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What happened in history on this day: September 27?
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- 1290 - Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000.
- 1540 - Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola.
- 1601 - Birth of Louis XIII king of France (1610-43).
- 1651 - Death of Maximillian I in Ingolstadt; Duke of Bavaria, elector of the Holy Roman Empire (1623).
- 1657 - Birth of Sophia regent of Russia (1682-89).
- 1722 - Birth of Samuel Adams revolutionary rabble rouser/(Lieutenant Governor-Massachusetts, 1789-94).
- 1772 - Birth of Sándor Kisfaludy Hungary, poet/Austrian army (1793-1801).
- 1777 - Battle of Germantown; General George Washington defeated by the British.
- 1779 - John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain.
- 1783 - Birth of Agustín I de Iturbide; emperor of Mexico (1822-23).
- 1792 - Birth of George Cruikshank in England; illustrator for Charles Dickens.
- 1821 - Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw.
- 1821 - Mexico achieves independence from Spanish rule.
- 1825 - World's first public steam railway begins, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, hauling passengers and coal wagons from colleries of County Durham to Darlington. Speed about 12 mph, trip taking 2 hours.
- 1840 - Birth of Alfred Thayer Mahan; US naval officer (Influence of Sea Power).
- 1840 - Birth of Thomas Nast; political cartoonist of late 1800s America.
- 1854 - Steamship Arctic sinks with 300 people aboard.
- 1858 - Birth of Giuseppe Peano; Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic.
- 1863 - The united kingdom of Italy is proclaimed. The Lotto is made a legal source of national income.
- 1870 - Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at age 50.
- 1875 - Birth of Grazia Deledda in Italy; novelist (Old Man of the Mountain - Nobel Prize 1926).
- 1880 - Birth of Jacques Thibaud in Bordeaux, France; violinist (Café Rogue).
- 1881 - Birth of William Clothier; first president of tennis hall of fame.
- 1881 - Chicago Cubs beat Troy Trojans 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12.
- 1890 - Rock Creek Park is established as a National Park in the District of Columbia.
- 1895 - Birth of George Raft in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Each Dawn I Die, Scarface, Some Like It Hot).
- 1896 - Birth of George Bender in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; American politician (Representative/Senator-Republican-Ohio).
- 1896 - Birth of Sam Ervin; American politician (Democrat-Senator-North Carolina), Watergate committee chairman.
- 1905 - First published blues composition goes on sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues.
- 1905 - Birth of Ernest Baier in Germany; figure skater (Olympic-gold-1936).
- 1910 - First test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France).
- 1917 - Birth of Louis Auchincloss in Lawrence, New York, USA; lawyer/novelist (Watchfires).
- 1918 - Birth of Jame McCallion in Glasgow, Scotland; actor (Mi Taylor - National Velvet).
- 1918 - Birth of Martin Ryle in Britain; radio astronomer, astronomer royal 1972-82.
- 1919 - Birth of Charles H Percy; American politician (Senator-Republican-Illinois).
- 1919 - US Democratic National Committee votes to admit women.
- 1919 - Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets New York Yankees' record with 15 strike-outs.
- 1920 - Birth of Jayne Meadows Cotter in Wu-ch'ang, China; actress (Dark Delusion), panelist (I've Got a Secret TV show).
- 1920 - Birth of William Conrad in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Bullwinkle Show, Marshall Dillon - Gunsmoke radio show, Cannon TV show, Jake and the Fatman).
- 1921 - Birth of Milós Jancsó Vác in Hungary; director (My Way Home).
- 1921 - New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds stadium.
- 1922 - Birth of Arthur Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; director (Miracle Worker, Bonnie and Clyde).
- 1922 - Birth of Carl Ballantine in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (McHale's Navy).
- 1923 - Birth of Mary McCarty in Winfield, Kansas, USA; actress/singer (Starch - Trapper John MD).
- 1925 - Birth of Kathleen Maguire in New York City, New York, USA; actress (One Life to Live).
- 1928 - US recognizes Nationalist Chinese government.
- 1929 - Birth of Sada Thompson in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; actress (Family, Pursuit of Happiness, Tony award (1972), Emmy award (1978)).
- 1930 - Birth of Igor Kipnis in Berlin, Germany; harpsichordist/professor (Fairfield).
- 1930 - Bobby Jones completes the Grand Slam of Golf.
- 1930 - Chicago White Sox' first baseman Bud Clancy doesn't handle the ball at all in a 9-inning game versus Saint Louis Browns.
- 1931 - Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight Major League Baseball season, playing in every game.
- 1933 - Birth of Greg Morris in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Mission Impossible, Vegas).
- 1933 - Birth of Kathleen Nolan in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Real McCoys, Janie, Broadside).
- 1934 - Birth of Barbara Howar in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; reporter (Washington Post, Entertainment Tonight).
- 1934 - Birth of Claude Jarman Junior in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; actor (Rio Grande, Inside Straight).
- 1934 - Birth of Dick Schaap; sportscaster/author (Joe Namath's co-writer).
- 1934 - Birth of Greg Morris in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Mission Impossible, Vega$).
- 1934 - Birth of Wilford Brimley in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; actor (Gus - Our House, Cocoon, Quaker Oats and Liberty Mutual commercials).
- 1935 - Birth of Jerome Shipp; American basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964).
- 1935 - Birth of Don Cornelius; producer (Soul Train).
- 1937 - First Santa Claus school opens (Albion, New York).
- 1938 - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain makes a national radio broadcast, announcing that Britain is ready to fight any power seeking to dominate the world by force, but essentially saying that Britain would not go to war over Czechoslovakian independence.
- 1938 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched at Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1939 - Birth of Kathy Whitworth; golfer (AP Woman Athlete of the Year-1966).
- 1939 - (2010 hours) Warsaw, Poland, surrenders to German troops after a 21-day siege.
- 1939 - Adolf Hitler announces to the commanders of the three military services that he intends to attack the West this year crossing Belgium and Holland to attack France and isolate Great Britain. Despite protests, Adolf Hitler orders that Plan Yellow should be mounted on November 12.
- 1939 - For the first time, German guns of the Westwall fire over the Maginot line on villages behind French fortifications.
- 1940 - Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces.
- 1940 - In Berlin, Germany, Japanese premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye and Italian and German officials sign the Tripartite Pact defensive alliance. Each nation pledges mutual support in the event of attack by a power not presently involved in the European or Chinese-Japanese conflict. The intent is to keep the United States out of the war.
- 1941 - First World War II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched by US.
- 1941 - Birth of Don Cornelius; TV show host (Soul Train).
- 1942 - New York Giants beat Washington Redskins 14-7 without making a first down.
- 1942 - Saint Louis Cardinals win National League pennant on last day of the season.
- 1943 - Birth of Randy Bachman in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; rocker (The Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "Roll On").
- 1945 - Birth of Misha Dichter in Shanghai, China; pianist (Tchaikowsy second prize-1966).
- 1947 - Birth of A Martinez in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Whiz Kids, Cruz - Santa Barbara).
- 1947 - Birth of Liz Torres in the Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Phyllis, All in the Family, Gilmore Place, American Family).
- 1947 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Fun and Fancy Free to theaters. It includes the animated films Bongo, and Mickey and the Beanstalk (with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy).
- 1948 - Birth of A Martinez; actor (L.A. Law, Santa Barbara).
- 1949 - Birth of Mike Schmidt; third baseman and home run hitter (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1949 - Birth of Robb Weller; TV host (Entertainment Tonight, Home Show).
- 1950 - Heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis.
- 1951 - Birth of Marvin "Meatloaf" Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas, USA; rocker ("Bat Out of Hell", "Paradise by the Dashboard Light").
- 1952 - Birth of Del Russel in Pasadena, California, USA; actor (Richard - Arnie).
- 1952 - Birth of Dumitru Prunariu; first Romanian space traveler (on board Soyuz 40).
- 1953 - Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal.
- 1953 - Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya, Japan.
- 1954 - School integration begins in Washington DC and Baltimore, Maryland, public schools.
- 1956 - Milburn Apt in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but dies in crash.
- 1958 - Birth of Shaun Cassidy in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/singer/director (Hardy Boys, Breaking Away, Nancy Drew Mysteries).
- 1959 - Birth of Beth Heiden in Madison, Wisconsin, USA; 3000m speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1980).
- 1959 - Typhoon Vera hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000.
- 1961 - Sierre Leone becomes the 100th member of the United Nations.
- 1962 - Francisco Brochado da Rocha, Prime Minister of Brazil (1962), dies at age 52.
- 1962 - US sells Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel.
- 1963 - At 10:59 AM the census clock records US population at 190,000,000.
- 1963 - Birth of Caren Metschuck in German Democratic Republic; 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic-gold-1980).
- 1963 - CBS airs the last The Twilight Zone TV show. A total of 134 30-minute and 17 60-minute shows aired.
- 1964 - Philadelphia Phillies seventh straight loss sends them into second place.
- 1964 - Warren Commission releases report finding Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
- 1964 - Birth of Stephan Jenkins; singer, guitarist (Third Eye Blind).
- 1965 - Harry Reser, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at age 69.
- 1967 - Philadelphia Phillies' Jim Bunning ties National League record of five 1-0 losses in a year.
- 1968 - Birth of Patrick Muldoon; actor (Melrose Place).
- 1970 - Birth of Mark Calderon; vocalist (Color Me Badd - "I Want to Sex You Up").
- 1970 - CBS TV airs The Original Amateur Hour for the final time, after 15 years on radio and 22 years on television.
- 1970 - Ken Boswell sets second baseman record of 85 games without an error.
- 1971 - Birth of Amanda Detmer; actress (What About Brian).
- 1972 - First game at Nassau Coliseum, New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-4 (exhibition).
- 1972 - Death of Rory Storm by suicide; lead singer (Rory Storm and Hurricane).
- 1972 - Birth of Gwyneth Paltrow; actress (Inside the Actor's Studio).
- 1973 - California Angels' pitcher Nolan Ryan establishes a major league record striking out 383 batters in a season.
- 1973 - Soyuz 12 carries two cosmonauts into Earth orbit (two days).
- 1977 - Philadelphia Phillies clinch second straight National League East Division title.
- 1978 - The last Forest Brother guerilla movement fighter is discovered and killed in Estonia.
- 1978 - Birth of Brad Arnold; singer (3 Doors Down).
- 1979 - US Congress' final approval to create Department of Education.
- 1979 - Jimmy McCullough, Scottish guitarist (Wings), dies of a drug overdose at age 26 (born 1953).
- 1979 - Death of Gracie Fields AKA Grace Stansfield at age 81 from pneumonia; comedienne and singer ("Sally", "Now is The Hour", "Walter Walter", "The Biggest Aspidistra in the World").
- 1981 - TGV high speed rail service between Paris and Lyon, France begins.
- 1981 - Denis Healey retains the post of Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, beating Tony Benn by 50.426 percent to 49.574 percent.
- 1981 - Death of Robert Montgomery at age 77 of cancer; actor/director (Robert Montgomery Presents TV show (1950-56)).
- 1981 - Birth of Grant Brandell; bassist (Underoath).
- 1982 - Birth of Darrent Williams; Denver Broncos cornerback (dies 2007).
- 1984 - John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at age 72.
- 1985 - Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits the Atlantic coast of the USA.
- 1985 - Death of Lloyd Nolan at age 83 of lung cancer; actor (Dr Chegley - Julia).
- 1986 - US Senate joins House of Representatives voting for sweeping tax reforms.
- 1986 - Death of Cliff Burton at age 24 when tour bus skids off icy road in Sweden; bassist (Metallica).
- 1987 - ABC premieres the variety show Dolly, starring Dolly Parton.
- 1988 - Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ's burial cloth.
- 1988 - US Senate votes for major federal tax code changes.
- 1988 - William V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at age 61.
- 1989 - Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for US$3.4 billion cash.
- 1990 - A gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkley, California.
- 1990 - Deposed emir of Kuwait address the United Nations General Assembly.
- 1990 - US Senate Judiciary committee approves David Souter's Supreme Court nomination.
- 1991 - CBS TV debuts the Princesses TV show.
- 1991 - First scheduled NHL exhibition game in Saint Petersburg, Florida, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders versus Boston Bruins).
- 1991 - US President George H.W. Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert.
- 1992 - Enix releases the Dragon Quest V game for the Super Famicom in Japan.
- 1992 - The Fox TV network debuts the series Woops!.
- 1993 - Death of Fraser MacPherson at age 65 of cancer; jazz saxophonist ("Fraser: Live at the Planetarium" album (1975)).
- 1994 - The Compact of Free Association between the USA and Palau becomes effective.
- 1995 - (to September 28) Bob Denard's mercenaries capture President Said Mohammed Djohor of the Comoros; the local army does not resist.
- 1996 - Birth of Princess Iman bint Al Abdullah II.
- 1996 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city of Kabul, after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
- 1996 - In Pretoria, South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation panel holds hearings before the Supreme Court. Secret Service Colonel Eugene de Kock, former head of Operation Long Reach, testifies that his office planned the Olof Palme killing, and that Craig Williamson coordinated the assassination.
- 1997 - The Požega Diocese (Catholic) is founded.
- 1997 - The Adelaide Crows win the AFL Premiership for the first time in their 7th season, beating Saint Kilda who have only ever won one premiership in their 100 year history.
- 1998 - In the season finale, Mark McGwire ends the historic Major League Baseball season hitting his 69th and 70th home runs in the Saint Louis Cardinals' 6-3 win over the Montreal Expos.
- 1998 - Germany holds parliamentary elections. A new coalition government is formed by the SPD (40.9 percent), and Buendnis 90/The Greens (6.7 percent) with leader Gerhard Schröder.
- 2000 - The United States Olympic team beats the favored Cuban team to win the country's first gold medal in baseball.
- 2003 - In French Guiana, the European Space Agency launches its first space probe to the Moon, the SMART-1 on an Arian 5 rocket.
- 2003 - Death of Donald O'Connor at age 78; actor/dancer (Francis the Talking Mule, Donald O'Connor Show).
- 2005 - Michaëlle Jean, born in Haiti, becomes the 27th Governor General of Canada.
- 2005 - Death of Brett Kebble, South African mining magnate (born 1964).
- 2006 - An armed suspect holds six female students as hostages in Platte Canyon High School located in Bailey, Colorado. One hostage is fatally wounded as the gunman kills himself.
- 2007 - Death of Bill Perry, South African football player, scored winning goal in the 1953 FA Cup Final (born 1930).
- 2008 - American film actor Paul Newman dies of cancer at age 83, in Connecticut. Some notable films: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Color of Money, (Best Actor Oscar award).
- 2009 - In Singapore, round 14 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Lewis Hamilton.
- 2009 - General election in Germany: Chancellor Angela Merkel forms new coalition of Christian Democrats with Free Democrats.
- 2009 - General elections in Portugal: José Sócrates returns for another term, 37 percent for Socialists, 29 percent for Social Democrats, 10.5 percent for Popular Party, 10 percent for Left Block.
- 2009 - William Safire dies at age 79 in Rockville, Maryland, after suffering from pancreatic cancer; 30-year columnist for The New York Times, author of Political Dictionary, former speechwriter for Richard Nixon, Pulitzer Prize winner.
- 2012 - Baldwin's in London, England, auctions the second part of the Bentley Collection. An Australian gold sovereign of 1920 sells for 780,000 pounds (US$1.5 million), a record price for an Australian coin.
- 2015 - Total lunar eclipse is visible from Teulon, Manitoba, Canada.
- 2020 - Deadly clashes erupt in Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Republic of Artsakh introduce martial law and mobilize forces.
- 2022 - Death of Joan Hotchkis at age 95 of congestive heart failure; actor (Dr. Nancy Cunningham - The Odd Couple TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Sir Michael Gambon at age 82 from pneumonia; actor (Gosford Park movie (2001), Albus Dumbledore - six Harry Potter films (2004-2011)).
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