What happened today in history (January 27): Mozart, Titumir and Lewis Carroll were born, Andre the Giant and Humayun died, the Paris Peace Accords were signed, the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated, the siege of Leningrad ends, the iPad is launched by Steve Jobs, the Vietnam War officially ends, and more.
This day in history (January 27): Liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Today in History, January 27: The year 2023 has arrived and winter is abating fast. It’s been a cold year so far and only now is there some respite. But that is not a reason for you to fall into your comfort zone and stop absorbing knowledge.
Today is January 27. It may look like a lazy, boring winter day, but January 27 holds an important place in world history.
See what major world-changing events happened on this day (January 27) in sports, politics and the arts, along with famous birthdays and deaths in world history.
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Historical events on this day
- In 1606, Guy Fawkes and others accused of the Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I of England were convicted and sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered.
- In 1820, the Antarctic continent was discovered by a Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev.
- In 1880, American inventor Thomas Edison, who invented the light bulb, patented the incandescent lamp.
- In 1926, Austrian-Irish physicist Erwin Schrödinger published his theory of wave mechanics.
- In 1944, the Soviet Red Army lifted the siege of Leningrad (St. Petersburg), 872 days after it began, with the defeat of the German and Finnish forces.
- In 1945, the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz, Poland, where more than one million Jews were massacred, was liberated by the Soviet Red Army.
- In 1948, the first magnetic tape recorder was sold.
- In 1967, American astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a cabin fire aboard NASA’s Apollo 1.
- In 1967, during the Cold War, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain signed the Outer Space Treaty, which banned the deployment of nuclear weapons in space and limited the peaceful uses of the Moon and other celestial bodies. .
- In 1973, the Vietnam War ended after the United States signed the Paris Peace Accords.
- In 2010, the iPad was introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Sports event today
- In 1954, American boxer Archie Moore ended up in a three-way match with Joey Maxim after defeating him for the third time and retained his world lightweight title.
- In 2007, American tennis star Serena Williams defeated Russia’s Maria Sharapova to win the Australian Open.
Today’s Arts and Culture Events
- In 1951, Leonard Bernstein’s musical “Peter Pan”, starring Jean Arthur and Boris Karloff, closed at the Imperial Theater after 320 performances.
- In 1963, legendary Indian playback singer Lata Mangeshkar sang the patriotic “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo” during the chaos of the Sino-Indian War.
- In 1976, the television movie spin-off Laverne & Shirley from Happy Days, starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams, premiered on ABC TV.
Notable deaths on this day
|
Sir No |
Year of death |
Personality |
|
first |
1556 |
Humayun, second Mughal ruler who was famous for acquiring status, wealth and adventure during his reign but also expanding his territory to cover almost all of India |
|
2 |
1901 |
Giuseppe Verdi, Italian opera composer and one of the greatest musicians in history, who composed the famous operas “Rigoletto” and “Il trovatore” |
|
3 |
1922 |
Nellie Bly or Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, American journalist, industrialist and inventor, who followed Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days and completed the route in 72 days. |
|
4 |
1993 |
Andre the Giant, professional wrestler and French actor famous for his giant physique |
|
5 |
2010 |
JD Salinger, American author famous for the famous novel The Catcher in the Rye. |
|
6 |
2018 |
Feodor Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish billionaire business tycoon best known for founding the famous multinational retail brand IKEA |
Famous birthdays on this day
|
Sir No |
Year of Birth |
Personality |
|
first |
1756 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian musical prodigy and composer who is considered the best and most influential classical composer ever |
|
2 |
1782 |
Titumir or Syed Mir Nisar Ali, Indian freedom fighter and Muslim nationalist who led one of the first armed uprisings against the British Raj |
|
3 |
1832 |
Lewis Carroll, British author, poet and mathematician who is best known for his iconic fantasy book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland |
|
4 |
1850 |
Edward Smith, a British naval captain who served on the RMS Titanic, crashed into an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. |
|
5 |
1859 |
Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia, who served as Germany’s last Kaiser from 1888 until his abdication at the end of World War I in 1918 |
|
6 |
1940 |
James Cromwell, American actor and activist known for his tall physique and the famous films Babe, The Green Mile and The Artist |
|
7 |
1969 |
Bobby Deol, Indian actor, son of legendary Bollywood hero Dharmendra and younger brother of Sunny Deol |
|
8 |
1979 |
Rosamund Pike, British actress known for her versatile roles in films such as Gone Girl, Hostiles, A Private War and playing the Bond girl in her debut film Die Another Day |
|
9 |
1979 |
Daniel Vettori, cricketer, coach and former captain of the New Zealand national team |
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