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01/27/1897
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British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)
Type: Event
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01/27/1899
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Granville English, composer
Type: Birth
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01/27/1900
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Hyman G Rickover, US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1900
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Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds 1st convention
Type: Event
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01/27/1901
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Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1901
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Art Rooney, NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1901
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Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (Rigoletto/Traviata/A‹da), dies at 87
Type: Death
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01/27/1902
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5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (NYC)
Type: Event
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01/27/1903
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John Eccles, British physiologist/neurologist
Type: Birth
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01/27/1904
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Adam Minchejmer, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/27/1905
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Howard McNear, LA Calif, actor (Floyd-Andy Griffith Show, Jetsons)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1905
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Luther Diamond, radio personality
Type: Birth
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01/27/1905
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Maurice Rouvier forms govt in France
Type: Event
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01/27/1906
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Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec
Type: Event
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01/27/1906
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Radames Gnattali, composer
Type: Birth
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01/27/1907
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Henry Cotton, English golf champion (won 3x British Open)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1908
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William Randolph Hearst Jr, newspaper publisher (Hearst Publishing)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1908
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Pasipha‰, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte
Type: Event
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01/27/1911
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Benay Venuta, SF Calif, actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1911
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George Pope, cricketer (Eng pace bowler, 1-49 and 0-36 in his only Test)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1912
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Lawrence Durrell, Indian/British writer (Private Country)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1913
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Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky, composer
Type: Birth
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01/27/1913
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Milton Adolphus, composer
Type: Birth
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01/27/1914
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Anna Larina, revolutionary
Type: Birth
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01/27/1915
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Jack Brymer, clarinettist
Type: Birth
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01/27/1915
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US Marines occupy Haiti
Type: Event
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01/27/1916
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Communist party "Spartacus Letters" 1st published in Berlin
Type: Event
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01/27/1917
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Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9:53) (record)
Type: Event
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01/27/1917
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Merrivale, Lord
Type: Birth
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01/27/1917
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Dunboyne, Lord
Type: Birth
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01/27/1918
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Skitch Henderson, Birmingham England, orch leader (Tonight Show)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1918
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"Tarzan of the Apes," 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater
Type: Event
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01/27/1918
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Elmore James, musician (Dust My Broom)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1919
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David Seville, [Ross Bagdasarian], Fresno Calif, (Alvin and Chipmunks)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1919
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H D Halsey, Bishop of Carlisle
Type: Birth
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01/27/1919
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Nina Milkina, pianist
Type: Birth
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01/27/1919
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Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (Margita ‚lni akar), dies at 41
Type: Death
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01/27/1921
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Donna Reed, Denison Iowa, (From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1922
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Wilfrid Bourne, QC/Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
Type: Birth
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01/27/1922
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Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I Mala Voglia), dies at 81
Type: Death
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01/27/1924
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Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier
Type: Event
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01/27/1924
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Sabu, [Dastagir], India, actor (Elephant Boy, Drum)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1924
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Rauf Denktasj, Turkish-Cypriot politician
Type: Birth
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01/27/1924
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Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square
Type: Event
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01/27/1924
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William van Straubenzee, British MP
Type: Birth
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01/27/1924
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Kenneth Corfield, CEO (STC)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1924
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Alexander Georgiyevich Chugayev, composer
Type: Birth
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01/27/1924
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Rix, Lord
Type: Birth
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01/27/1925
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John Bury, designer
Type: Birth
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01/27/1925
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Geoffrey Tucker, British political consultant
Type: Birth
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