January 27

Events

 * - becomes  after the death of.
 * - ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
 * - ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
 * - Wrongful execution of noted General.
 * -, the son and heir of the , weds.
 * - issues the Bull .
 * -, as a first state in Europe, outlaw
 * - opens 7 year trial against scholar.
 * - : The trial of and other conspirators begins, and ending in their execution on.
 * - The first company in the  went into service.
 * - becomes the Ottoman  in  on the death of . Mustafa rules until his death in.
 * - The is founded, the first public university in the United States.
 * - approves  (in what is present-day ), clearing the way for forced relocation of the  on the "."
 * - The first college, , is formed at.
 * - files a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
 * - In, the is founded.
 * - The is founded in.
 * - occupy.
 * - The first hostilities occurred in the, beginning the war.
 * - makes the first  broadcast.
 * 1939  - First flight of the.
 * - : Fighting at Derna, Libya, begins. Following the capture of, two brigades of the under   pursue the  westwards and encounters an  rear guard at.
 * - : The is believed to have sunk the German U/Boat  near.
 * - World War II: Fifty bombers mount the first entirely  against, targeting.
 * - World War II: The two-year is lifted.
 * - World War II: The arrives at the  in.
 * 1945  - World War II: Lt.Col. Mucci comades Army Rangers to liberate the prisoners of the Cabanatuan POW camp.
 * - ing at the begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on.
 * - : - s,  and  are killed in a fire during a test of the spacecraft at the.
 * 1967  - More than sixty nations sign the  banning s in space.
 * - officially end the, Colonel  falls, becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
 * - Record company sacks the controversial   group the.
 * - Pilot shaft of (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of  and  breaks through.
 * - beats his own indoor world  record by 9¼ inches (23.5 centimeters) with a 28-foot, 10¼-inch (8.795-meter) jump.
 * - Colonel deposes the first democratically elected president of, , in a military coup.
 * 1996  -  first observes.
 * - It is revealed that s have nearly 2,000 pieces of art that were stolen by.
 * -  appears on , calling the attacks against her husband part of a.
 * - Ten members of the men's basketball team and support staff die in a plane crash in.
 * - Several explosions at a military dump in, kill more than 1,000.
 * - Approximately 100,000 protesters converge on the Mall in for the  sponsored by.

Births

 * - (d. )
 * -, Elector of (d. )
 * -, Dutch painter (d. )
 * -, English politician (d. )
 * -, English physician (d. )
 * -, English classical scholar (d. )
 * -, German architect (d. )
 * -, German historian (d. )
 * -, English dramatist (d. )
 * -, Welsh diarist (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, English artist (d. )
 * 1805  -, archduchess of Austria (d. )
 * -, queen consort of Saxony (d. )
 * -, Spanish composer (d. )
 * -, French architect (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, Russian writer (d. )
 * 1826  -, American Confederate general (d. )
 * -, English author (d. )
 * -, Austrian writer (d. )
 * -, Russian painter (d. )
 * -, Japanese admiral (d. )
 * -, American labor leader (d. )
 * 1850  -, English captain of the  (d. )
 * - Emperor (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * 1885  -, German composer (d. )
 * -, Japanese painter (d. )
 * -, Russian writer (d. )
 * -, Chinese wife of (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, American admiral (d. )
 * -, American football team owner (d. )
 * 1901  -, German actor (d. )
 * -, Australian neuropsychologist, (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * 1908  -, American newspaper magnate (d. )
 * -, Norwegian philosopher
 * -, English bandleader (d. )
 * 1918  -, American blues musician (d. )
 * 1918  -, United States Army Brigadier General (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, German violinist (d. )
 * 1920  -, British film production designer and art director (d.  )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Indian actor (d. )
 * 1924  -, founder of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
 * -, Austrian journalist (d. )
 * 1926  -, Swedish actress (d. )
 * -, British actor
 * 1928  -, a  politician,  of
 * -, Bolivian novelist (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, Canadian author (d. )
 * -, Soviet gymnast
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1936  -, American physicist,
 * -, English pianist (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * 1940  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American folk singer and songwriter (d. )
 * -, Nigerian religious leader
 * 1944  -, Irish activist,
 * 1944  -, English musician
 * -, Cree political leader (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, French pianist
 * -, American author
 * -, Israeli-born physician
 * 1950  -, English spirit medium
 * -, Irish musician 
 * -, American football player
 * -, American comic-book artist
 * -, Japanese martial artist
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1955  -, 17th
 * 1955  -, British author
 * 1955  -, Japanese racing driver
 * -, American actress
 * -, British guitarist
 * 1957  -, American author
 * -, Estonian artist and jewelry designer
 * -, American news presenter
 * 1959  -, Swedish politician
 * 1959  -, American football player
 * -, Canadian singer
 * 1961  -, British musician
 * 1961  -, American fashion designer
 * -, American actress
 * -, Scottish actor
 * 1965  -, English football manager
 * -, Indian actor
 * 1967  -, Hong Kong actor
 * 1967  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American singer
 * 1968  -, English rapper
 * -, Japanese musician
 * 1969  -, Canadian singer
 * 1969  -, American actor and writer
 * -, American TV personality
 * 1970  -, French-Swiss flautist
 * -, Singapore entertainer
 * 1971  -, American rapper and producer
 * 1971  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Mexican-born American TV personality
 * 1972  -, Irish rugby player
 * 1972  -, English pop singer
 * 1972  -, Australian netballer
 * -, Sri Lankan cricketer
 * 1974  -, Romanian tennis player
 * -, American voice actor
 * 1976    -, Korean football player
 * 1976  -, Taiwanese actress and singer
 * -, Canadian baseball player
 * -, New Zealand cricketer
 * 1979  -, British actress
 * 1979  -, American-born  player
 * -, Russian tennis player
 * 1980  -, Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Goalie
 * -, Australian tennis player
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1983  -, American baseball player
 * 1983  -, American baseball player
 * -, British model
 * 1987  -, American pop singer
 * -, Brazilian footballer

Deaths

 * -, (b. )
 * -, Japanese shogun (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, Spanish novelist
 * -, grandmother of the in  China
 * -, Italian maker of musical instruments (b. )
 * -, Prime Minister of France (b. )
 * -, German philosopher (b. )
 * -, British admiral (b. )
 * -, French-American naturalist, ornithologist, and painter (b. )
 * -, Russian noblewoman (b. )
 * -, Hungarian mathematician (b. )
 * -, English architect (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, English inventor (b. )
 * -, Hungarian poet (b. )
 * -, Australian winner of theVictoria Cross (b. )
 * -, Cyprus-born general of the Greek Army
 * -, Ukrainian writer (b. )
 * -, Argentine conductor (b. )
 * - Crew of :
 * (b. )
 * (b. )
 * (b. )
 * 1967  -,  (b. )
 * -, New Zealand painter (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * 1972  -, German-American mathematician (b. )
 * -, last American combat casualty of (b. )
 * -, American producer and writer (b. )
 * -, founder of  (b. )
 * -, French actor (b. )
 * -, German-born actress (b. )
 * -, Malian author (b. )
 * -, British aviation pioneer (b. )
 * -, French professional wrestler and actor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American songwriter (b. )
 * -, Austrian pianist (b. )
 * -, Greek musician (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * 2003  -, Quebec actor (b. )
 * -, American television show host (b. )
 * 2004  -, 9th Vice President of the Philippines (b. )
 * -, 8th (b. )
 * 2006  -, American singer and songwriter (b. )
 * 2006  - disappearance of, French mountaineer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 2007  -, actress and mother of Angelina Jolie (b. )
 * 2007  -, Taiwanese athlete (b. )

Holidays and observances

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 * &mdash; Gedenktag für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus (Commemoration Day for the Victims of ).
 * &mdash; Dzień Pamięci Ofiar Nazizmu (Memorial Day for the Victims of ).
 * &mdash; Giorno della Memoria (Memorial Day).
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 * &mdash;.
 * &mdash; Auschwitzdag ( Day; commemoration day for the victims of the and other genocide).
 * , day of, patron saint