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Events on the 27th of January in history

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27 Jan 1998 Trajan succeeded his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire would reach its maximum extent.
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27 Jan 0661 The Rashidun Caliphate ends with the death of Ali.
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27 Jan 0672 St Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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27 Jan 0847 Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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27 Jan 1142 Song dynasty General Yue Fei is executed.
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27 Jan 1186 Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily.
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27 Jan 1302 Dante Alighieri, the poet and politician is exiled from Florence, Italy, where he served as one of six priors governing the city.
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27 Jan 1302 Dante becomes a Florentine political exile
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27 Jan 1343 Pope Clement VI issues the papal bull Unigenitus to justify the power of the pope and the use of indulgences. Nearly 200 years later, Martin Luther would protest this.
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27 Jan 1538 States of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy
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27 Jan 1556 Willem of Orange becomes knight of Guilder Flies
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27 Jan 1593 The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno.
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27 Jan 1593 Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno
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27 Jan 1606 Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
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27 Jan 1662 1st American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI)
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27 Jan 1671 Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City
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27 Jan 1695 Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
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27 Jan 1710 Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget
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27 Jan 1736 Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland
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27 Jan 1776 American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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27 Jan 1778 Piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres, Paris
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27 Jan 1785 1st US state university chartered - Athens, Georgia
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27 Jan 1785 The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
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27 Jan 1823 President Monroe appoints 1st US ambassadors to South America
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27 Jan 1825 The 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".
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27 Jan 1864 Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford VA
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27 Jan 1864 Battle of Fair Gardens, Tennessee
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27 Jan 1868 Boshin War: The Battle of Toba–Fushimi between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions begins, which will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
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27 Jan 1869 Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
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27 Jan 1870 1st sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana)
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27 Jan 1870 Manitoba & Northwest Territories incorporated
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27 Jan 1870 After accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is readmitted to Union
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27 Jan 1880 Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.
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27 Jan 1880 Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
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27 Jan 1886 1st British government of Salisbury resigns
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27 Jan 1888 The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
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27 Jan 1888 National Geographic Society organizes (Washington DC)
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27 Jan 1891 Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
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27 Jan 1894 1st college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11
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27 Jan 1894 Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park
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27 Jan 1896 Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory
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27 Jan 1897 British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)
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27 Jan 1900 Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds 1st convention
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27 Jan 1902 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City NY)
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27 Jan 1905 Maurice Rouvier forms government in France
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27 Jan 1906 Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 seconds
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27 Jan 1908 Pasipha
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27 Jan 1909 The Young Left is founded in Norway.
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27 Jan 1915 US Marines occupy Haiti
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27 Jan 1916 Communist party "Spartacus Letters" 1st published in Berlin
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27 Jan 1917 Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9 53) (record)
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27 Jan 1918 "Tarzan of the Apes, " 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater
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27 Jan 1924 Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier
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27 Jan 1924 Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square
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27 Jan 1926 1st public demonstration of television, John L Baird, London
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27 Jan 1926 US Senate agrees to join World Court
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27 Jan 1927 Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
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27 Jan 1927 Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game
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27 Jan 1933 Otto Meisnner dines with British ambassador Rumbold
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27 Jan 1934 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61)
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27 Jan 1934 French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair)
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27 Jan 1934 VARA refuses to hire after commemoration of Marinus Van de Lubbe
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27 Jan 1939 First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
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27 Jan 1940 -17
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27 Jan 1941 Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreib
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27 Jan 1942 -19
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27 Jan 1943 World War II: The VIII Bomber Command dispatched ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-Boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany of the war.
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27 Jan 1943 1st US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)
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27 Jan 1944 World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
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27 Jan 1944 Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, & Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves
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27 Jan 1944 Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed
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27 Jan 1945 Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance, " arrested
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27 Jan 1945 World War II: The Red Army liberates the remained inmates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp built by the Nazi Germans on the territory of Poland.
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27 Jan 1945 Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)
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27 Jan 1945 Russia liberates Auschwitz & Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland)
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27 Jan 1945 S Romberg, H&D Fields' musical premieres in New York City NY
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27 Jan 1945 Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance", arrested
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27 Jan 1948 1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates
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27 Jan 1948 1st tape recorder sold
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27 Jan 1949 Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China
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27 Jan 1950 2nd Emmy Awards Ed Wynn Show & Texaco Star Theater win
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27 Jan 1951 "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances
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27 Jan 1951 Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat.
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27 Jan 1951 "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City NY after 320 performances
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27 Jan 1951 US begins 126 nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site
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27 Jan 1953 Netherlands end Marshall aid
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27 Jan 1955 "Plain & Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 476 performances
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27 Jan 1955 "Plain & Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City NY for 476 performances
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27 Jan 1956 NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium
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27 Jan 1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
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27 Jan 1958 Ferenc M
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27 Jan 1961 "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV
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27 Jan 1961 Soviet submarine S-80 sinks with all hands lost.
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27 Jan 1962 "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances
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27 Jan 1962 "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City NY for 65 performances
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27 Jan 1963 Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 seconds
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27 Jan 1963 Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, & John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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27 Jan 1964 "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US
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27 Jan 1964 Margaret Chase Smith (Senator-R-ME) tries for Republican Presidential bid
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27 Jan 1964 Barlow & Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval
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27 Jan 1965 Ground breaking for "Dragon Gateway" at Grant Avenue
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27 Jan 1965 1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite
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27 Jan 1966 Wisconsin State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or National League must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966
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27 Jan 1967 The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
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27 Jan 1967 Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
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27 Jan 1967 Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White & Chaffee
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27 Jan 1967 Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records
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27 Jan 1967 New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player (Paige Cothren-kicker)
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27 Jan 1967 Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed
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27 Jan 1968 "Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 31 performances
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27 Jan 1968 "Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater New York City NY for 31 performances
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27 Jan 1969 Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack (she dies February 5th)
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27 Jan 1969 14 spies hung in Baghdad
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27 Jan 1969 9 Jews publicly executed in Damascus Syria
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27 Jan 1969 Noordiers vicar Ian Paisley sentenced to 3 years
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27 Jan 1970 Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG"
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27 Jan 1970 Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG"
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27 Jan 1971 Montgomery St Station, last link in BART, `holed thru'
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27 Jan 1973 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
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27 Jan 1973 The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
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27 Jan 1973 UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record)
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27 Jan 1973 US & Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest US war & military draft
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27 Jan 1973 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn (her 5th consecutive win)
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27 Jan 1973 US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
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27 Jan 1973 William Rogers & Nguyen Duy Trinh sign US-N Vietnam treaty
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27 Jan 1974 "Lorelei" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 320 performances
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27 Jan 1974 The Brisbane River breaches its banks causing the largest flood to affect the city of Brisbane in the 20th century.
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27 Jan 1974 "Lorelei" opens at Palace Theater New York City NY for 320 performances
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27 Jan 1976 "Laverne & Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV
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27 Jan 1976 "Laverne & Shirley" spin-off from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV
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27 Jan 1976 9th ABA All-Star Game Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver
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27 Jan 1976 Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara
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27 Jan 1976 Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia
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27 Jan 1977 1st broadcast of "Roots" mini-series on ABC TV
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27 Jan 1977 President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000)
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27 Jan 1979 Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8)
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27 Jan 1979 36th Golden Globes Midnight Express, Jon Voight & Jane Fonda
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27 Jan 1980 Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
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27 Jan 1980 "Comin' Uptown" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY after 45 performances
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27 Jan 1980 10th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 37-27
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27 Jan 1982 "Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat" opens at Royale NYC for 747 performances
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27 Jan 1982 "Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat" opens at Royale New York City NY for 747 performances
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27 Jan 1982 Mauno Koivisto installed as President of Finland
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27 Jan 1982 Philadelphia trades Larry Bowa & Ryne Sandberg to Cubs for Ivan DeJesus
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27 Jan 1982 Roberto S Cordova installed as President of Honduras
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27 Jan 1982 West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup
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27 Jan 1983 The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
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27 Jan 1983 World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaid
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27 Jan 1984 John andYoko release "Milk andHoney" album
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27 Jan 1984 Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium.
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27 Jan 1984 John & Yoko release "Milk & Honey" album
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27 Jan 1984 Los Angeles Kings end Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record 51-game scoring streak
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27 Jan 1984 Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial
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27 Jan 1985 "Doug Henning & His World..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York after 60 performances
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27 Jan 1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth
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27 Jan 1985 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
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27 Jan 1985 Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25)
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27 Jan 1985 NFL Pro Bowl AFC beats NFC 22-14
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27 Jan 1986 13th American Music Award Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis & Crystal Gayle
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27 Jan 1987 Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team
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27 Jan 1988 Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to US Supreme Court
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27 Jan 1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
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27 Jan 1989 Oklahoma's linebacker, Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Oklahoma grad student
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27 Jan 1989 German war criminals Fischer & Austrian der F
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27 Jan 1990 Dissolution of Polish communist party
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27 Jan 1990 64th Australian Open Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats Mary Jo Fernandez (63 64)
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27 Jan 1991 79th Australian Open Men's Tennis Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (16 64 64 64)
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27 Jan 1991 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, disbands
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27 Jan 1991 Nadine Strossen is 1st female president of the ACLU
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27 Jan 1991 Super Bowl XXV New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19 in Tampa; Super Bowl MVP Ottis Anderson, New York Giants, Running Back
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27 Jan 1992 "Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 7 performances
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27 Jan 1992 Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)
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27 Jan 1992 "Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City NY for 7 performances
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27 Jan 1992 19th American Music Award C & C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win
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27 Jan 1992 Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee
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27 Jan 1992 Presidential candidate Bill Clinton (D) & Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair
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27 Jan 1993 American-born sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō becomes the first foreigner to be promoted to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna.
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27 Jan 1993 DC-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12
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27 Jan 1994 "No Man's Land" opens at Criterion Theater New York City NY for 61 performances
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27 Jan 1994 Carlos Reina succeeds President Callejas in Honduras
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27 Jan 1994 Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites
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27 Jan 1995 69th Australian Open Women's Tennis Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62)
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27 Jan 1996 Monica Seles beats Anke Huber to win Australian Open
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27 Jan 1996 Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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27 Jan 1996 In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
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27 Jan 1996 15 day old siamese twins separated-Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies
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27 Jan 1996 70th Australian Open Women's Tennis Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61)
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27 Jan 1996 Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st New York female Episcopal bishop
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27 Jan 1996 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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27 Jan 1996 Germany celebrates its 1st Holocaust Remembrance Day
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27 Jan 1996 Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303* for Guyana vs Jamaica at Kingston
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27 Jan 1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, " opens at Gershwin, New York City
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27 Jan 1997 24th American Music Award Toni Braxton & Alanis Morissette win
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27 Jan 1998 Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (New York City NY) Tram, injuring 10
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27 Jan 1998 Roland Clarkson discovers 2^3021377-1 (37th known Mersenne prime)
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27 Jan 1998 WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics & Detroit Shock
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27 Jan 2002 An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
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27 Jan 2003 The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
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27 Jan 2006 Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services.
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27 Jan 2010 The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.
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27 Jan 2011 Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a.
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27 Jan 2013 Two hundred forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the city of Santa Maria, Brazil.
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