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What happend on 27. January in History
In our data base we found 341 events happened on 27. January:
• 98: Nerva, Roman Emperor (b. 35) [category: Deaths]
• 447: The Walls of Constantinople are severely damaged by an earthquake, destroying large parts of the wall, including 57 towers. [category: Events]
• 457: Marcian, Byzantine Emperor (b. 392) [category: Deaths]
• 661: Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam [category: Deaths]
• 661: The Rashidun Caliphate ends with death of Ali. [category: Events]
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• 1142: Execution, believed wrongful, of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei. [category: Events]
• 1186: Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily. [category: Events]
• 1200: Birth of Jason Bernstein. [category: Events]
• 1343: Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus. [category: Events]
• 1443: Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500) [category: Births]
• 1490: Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435) [category: Deaths]
• 1540: Saint Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (b. 1474) [category: Deaths]
• 1546: Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608) [category: Births]
• 1585: Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634) [category: Births]
• 1593: The Vatican opens seven year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno. [category: Events]
• 1595: Sir Francis Drake, English explorer (b. c.1540) [category: Deaths]
• 1603: Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685) [category: Births]
• 1606: Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31. [category: Events]
• 1621: Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) [category: Births]
• 1629: Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (b. 1560) [category: Deaths]
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• 1638: Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist (b. 1585?) [category: Deaths]
• 1651: Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter and printmaker in etching and engraving (b. 1566) [category: Deaths]
• 1662: Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1687: Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect (d. 1753) [category: Births]
• 1689: Robert Aske, merchant whose charitable foundation operates Haberdashers' Aske's Boys School and Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls (b. 1619) [category: Deaths]
• 1695: Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703. [category: Events]
• 1701: Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1708: Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 1728) [category: Births]
• 1720: Samuel Foote, English dramatist (d. 1777) [category: Births]
• 1731: Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian musical instrument maker (b. 1655) [category: Deaths]
• 1740: Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692) [category: Deaths]
• 1741: Hester Thrale, Welsh diarist (d. 1821) [category: Births]
• 1756: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791) [category: Births]
• 1775: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, German philosopher (d. 1854) [category: Births]
• 1776: American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [category: Events]
• 1785: The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1794: Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French royalist commander and counterrevolutionary (b. 1765) [category: Deaths]
• 1795: Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1805: Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1805: Samuel Palmer, English artist (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1805: Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1806: Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1807: David Strauss, German theologian and writer (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1812: Captain John Perkins, first black commissioned officer in the Royal Navy [category: Deaths]
• 1814: Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1814: Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1762) [category: Deaths]
• 1816: Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (b. 1724) [category: Deaths]
• 1821: John Chivington, American officer (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1823: Edouard Lalo, French composer (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 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". [category: Events]
• 1826: Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian writer (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1826: Richard Taylor, American confederate general (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1827: Nakahama Manjirō, Japanese translator (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1832: Lewis Carroll, English author (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1836: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1841: Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1848: Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1850: Edward J. Smith, English captain of the RMS Titanic (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1850: John Collier, British writer and painter (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1850: Samuel Gompers, American labor leader (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1851: John James Audubon, French-born naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1789) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1858: Neel Doff, Dutch author(d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1859: Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1860: János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1802) [category: Deaths]
• 1862: Eustaquio de Escandón, Mexican polo player (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1869: Will Marion Cook (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1869: Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō. [category: Events]
• 1870: The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity is founded at DePauw University. [category: Events]
• 1875: Elizabeth Israel, Purported world's oldest person (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1880: Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Eduard Künneke, German composer (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1885: Jerome Kern, American composer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1885: Maeda Seison, Japanese painter (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1886: Balthasar van der Pol, Dutch physicist (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1886: Radhabinod Pal, Indian jurist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1888: The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.. [category: Events]
• 1891: Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1893: Soong Ching-ling, Chinese wife of Sun Yat-sen (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1895: Harry Ruby, American composer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1895: Joseph Rosenstock, Polish conductor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1900: Hyman Rickover, American admiral (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1901: Art Rooney, Pittsburgh Steelers founder and owner (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1901: Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1901: Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Carl Berner, German-American super-centenarian (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1903: John Carew Eccles, Australian neuropsychologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1903: Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1904: James J. Gibson, American psychologist (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1905: Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1908: Oran Page, American musician (jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader) (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1908: William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American newspaper magnate (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1909: The Young Left is founded in Norway. [category: Events]
• 1910: Edvard Kardelj, Yugoslav Communist politician (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1910: Thomas Crapper, English inventor (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1912: Francis Rogallo, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1915: Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-born artist (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1915: Jules Archer, American historian (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1918: Elmore James, American blues musician (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1918: Skitch Henderson, American bandleader (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1918: William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1919: Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American musician (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1919: Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1920: John Box, British film production designer and art director (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1921: Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1921: Maurice Vincent Buckley, Australian soldier (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Nellie Bly, American journalist and writer (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Harvey Shapiro, American poet (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1924: Rauf Denktaş, Turkish politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1924: Sabu Dastagir, Indian actor (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1926: Fritz Spiegl, Austrian journalist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1926: Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1927: Billy Barnes, American composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: Jerry Haynes, American actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1927: Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (Matulewicz), Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd. [category: Events]
• 1928: Hans Modrow, German politician, premier of East Germany [category: Births]
• 1928: Michael Craig, British actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1930: Bobby Blue Bland, American singer [category: Births]
• 1931: Mordecai Richler, Canadian author, screenwriter and essayist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1931: Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Boris Shakhlin, Soviet gymnast (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1933: Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian businessman [category: Births]
• 1934: George Follmer, American racecar driver [category: Births]
• 1934: Jerry Buss, Majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers [category: Births]
• 1936: Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1936: Troy Donahue, American actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1937: Fred Åkerström, Swedish singer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1937: John Ogdon, English pianist (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1939: First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. [category: Events]
• 1940: James Cromwell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Petru Lucinschi, 2nd President of Moldova [category: Births]
• 1940: Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1940: Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1942: John Witherspoon, American actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Kate Wolf, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1942: Stewart Raffill, American film director [category: Births]
• 1942: Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: World War II: The VIII Bomber Command dispatched ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-Boat construction yards at Wilhemshafen, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany of the war. [category: Events]
• 1944: Mairéad Corrigan, Irish activist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1944: Nick Mason, English drummer (Pink Floyd) [category: Births]
• 1944: Peter Akinola, Nigerian religious leader [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted. [category: Events]
• 1945: Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: The Red Army liberates the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp built by the Nazi Germans on the territory of Poland. [category: Events]
• 1946: Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes) [category: Births]
• 1947: Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer (Hoola Bandoola Band)(d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1947: Cal Schenkel, American artist [category: Births]
• 1947: Vyron Polydoras, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist [category: Births]
• 1948: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian ballet dancer [category: Births]
• 1948: Valeri Brainin, Russian/German musicologist, music manager, composer, and poet [category: Births]
• 1949: Ethan Mordden, American author [category: Births]
• 1950: Alex Norton, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Amos Grunebaum, Israeli-born physician [category: Births]
• 1950: Derek Acorah, English spirit medium [category: Births]
• 1951: Brian Downey, Irish musician (Thin Lizzy) [category: Births]
• 1951: Cees van der Knaap, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat. [category: Events]
• 1952: White Shoes Johnson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1954: Ed Schultz, American radio talk show host [category: Births]
• 1954: Jōkō Ninomiya, Japanese martial artist [category: Births]
• 1954: Peter Laird, American comic book artist [category: Births]
• 1954: Stelios Papafloratos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1955: Alexander Stuart, British author [category: Births]
• 1955: Brian Engblom, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1955: John G. Roberts, American jurist and the 17th Chief Justice of the United States [category: Births]
• 1955: Koji Ushikubo, Japanese racing driver [category: Births]
• 1956: Mimi Rogers, American actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Frank Miller, American comic book author and film director [category: Births]
• 1957: Frank Skinner, English writer and comedian [category: Births]
• 1957: Janick Gers, British guitarist (Iron Maiden and White Spirit) [category: Births]
• 1958: James Grippando, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1958: Kadri Mälk, Estonian artist and jewelry designer [category: Births]
• 1958: Susanna Thompson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Cris Collinsworth, American football player [category: Births]
• 1959: Göran Hägglund, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Keith Olbermann, American news anchor & political commentator [category: Births]
• 1960: Bernd Stieler, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: Dina Bonnevie, Filipina actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Gillian Gilbert, British musician (New Order and The Other Two) [category: Births]
• 1961: Karen Velez, American model [category: Births]
• 1961: Margo Timmins, Canadian singer (Cowboy Junkies) [category: Births]
• 1961: Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1961: Zarganar, Burmese comedian and dissident [category: Births]
• 1961: Soviet submarine S-80 sinks with all hands lost. [category: Events]
• 1962: Roberto Paci Dalò, Italian director and composer [category: Births]
• 1963: Mark Moraghan, British actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1964: Bridget Fonda, American actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Jack Haley, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Patrick van Deurzen, Dutch composer [category: Births]
• 1965: Alan Cumming, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Ignacio Noe, Argentinan artist [category: Births]
• 1965: Mike Newell, English football manager [category: Births]
• 1966: Tamlyn Tomita, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Bobby Deol, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Byron Mann, Hong Kong actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Dave Manson, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: Alphonse Juin, Marshal of France (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Edward White – Crew of Apollo 1 (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Roger Chaffee – Crew of Apollo 1 (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Virgil "Gus" Grissom – Crew of Apollo 1 (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1968: Deb Talan, American folk singer and songwriter (The Weepies) [category: Births]
• 1968: Matt Stover, American football player [category: Births]
• 1968: Mike Patton, American singer-songwriter (Faith No More) [category: Births]
• 1968: Patrick Blondeau, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Tricky, English rapper (The Wild Bunch and Massive Attack) [category: Births]
• 1969: Cornelius, Japanese musician and producer (Flipper's Guitar) [category: Births]
• 1969: Marc Forster, German/Swiss filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1969: Michael Kulas, Canadian singer (James) [category: Births]
• 1969: Patton Oswalt, American actor and writer [category: Births]
• 1970: Emmanuel Pahud, Swiss flautist [category: Births]
• 1970: Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Fann Wong, Singaporean actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Lil Jon, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1971: Patrice Brisebois, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Janine Ilitch, Australian netballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Josh Randall, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Keith Wood, Irish rugby player [category: Births]
• 1972: Mark Owen, English pop singer (Take That) [category: Births]
• 1972: Wynne Evans, Welsh operatic tenor [category: Births]
• 1972: Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Richard Courant, German-American mathematician (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: William Nolde, last American combat casualty of Vietnam War (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1974: Andrei Pavel, Romanian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1974: Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1974: Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Nordic biathlete [category: Births]
• 1974: Georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: The Brisbane River breaches its banks causing the largest flood to affect the city of Brisbane in the 20th century. [category: Events]
• 1975: Bill Walsh, American producer and writer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Ahn Jung-Hwan, Korean footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Clint Ford, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Fred Taylor, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1976: Todd MacCulloch, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Zoriah Miller, American photojournalist [category: Births]
• 1978: Jake Pavelka, American reality TV star [category: Births]
• 1978: Pete Laforest, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1979: Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgian beach volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Mario Fatafehi, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Rosamund Pike, British actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Qalander Ba Ba Auliya, Sufi master (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Chanda Gunn, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Marat Safin, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1981: Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Tony Woodcock, New Zealand rugby union player [category: Births]
• 1981: Yaniv Katan, Israeli Footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Danko Bošković, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Carlo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Deon Anderson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Gavin Floyd, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Mike Zagurski, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Paulo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Tim Kasten, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Louis de Funès, French actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1984: Davetta Sherwood, American actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium. [category: Events]
• 1985: Dustley Mulder, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Gerard Aafjes, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Giorgi Loria, Georgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Lilli Palmer, German-born actress (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Anton Shunin, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Katy Rose, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1987: Lily Donaldson, British model [category: Births]
• 1987: Norman McLaren, Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Kerlon, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Liu Wen, Chinese model [category: Births]
• 1988: Toni Gänge, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian author (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Alberto Botía, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Daisy Lowe, British model [category: Births]
• 1989: Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Maria-Elena Papasotiriou, American-Greek figure skater [category: Births]
• 1991: Christian Bickel, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Stefano Pettinari, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Clara Solovera, Chilean folk musician (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: André the Giant, French professional wrestler and actor (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: American-born sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō becomes the first foreigner to be promoted to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna. [category: Events]
• 1994: Rani Khedira, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: Claude Akins, American actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Braeden Lemasters, American actor [category: Births]
• 1996: Ralph Yarborough, American politician (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day. [category: Events]
• 1996: In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane. [category: Events]
• 1997: Gerald Marks, American songwriter (All of Me) (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Stavros Damianides, Greek musician (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others. [category: Events]
• 2003: Henryk Jabłoński, President of Poland (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Louis Archambault, Canadian sculptor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress. [category: Events]
• 2004: Jack Paar, American television show host (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Salvador Laurel, Vice President of the Philippines (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Shah A M S Kibria, Finance Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Gene McFadden, American singer and songwriter (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (disappeared) (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Johannes Rau, 8th President of Germany (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services. [category: Events]
• 2007: Alberta Davis, American supercentenerian ( b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Tige Andrews, American actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Yang Chuan-kwang, Taiwanese athlete (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Louie Welch, mayor of Houston (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Suharto, President of Indonesia (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: John Updike, American novelist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Mino Reitano, Italian singer and actor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: R. Venkataraman, 8th President of India (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Ajmer Singh, Indian athlete (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Howard Zinn, American historian and activist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: J. D. Salinger, American novelist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Zelda Rubinstein, American actress (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras. [category: Events]
• 2011: Mārtiņš Freimanis, Latvian musician, singer, songwriter, actor and TV personality (F.L.Y.) (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi, Iraqi politician (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: István Rózsavölgyi, Hungarian athlete (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jeannette Hamby, American politician(b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kevin White, American politician and Mayor of Boston (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Devota (Monaco) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Holocaust Memorial Day (United Kingdom) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Holocaust Remembrance Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation of Auschwitz-related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Memorial Day or Il Giorno della Memoria (Italy) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Angela Merici [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sava (Serbia) [category: Holidays and observances]