January 27 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for January 27
In the headlines today:

1995	5,000 mourners gather at the site of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its liberation.
1990	Four top aides of executed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu go on trial in Romania, charged with genocide.
1984	Pop singer Michael Jackson is hospitalized after his hair catches fire during filming of a Pepsi commercial in Los Angeles.
1977	The Vatican reiterates that the Roman Catholic Church does not allow women to enter the priesthood.
1973	The Vietnam peace accords are signed in Paris.
1967	"Fire in the spacecraft!" The world is shocked to learn that astronauts Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee die in a flash fire during testing of the Apollo I space capsule at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
1967	A treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons is signed by representatives of more than 60 countries.
1951	The Air Force tests a one-kiloton atomic bomb at Frenchman Flats in the Nevada desert.
1945	Russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz.
1910	Thomas Crapper, British plumber who many credit with inventing the modern flush toilet, dies.
1888	The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, DC.
1880	Thomas Edison receives a US patent for the electric incandescent light bulb.

Born today:

1981 Jonny Lang - blues guitarist, singer

1970 Mark Trojanowski - drummer (Sister Hazel)

1968 Tracy Lawrence - country singer

1968 Mike Patton - rock singer (Faith No More)

1964 Bridget Fonda - actress

1961 Gillian Gilbert - keyboardist (New Order)

1961 Margo Timmons - rock singer (Cowboy Junkies)

1959 Chris Collinsworth - NFL wide receiver, sportscaster

1956 Mimi Rogers - actress

1955 Richard Young - country singer (The Kentucky Headhunters)

1951 Brian Downey - rock drummer (Thin Lizzy)

1951 Seth Justman - rock keyboardist (J. Geils Band)

1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov - ballet dancer

1946 Nedra Talley - R&B singer (The Ronettes)

1945 Nick Mason - rock drummer (Pink Floyd)

1940 James Cromwell - actor

1938 Kim Gardner - bassist (Stealers Wheel)

1936 Troy Donahue - actor

1930 Bobby Blue Bland - singer

1921 Donna Reed - actress

1919 David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian) - Alvin & The Chipmunks creator

1918 Skitch Henderson - symphony conductor

1908 William Randolph Hearst, Jr. - newspaper publisher

1900 Hyman Rickover - US Admiral (brought Navy into nuclear age)

1859 Wilhelm II - German emperor (1888-1918)

1832 Lewis Carroll - author (Alice in Wonderland)

1828 Louis Schubert - composer

1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - composer

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Aquarius

(The Water Bearer)