427 Historic Events for January 27
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| 1868 |
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Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera)
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| 1869 |
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Will Marion Cook, composer
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| 1870 |
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Manitoba and Northwest Territories incorporated
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| 1870 |
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After accepting 15th amendment, VA is readmitted to Union
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| 1870 |
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1st sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw U in Greencastle, Indiana)
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| 1872 |
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Learned Hand, Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals)
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| 1880 |
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Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
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| 1882 |
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Giuseppe Prezzolini, Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano)
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| 1885 |
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Jerome Kern, NYC, Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta)
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| 1885 |
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Eduard KĀnneke, German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda)
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| 1886 |
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1st British govt of Salisbury resigns
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| 1887 |
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Carl Blegen, Minneapolis, archaeologist (excavator at Troy, Pylos)
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| 1888 |
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National Geographic Society organizes (Wash DC)
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| 1889 |
Death |
Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, dies at 65
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| 1889 |
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Balthasar van der Pol, physicist (Comparison of Van der Pol)
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| 1891 |
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Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania
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| 1891 |
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Ilja Ehrenburg, writer
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Mitya Stillman, composer
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| 1893 |
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James G Blaine, US minister of foreign affairs, dies at 62
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| 1894 |
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Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park
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| 1894 |
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1st college basketball game, U of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11
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| 1894 |
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Fritz Pollard, early black NFL star (1920-26)
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| 1895 |
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Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1936-41)
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| 1895 |
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Claudio Carneyro, composer
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| 1896 |
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Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory
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