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  • Gardens of Sallust, Rome, Italy, Roman Empire
    Monday Jan 27, 98
    Roman Empire

    Nerva died

    Gardens of Sallust, Rome, Italy, Roman Empire
    Monday Jan 27, 98

    After barely fifteen months in office, Nerva died of natural causes on 27 January 98. Upon his death, he was succeeded and deified by Trajan.




  • No. 9 Getreidegasse, Salzburg, Austria
    Tuesday Jan 27, 1756
    Mozart

    Mozart's birth

    No. 9 Getreidegasse, Salzburg, Austria
    Tuesday Jan 27, 1756

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on 27 January 1756 to Leopold Mozart (1719–1787) and Anna Maria, née Pertl (1720–1778), at Getreidegasse 9 in Salzburg.




  • Düsseldorf, Germany
    Wednesday Jan 27, 1932
    Adolf Hitler

    Industry Club speech

    Düsseldorf, Germany
    Wednesday Jan 27, 1932

    A speech to the Industry Club in Düsseldorf on 27 January 1932 won him support from many of Germany's most powerful industrialists. Hindenburg had support from various nationalist, monarchist, Catholic, and republican parties, and some Social Democrats. Hitler used the campaign slogan "Hitler über Deutschland" ("Hitler over Germany"), a reference to his political ambitions and his campaigning by aircraft.




  • Leningrad, U.S.S.R. (Present Day Saint Petersburg, Russia)
    Thursday Jan 27, 1944
    World War II

    Siege of Leningrad ended

    Leningrad, U.S.S.R. (Present Day Saint Petersburg, Russia)
    Thursday Jan 27, 1944

    On 27 January 1944, Soviet troops launched a major offensive that expelled German forces from the Leningrad region, thereby ending the most lethal siege in history. The siege began on the 8 September 1941, when the Wehrmacht severed the last road to the city. Although Soviet forces managed to open a narrow land corridor to the city on 18 January 1943, the Red Army did not lift the siege until 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began.




  • Poland
    Saturday Jan 27, 1945
    The Holocaust

    Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviets

    Poland
    Saturday Jan 27, 1945

    On 17 January 1945, 58,000 Auschwitz inmates were sent on a death march westwards; when the camp was liberated by the Soviets on 27 January, they found just 7,000 inmates in the three main camps and 500 in subcamps.




  • Germany
    Saturday Jan 27, 1945
    Joseph Goebbels

    Goebbels and his wife discussed suicide

    Germany
    Saturday Jan 27, 1945

    He and Magda may have discussed suicide and the fate of their young children in a long meeting on the night of 27 January.




  • Cyprus
    Monday Jan 27, 1958
    Cypriot intercommunal violence

    British soldiers opened fire against a crowd of Turkish Cypriot rioters

    Cyprus
    Monday Jan 27, 1958

    On 27 January 1958 British soldiers opened fire against a crowd of Turkish Cypriot rioters. The events continued until the next day.


  • Nicosia, Cyprus
    Monday Jan 27, 1958
    Cypriot intercommunal violence

    Turkish Cypriot response to this plan was a series of anti-British demonstrations in Nicosia

    Nicosia, Cyprus
    Monday Jan 27, 1958

    The Turkish Cypriot response to this plan was a series of anti-British demonstrations in Nicosia on 27 and 28 January 1958 rejecting the proposed plan because the plan did not include partition. The British then withdrew the plan.


  • Cuba
    Tuesday Jan 27, 1959
    Che Guevara

    Significant Speeches

    Cuba
    Tuesday Jan 27, 1959

    Along with ensuring "revolutionary justice", the other key early platform of Guevara was establishing agrarian land reform. Almost immediately after the success of the revolution, on January 27, 1959, Guevara made one of his most significant speeches where he talked about "the social ideas of the rebel army".


  • Washington D.C., London and Moscow
    Friday Jan 27, 1967
    Neil Armstrong

    The Signing of the United Nations Outer Space Treaty, and The Apollo 1 Fire

    Washington D.C., London and Moscow
    Friday Jan 27, 1967

    On January 27, 1967, the day of the Apollo 1 fire, Armstrong was in Washington, DC with Cooper, Gordon, Lovell, and Scott Carpenter for the signing of the United Nations Outer Space Treaty. The astronauts chatted with the assembled dignitaries until 18:45, when Carpenter went to the airport, and the others returned to the Georgetown Inn, where they each found messages to phone the Manned Spacecraft Center. During these calls, they learned of the deaths of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee in the fire. Armstrong and the group spent the rest of the night drinking scotch and discussing what had happened.


  • Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 27, 1973
    Vietnam War

    Paris Peace Accords

    Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 27, 1973

    On 15 January 1973, all U.S. combat activities were suspended. Lê Đức Thọ and Henry Kissinger, along with the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG, the Viet Cong's government) Foreign Minister Nguyễn Thị Bình and a reluctant President Thiệu, signed the Paris Peace Accords on 27 January 1973.


  • Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 27, 1999
    Impeachment of Bill Clinton

    The Senate voted in Public Session

    Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 27, 1999

    On January 27, the Senate voted on both motions in public session; the motion to dismiss failed on a nearly party line vote of 56–44, while the motion to depose witnesses passed by the same margin.


  • California, United States
    Saturday Jan 27, 2007
    Angelina Jolie

    Mother's Death

    California, United States
    Saturday Jan 27, 2007

    On 27 January 2007, Bertrand, Jolie's mother, died from ovarian cancer. This unfortunate occasion rebuilt the relation between Jolie and her brother with her father, before going public with their reconciliation three years later.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 27, 2010
    Apple Inc.

    iPad

    U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 27, 2010

    After years of speculation and multiple rumored "leaks", Apple unveiled a large screen, tablet-like media device known as the iPad on January 27, 2010.


  • California, U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 27, 2010
    Java (programming language)

    Oracle

    California, U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 27, 2010

    On 27 January 2010, Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, becoming the owner of the official implementation of the Java SE platform.


  • Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Thursday Jan 27, 2011
    Muhammad Yunus

    Yunus appeared In Court In a Food-adulteration Case

    Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Thursday Jan 27, 2011

    On 27 January 2011, Yunus appeared in court in a food-adulteration case filed by the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Food Safety Court, accusing him of producing an "adulterated" yogurt whose fat content was below the legal minimum. According to Yunus's lawyer, the allegations are "false and baseless". At the request of Yunus's lawyers, pointing procedural irregularities and errors, this case is now considered by the High Court.


  • Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 27, 2013
    Dwayne Johnson

    Royal Rumble (2013)

    Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 27, 2013

    On January 27, at Royal Rumble, CM Punk would seemingly defeat The Rock after the arena lights went out and someone attacked The Rock. Vince McMahon then came out and was about to strip Punk of the championship, however, at The Rock's request, he instead restarted the match. This culminated in The Rock defeating Punk to win his eighth WWE Championship.


  • Ottawa, Canada
    Monday Jan 27, 2014
    Justin Trudeau

    The House of Commons

    Ottawa, Canada
    Monday Jan 27, 2014

    On January 27, 2014, Trudeau and MP Carolyn Bennett escorted Chrystia Freeland into the House of Commons, as is traditional for by-election victors.


  • U.S.
    Friday Jan 27, 2017
    Donald Trump

    Trump signed Executive Order 13769

    U.S.
    Friday Jan 27, 2017

    On January 27, 2017, Trump signed Executive Order 13769, which suspended admission of refugees for 120 days and denied entry to citizens of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen for 90 days, citing security concerns. The order was imposed without warning and took effect immediately. Confusion and protests caused chaos at airports.


  • Älmhult, Småland, Sweden
    Saturday Jan 27, 2018
    IKEA

    Founder's Death

    Älmhult, Småland, Sweden
    Saturday Jan 27, 2018

    Founder Ingvar Kamprad died on 27 January 2018.


  • Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
    Monday Jan 27, 2020
    Atari, Inc.

    Atari Hotels

    Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
    Monday Jan 27, 2020

    On January 27, 2020, Atari announced a deal with GSD Group to build Atari Hotels, with the first breaking ground in Phoenix in mid-2020. Additional hotels were also planned in Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco, and San Jose. The company plans to make the hotel experience immersive while catering to all ages, including the use of virtual and augmented reality technologies.


  • USA
    Monday Jan 27, 2020
    Frank Fritz

    Sued for negligence

    USA
    Monday Jan 27, 2020

    Diann sued Frank for negligence on January 27, 2020.


  • Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
    Monday Jan 27, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    CDC updated travel guidance

    Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
    Monday Jan 27, 2020

    On 27 January 2020, the United States CDC issued updated travel guidance for China, recommending that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to all of the country. The CDC has directed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to check individuals for symptoms of the coronavirus.


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