January 27 in History
What happened on January 27 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on january 27 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on january 27 in history.
?>1985
Pope John Paul II says mass to one million in Venezuela.
1978
The State Supreme Court rules that Nazis can display the Swastika in a march in Skokie, Illinois.
1973
A cease fire in Vietnam is called as the Paris peace accords are signed by the United States and North Vietnam.
1967
Three astronauts are killed in a flash fire that engulfed their Apollo 1 spacecraft.
1965
Military leaders oust the civilian government of Tran Van Huong in Saigon.
1959
NASA selects 110 candidates for the first U.S. space flight.
1943
The first U.S. raids on the Reich blast Wilhelmshaven base and Emden.
1941
The United States and Great Britain begin high-level military talks in Washington.
1939
President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves the sale of U.S. war planes to France.
1935
A League of Nations majority favors depriving Japan of mandates.
1924
Lenin’s body is laid in a marble tomb on Red Square near the Kremlin.
1918
Communists attempt to seize power in Finland.
1916
President Woodrow Wilson opens preparedness program.
1905
Russian General Kuropatkin takes the offensive in Manchuria. The Japanese under General Oyama suffer heavy casualties.
1900
Foreign diplomats in Peking fear revolt and demand that the Imperial Government discipline the Boxer Rebels.
1862
President Abraham Lincoln issues General War Order No. 1, setting in motion the Union armies.
1825
Congress approves Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears”.
1695
Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Amhed II.