27TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JULIAN OF Le MANS; ST MARIUS OR
MAY; ST ANGELA MERICI; & ST VITALIAN, POPE." |
| 27TH |
672 |
"ST VITALIAN" ENDS HIS REIGN
AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 27TH |
847 |
"SERGIUS II" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 27TH |
1820 |
THE SYDNEY BURIAL GROUND,
"SANDHILLS CEMETERY," ON THE SITE OF CENTRAL STATION IS CONSECRATED. |
| 27TH |
1822 |
GREECE DECLARED INDEPENDENCE. |
| 27TH |
1845 |
"CHARLES STURT’S" PARTY
REACH "DEPOT GLEN," WHERE THEY ARE FORCED TO REMAIN FOR 5 MONTHS DUE TO LACK OF
RAIN. |
| 27TH |
1879 |
"THOMAS EDISON" PATENTS THE ELECTRIC LAMP. |
| 27TH |
1896 |
TASMANIA BOWL OUT VICTORIA FOR 65 FOR
THEIR FIRST EVER INNINGS VICTORY IN CRICKET. |
| 27TH |
1918 |
"TARZAN OF THE APES," THE FIRST "TARZAN"
FILM, PREMIERES AT A BROADWAY THEATRE. |
| 27TH |
1924 |
"LENIN" IS PLACED IN
MAUSOLEUM IN RED SQUARE. |
| 27TH |
1926 |
THE FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF TELEVISION WAS GIVEN BY
"JOHN LOGIE BAIRD." |
| 27TH |
1927 |
THE "HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS"
PLAY THEIR FIRST GAME. |
| 27TH |
1941 |
PERUVIAN AGENT, "RIVERA-SCHREIBER" WARNS OF
JAPANESE ASSAULT ON PEARL HARBOUR. |
| 27TH |
1943 |
THE U.S AIRFORCE CARRY OUT THE FIRST
BOMBING RAID ON GERMANY IN WORLD WAR II. |
| 27TH |
1944 |
LENINGRAD IS LIBERATED FROM GERMANY IN 880 DAYS WITH 600,000
KILLED. |
| 27TH |
1948 |
FIRST TAPE RECORDER SOLD. |
| 27TH |
1949 |
THE CHINESE LINER ‘TAIPING’ COLLIDES WITH A
COLLIER OFF SOUTH CHINA. |
| 27TH |
1953 |
U.S. ACTRESS, DANCER, "RITA
HAYWORTH" DIVORCES PRINCE, "ALY KHAN," SON OF THE LATE "AGA
KHAN." |
| 27TH |
1962 |
NEW ZEALAND RUNNER, "PETER SNELL" LOWERS THE WORLD
1500 metre TIME FROM 3:54.5 TO 3:54.4 |
| 27TH |
1967 |
THE "BEATLES" SIGN A 9 YEAR
WORLDWIDE CONTRACT WITH EMI RECORDS. |
| 27TH |
1969 |
ACTRESS, "THELMA RITTER" SUFFERS A HEART ATTACK.
SHE DIES ON FEBRUARY 5TH. |
| 27TH |
1969 |
14 SPIES ARE HANGED IN BAGHDAD. |
| 27TH |
1970 |
REPORTS THAT TASMINEX MINING COMPANY HAS DISCOVERED A LARGE
NICKEL DEPOSIT RAISES THE SHARE PRICE FROM $3.35 TO $85.60. PRICES FELL TO $7.50 ON
3RD MARCH WHEN IT WAS REVEALED ONLY TRACES WERE FOUND. |
| 27TH |
1972 |
AN ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY WAS SET UP
OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT HOUSE CANBERRA. |
| 27TH |
1976 |
WEST INDIES CRICKETER, "VIV RICHARDS" SCORES HIS
FIRST TEST CENTURY AGAINST AUSTRALIA. |
| 27TH |
1980 |
MERCHANT BANKER, "FRANK
NUGAN" IS FOUND DEAD IN HIS CAR AT BOWENFELS, NEAR LITHGOW, NSW. |
| 27TH |
1984 |
"POP SINGER, "MICHAEL JACKSON" IS BURNED
DURING FILMING OF A PEPSI COMMERCIAL. |
| 27TH |
1986 |
"MEGAN KALAJZICH," THE
SUBJECT OF THE 2000 MOVIE, "MY HUSBAND MY KILLER" WAS SHOT DEAD AS SHE SLEPT
NEXT TO HER HUSBAND "ANDREW KALAJZICH" IN THEIR SYDNEY HOME.
"ANDREW" WAS LATER CHARGED FOR HIRING A HIT MAN TO DO THE KILLING. |
| 27TH |
1992 |
FORMER WORLD BOXING CHAMPION "MIKE TYSON"GOES ON
TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY RAPING AN 18 YEAR OLD CONTESTANT IN THE 1991 "MISS BLACK
AMERICA" CONTEST. HE IS FOUND GUILTY. |
| 27TH |
1992 |
ACTRESS, "JANE FONDA"
UNDERGOES ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY ON HER RIGHT KNEE. |
| 27TH |
1992 |
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, "BILL CLINTON" &
"JENNIFER FLOWERS" ACCUSE EACH OTHER OF LYING OVER HER ASSERTION. THEY HAD A 12
YEAR AFFAIR. |
| 27TH |
1996 |
15 DAY OLD SIAMESE TWINS, "SARAH
& SARAHI MORALES" ARE SEPARATED. "SARAHI" DIES. |
| 27TH |
2001 |
THE ‘XPT’ PASSENGER TRAIN, ENROUTE FROM
MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY, COLLIDES WITH A CAR AT A LEVEL CROSSING NEAR ALBURY, KILLING 5
OCCUPANTS OF THE CAR INSTANTLY, & DERAILING THE LOCOMOTIVE. |
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