audubon ( April 26 1785 – January 27 1851) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter 1789)
• 1857 - Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (b. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Countess later HSH Princess Dorothea von Lieven ( Latvian: Doroteja fon Līvena; Дарья Христофоровна Ливен Daria Khristoforovna 1785)
• 1860 - János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting János Bolyai ( December 15, 1802 – January 27, 1860) was a Hungarian Mathematician, known for his work in Non-Euclidean 1802)
• 1880 - Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Edward Middleton Barry ( 7 June 1830 &ndash 27 January 1880) was an English Architect of the 19th century 1830)
• 1901 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 1813)
• 1910 - Thomas Crapper, English inventor (b. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Thomas P Crapper (baptised 28 September 1836 - 27 January 1910) was a Plumber who founded Thomas Crapper & Co 1836)
• 1919 - Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (b. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Endre Ady (Érmindszent - November 22 1877 Budapest - January 27 1919 was a Hungarian Poet. 1877)
• 1921 - Maurice Vincent Buckley, Australian soldier (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Maurice Vincent Buckley VC, DCM ( 13 April[[ 891]] - 27 January[[ 921]] was an Australian soldier serving under the pseudonym Gerald 1891)
• 1927 - Georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army
• 1927 - Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (Matulewicz), Lithuanian bishop
• 1940 - Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georgios Grivas ( George Grivas; Greek: Γεώργιος Γρίβας) (May 23 1898 - January 27 1974 also known by his nom de guerre Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jurgis Matulaitis (Jerzy Matulaitis-Matulewicz or just Jerzy Matulewicz) was born 13 April 1871 in the village of Lūginė, near Marijampolė, in southwestern Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, Исаак Эммануилович Бабель ( – January 27, 1940) was a Soviet journalist playwright and short story writer who 1894)
• 1942 - Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kaarel Eenpalu (until 1935 named Karl August Einbund) ( May 28, 1888 in Tartu County, Estonia - January 27, 1942 1888)
• 1956 - Erich Kleiber, Argentine conductor (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Erich Kleiber ( August 5, 1890 &ndash January 27, 1956) was an Austrian born conductor. 1890)
• 1967 - Roger Chaffee - Crew of Apollo 1 (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Roger Bruce Chaffee ( February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was a U 1935)
• 1967 - Virgil "Gus" Grissom - Crew of Apollo 1 (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Virgil Ivan Grissom, more widely known as Gus Grissom, ( 3 April 1926 – 27 January 1967) was one of the original NASA 1926)
• 1967 - Edward White - Crew of Apollo 1 (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Higgins White II (LtCol, USAF ( November 14, 1930  &ndash January 27, 1967) was a United States Air Force officer and 1930)
• 1967 - Alphonse Juin, Marshal of France (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alphonse Pierre Juin ( 16 December 1888 &ndash 27 January 1967) was a Marshal of France. The Marshal of France (Maréchal de France and pl Maréchaux de France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a Military rank. 1888)
• 1970 - Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rita Angus ( 12 March 1908 - 27 January 1970) was a New Zealand painter 1908)
• 1971 - Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Colonel Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán ( September 14, 1913 &ndash January 27, 1971) was the President of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954 when The title of President of Guatemala has been the usual title of the leader of Guatemala since 1839 when that title was assumed by Mariano Rivera Paz. 1913)
• 1972 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mahalia Jackson (October 26 1911 In 1929 Jackson met the composer Thomas A 1911)
• 1972 - Richard Courant, German-American mathematician (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Richard Courant (born January 8, 1888 &ndash January 27, 1972) was a German American Mathematician. 1888)
• 1973 - William Nolde, last American combat casualty of Vietnam War (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Colonel William Benedict Nolde ( August 8, 1929 – January 27, 1973) was an officer in the United States Army. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia 1929)
• 1975 - Bill Walsh, American producer and writer (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill Walsh ( September 30, 1913 - January 27, 1975) was a Film producer and Screenwriter who primarily worked on live-action 1913)
• 1979 - Qalander Ba Ba Auliya, Sufi master (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Abdal-e-Haq Husn-e-Ukhra Syed Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya ( Urdu: سید محمد عظیم برخیا) commonly renowned as Qalander Ba Ba 1898)
• 1983 - Louis de Funès, French actor (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (fyˈnɛs ( July 31 1914 &ndash January 27 1983) was a French Actor who 1914)
• 1986 - Lilli Palmer, German-born actress (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Lilli Palmer, born Lillie Marie Peiser, ( May 24, 1914 – January 27, 1986) was a Golden Globe nominated German actress 1914)
• 1988 - Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian author (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Massa Makan Diabaté ( 1938 - January 27, 1988) was a Malian historian, Author, and Playwright. 1938)
• 1989 - Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS ( January 18 1888 &ndash January 27 1989) was an English 1888)
• 1989 - Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Bayani Casimiro ( July 16, 1918 &ndash January 27, 1989) was a Filipino dancer who was among the leading stars of Bodabil 1918)
• 1993 - André the Giant, French professional wrestler and actor (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) André René Roussimoff (May 19 1946 &ndash January 27 1993 best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and Actor 1946)
• 1994 - Claude Akins, American actor (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Claude Marion Akins ( May 25, 1926 — January 27, 1994) was an American actor 1918)
• 1996 - Ralph Yarborough, American politician (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Ralph Webster Yarborough ( June 08, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the 1903)
• 1997 - Gerald Marks, American songwriter (All of Me) (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Gerald Marks ( October 13, 1900 - January 27, 1997) was an American composer most well known for the song ''All of Me'' which he co-wrote " All Of Me " is a Popular song and Jazz standard written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons in 1931 1900)
• 2000 - Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Friedrich Gulda ( 16 May 1930 - 27 January 2000) was an Austrian Pianist who performed in both the classical and jazz fields 1930)
• 2001 - Stavros Damianides, Greek musician (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Stavros Damianides ( 17 September 1941 – 27 January 2001) was a Musician ( soloist) 1941)
• 2003 - Henryk Jabłoński, President of Poland (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Henryk Jabłoński ( 27 December 1909 - 27 January[[ 003]] was a Polish Socialist, after 1948 Communist politician historian The President of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, shorter form Prezydent RP) is the Polish Head of 1909)
• 2003 - Louis Archambault, Quebec sculptor (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Louis Archambault ( April 4, 1915 &ndash January 27, 2003) was a Quebec sculptor and was one of Quebec and Canada's 1915)
• 2004 - Jack Paar, American television show host (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Jack Harold Paar ( May 1, 1918 &ndash January 27, 2004) was an American Radio and Television talk show host 1918)
• 2004 - Salvador Laurel, Vice President of the Philippines (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1928)
• 2006 - Johannes Rau, 8th President of Germany (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Johannes Rau ( January 16, 1931 &ndash January 27, 2006) was a German Politician of the SPD. The President of Germany (deutscher Bundespräsident is Germany 's Head of state. 1931)
• 2006 - Gene McFadden, American singer and songwriter (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gene McFadden (July 2 1948 – January 27 2006 was an American Singer, Songwriter, and Record producer. 1948)
• 2006 - Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (disappeared) (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean-Christophe Lafaille ( 31 March 1965 – 27 January 2006) was a French Mountaineer noted for a number of difficult 1965)
• 2007 - Tige Andrews, American actor (b. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Tige Andrews ( March 19, 1920 - January 27, 2007) was a Syrian American Character actor. 1920)
• 2007 - Yang Chuan-kwang, Taiwanese athlete (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Yang Chuan-kwang, or CK Yang ( (born 10 July 1933 in Taitung, Taiwan &ndash died January 27, 2007 in 1933)
• 2008 - Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Gordon Bitner Hinckley ( June 23 1910 – January 27 2008) was an American religious leader who served as the fifteenth president The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known 1910)
• 2008 - Suharto, President of Indonesia (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Suharto, also spelled Soeharto (June 8 1921 &ndash January 27 2008 was an Indonesian military leader and the second President of Indonesia, holding The President of the Republic of Indonesia ( Presiden Republik Indonesia) is the Head of State as well as the Head of the Government of the Republic 1921)
• 2008 - Louie Welch, mayor of Houston (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Louie Welch ( December 9 1918 - January 27, 2008) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Houston, Texas 1918)

Holidays and observances

• UN — International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• United Kingdom — Holocaust Memorial Day. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security International Commemoration Day in Memory of the victims of the Holocaust The International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27 is the first universal commemoration in memory The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Holocaust Memorial Day ( 27 January) is a national event in the United Kingdom dedicated to the remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust.
• Germany — Gedenktag für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus (Commemoration Day for the Victims of National Socialism). Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German
• Poland — Dzień Pamięci Ofiar Nazizmu (Memorial Day for the Victims of Nazism). Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German
• Italy — Giorno della Memoria (Memorial Day). Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• Catholicism — Catholic Schools Week. As a Christian Ecclesiastical term Catholic —from the Greek adjective, meaning "general" or "universal"—is described
• Serbia — St. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Sava Day.
• Denmark — Auschwitzdag (Auschwitz Day; commemoration day for the victims of the Holocaust and other genocide). The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe "Auschwitz" redirects here For the town see Oświęcim Auschwitz-Birkenau () was the largest of Nazi Germany The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as
• Monaco, day of Saint Devota, patron saint
• January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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