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Events on the 27th of September in history

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27 Sep 0070 Walls of upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Romans
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27 Sep 1066 William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the River Somme, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
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27 Sep 1290 Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000
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27 Sep 1312 Duke John II of Brabant ends Charter of Kortenberg
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27 Sep 1331 The Battle of Płowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought.
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27 Sep 1422 After the brief Gollub War the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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27 Sep 1509 Storm ravages Flemish / Dutch / Friese coast, 1000s killed
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27 Sep 1529 The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
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27 Sep 1540 Pope Paul III recognizes Society of Jesus / Order of the Jesuits
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27 Sep 1540 The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
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27 Sep 1540 Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola
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27 Sep 1590 Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
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27 Sep 1605 The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
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27 Sep 1669 The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia.
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27 Sep 1694 Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 British ships sink and 3,000 die
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27 Sep 1777 English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia
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27 Sep 1777 Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
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27 Sep 1777 Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by the British
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27 Sep 1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain
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27 Sep 1787 Constitution submitted to the states for ratification
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27 Sep 1821 Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
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27 Sep 1821 Mexican Empire declares its independence
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27 Sep 1821 Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw
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27 Sep 1822 Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
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27 Sep 1825 Railroad transportation is born with 1st track (Stockton-Darlington)
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27 Sep 1825 The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened.
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27 Sep 1825 Railroad transportation is born with 1st track in England
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27 Sep 1830 Dutch army leaves Brussels, after 100s killed
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27 Sep 1833 Charles Darwin rides horse to Santa Fe
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27 Sep 1834 Charles Darwin returns to Valparaiso
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27 Sep 1854 Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board
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27 Sep 1854 The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
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27 Sep 1854 Steamship Arctic sank with 300 people aboard
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27 Sep 1863 Jo Shelby's calvery in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas
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27 Sep 1864 Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed / injured
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27 Sep 1864 Centralia Massacre (Missouri): "Bloody Bill" Anderson / Frank
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27 Sep 1875 The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool; the United States Congress subsequently awards 27 gold Lifesaving Medals to the lifeboat men who went to rescue her crew.
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27 Sep 1877 John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti
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27 Sep 1881 Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12
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27 Sep 1892 Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company
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27 Sep 1894 Aqueduct racetrack opens in New York
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27 Sep 1900 Victory Theater (Republic, Belasco) opens at 207 W 42nd St, New York City
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27 Sep 1903 Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.
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27 Sep 1905 The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
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27 Sep 1905 1st published blues composition goes on sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues
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27 Sep 1905 Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chic White Sox, 2-0
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27 Sep 1908 The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
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27 Sep 1909 29th US Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61)
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27 Sep 1910 1st test flight of a twin-engined airplance (France)
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27 Sep 1912 W C Handy publishes "Memphis Blues" 1st Blues Song, 1912
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27 Sep 1914 Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit
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27 Sep 1916 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians
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27 Sep 1916 Emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees
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27 Sep 1916 Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu I.
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27 Sep 1917 Broadhurst Theater opens at 235 W 44th St, New York City
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27 Sep 1917 EHC soccer team forms in Hoensbroek Neth
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27 Sep 1919 British troops withdraw from Archangelsk
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27 Sep 1919 Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members
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27 Sep 1919 Democratic National Committee votes to admit women
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27 Sep 1919 Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs
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27 Sep 1921 Yanks beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds
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27 Sep 1922 King Constantine I of Greece abdicates
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27 Sep 1922 King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II.
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27 Sep 1923 Italian troops leave occupied Korfu
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27 Sep 1923 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs
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27 Sep 1923 Lou Gehrig's 1st homer
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27 Sep 1924 Giants clinch their 4th straight pennant, beating Phils 5-1
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27 Sep 1928 The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
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27 Sep 1928 US recognizes Nationalist Chinese government
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27 Sep 1930 34th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
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27 Sep 1930 Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur.
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27 Sep 1930 Bobby Jones completes the Grand Slam of Golf
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27 Sep 1930 White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle the ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns
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27 Sep 1931 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
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27 Sep 1931 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game
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27 Sep 1935 Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game and clinch NL pennant
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27 Sep 1936 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game
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27 Sep 1936 Franco troops conquer Toledo
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27 Sep 1936 Netherlands leave Gold Standard / devaluate guilder
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27 Sep 1937 1st Santa Claus Training School opens (Albion NY)
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27 Sep 1937 Balinese Tiger declared extinct.
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27 Sep 1938 British ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth, " launches at Clydebank Scotland
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27 Sep 1938 Jewish lawyers forbidden to practice in Germany
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27 Sep 1938 League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China
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27 Sep 1938 Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
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27 Sep 1939 White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleve, 5-2 and 7-5
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27 Sep 1939 Warsaw, Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance
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27 Sep 1940 55 German aircrafts shot down above England
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27 Sep 1940 Nazi-Germany, Italy and Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis)
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27 Sep 1940 World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
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27 Sep 1940 Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
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27 Sep 1940 Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller
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27 Sep 1941 The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
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27 Sep 1941 1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched
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27 Sep 1942 Heavy German assault in Stalingrad
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27 Sep 1942 New York Giants beat Washington Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down
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27 Sep 1942 Reinhard Heydrich, "butcher of Prague, " appointed SS-General
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27 Sep 1942 Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
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27 Sep 1942 St Louis Cards win NL pennant on last day of the season
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27 Sep 1943 Anti-fascism opposition begins in Naples
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27 Sep 1943 Dutch opposition newspaper "The Slogan" publishes KZ-Lower letter
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27 Sep 1944 Helmond and Oss, Netherlands liberated
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27 Sep 1944 The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
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27 Sep 1946 King George II of Greece returns from exile
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27 Sep 1947 "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 288 performances
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27 Sep 1948 "Carib Song" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 36 performances
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27 Sep 1949 The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
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27 Sep 1950 Dr Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize
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27 Sep 1950 Ezzard Charles beats Joe Louis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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27 Sep 1950 Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in New York City
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27 Sep 1950 Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis
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27 Sep 1951 Persian troops occupies oil refinery at Abadan
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27 Sep 1953 KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, MO (CBS) begins
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27 Sep 1953 KNOE TV channel 8 in Monroe-West Monroe, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1953 KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1953 KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1953 WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1953 WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, Georgia (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1953 WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1953 Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal
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27 Sep 1953 Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan
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27 Sep 1954 1st African American Supreme Court page is CV Bush
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27 Sep 1954 School integration begins in Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland public schools
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27 Sep 1954 The nationwide debut of Tonight Starring Steve Allen (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
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27 Sep 1954 Steve Allen's "Tonight Show" premiers
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27 Sep 1956 USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
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27 Sep 1957 Giants rent Seals Stadium until Candlestick is built
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27 Sep 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open
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27 Sep 1959 Braves and Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)
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27 Sep 1959 Nearly 5,000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.
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27 Sep 1959 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his US visit
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27 Sep 1959 Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000
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27 Sep 1961 Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269
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27 Sep 1961 Sierra Leone joins the United Nations.
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27 Sep 1961 Sierre Leone becomes the 100th member of the UN
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27 Sep 1962 Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen
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27 Sep 1962 The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
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27 Sep 1962 US sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
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27 Sep 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cubans consulate in Mexico
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27 Sep 1963 At 10:59 AM the census clock, records US population at 190,000,000
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27 Sep 1964 Despite 3 HRs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
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27 Sep 1964 The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
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27 Sep 1964 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place
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27 Sep 1964 Warren Commission released, finding Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
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27 Sep 1967 Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year
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27 Sep 1968 "Hair" opens in London
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27 Sep 1968 France refuses UK entry into common market
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27 Sep 1968 The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973.
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27 Sep 1968 Cardinal's super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of the year
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27 Sep 1970 Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error
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27 Sep 1972 1st game at Nassau Coliseum, Rangers beat Islanders 6-4 (exhibition)
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27 Sep 1973 Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season
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27 Sep 1973 Nolan Ryan strikesout his 383rd batter of the year
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27 Sep 1973 Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days)
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27 Sep 1975 Government De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador from Spain
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27 Sep 1977 A U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes into a residential neighborhood in Yokohama, Japan, killing two children on the ground and injuring seven other people.
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27 Sep 1977 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
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27 Sep 1979 Elton John, sick with flu, collapse on Hollywood Universal Ampitheater
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27 Sep 1979 The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
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27 Sep 1979 Congress' final approval to create Dept of Education
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27 Sep 1980 WHOT (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM and 92.5 FM
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27 Sep 1981 "Day in Hollywood, A Night.., " closes at John Golden New York after 588 performances
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27 Sep 1982 Cards clinching NL East title
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27 Sep 1982 Filming begins on "Never Say Never Again"
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27 Sep 1982 Jan Wolkers awarded but refuses Constantine Huygens-prize
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27 Sep 1982 John Palmer becomes news anchor of the Today Show
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27 Sep 1983 Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 and drive in 70 runs
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27 Sep 1983 Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
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27 Sep 1985 Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits the Atlantic coast
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27 Sep 1986 Senate joins House of Reps voting for sweeping tax reforms
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27 Sep 1987 27th Ryder Cup: Europe beats US, 15-13 at Muirfield Village Golf Club - Ohio
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27 Sep 1987 Jan Stephens wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
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27 Sep 1987 Phil Niekro final appearance and is pounded for 5 runs in 3 innings
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27 Sep 1987 NFL players' strike
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27 Sep 1988 National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
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27 Sep 1988 Grand jury evidence shows Tawana Brawley fabricated rape story
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27 Sep 1988 Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth
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27 Sep 1988 Senate votes for major federal tax code changes
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27 Sep 1989 Oakland wins AL West and SF wins NL West title
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27 Sep 1989 Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
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27 Sep 1990 Dee Dee Ramone arrested on marijuana possession
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27 Sep 1990 Gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley, California
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27 Sep 1990 Deposed emir of Kuwait address the UN General Assembly
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27 Sep 1990 Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court nomination
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27 Sep 1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
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27 Sep 1991 "Princesses" premieres on CBS TV
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27 Sep 1991 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Florida, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs. Boston Bruins)
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27 Sep 1991 President Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert
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27 Sep 1991 "Princesses" premiers on CBS TV
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27 Sep 1992 ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx halts sacrifice of 42 animals
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27 Sep 1992 LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
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27 Sep 1992 Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163
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27 Sep 1992 Nancy Scranton wins Los Coyotes LPGA Golf Classic
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27 Sep 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
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27 Sep 1993 Actor Daniel Day Lewis pleads guilty to speeding charges
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27 Sep 1993 The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
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27 Sep 1996 Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck
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27 Sep 1996 In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
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27 Sep 1996 The Julie N. tanker ship crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
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27 Sep 1997 Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
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27 Sep 1998 Core States Betsy King Golf Classic
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27 Sep 1998 The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday.
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27 Sep 2000 The first Olympic Gold Medal ever for Tae Kwon Do was won by Greek athlete Michalis Mouroutsos in men's -58 kg division in Sydney.
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27 Sep 2001 Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
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27 Sep 2002 Timor-Leste joins the United Nations.
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27 Sep 2003 Smart 1 satellite is launched.
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27 Sep 2005 After 162 episodes, Tom and Jerry airs its final episode titled, The Karate Guard.
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27 Sep 2007 NASA launches the Dawn probe.
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27 Sep 2008 CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
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27 Sep 2012 A mass shooting takes place at Accent Signage Systems, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing 6 people, including the gunman who committed suicide, and wounding 2 others.
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