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01/27/1943
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1st US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)
Type: Event
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01/27/1944
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Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed
Type: Event
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01/27/1944
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Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves
Type: Event
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01/27/1944
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Kevin Coyne, rocker
Type: Birth
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01/27/1945
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Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, North Irish peace activist (Nobel 1976)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1945
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Nick Mason, rock drummer (Pink Floyd-Money)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1945
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Nicholas Berkeley Mason, drummer (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1945
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Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested
Type: Event
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01/27/1945
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S Romberg, HandD Fields' musical premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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01/27/1945
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Russia liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland)
Type: Event
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01/27/1945
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Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)
Type: Event
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01/27/1946
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Kim Gardner, England, rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1947
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Nedra Telley, NYC, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Little Baby)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1948
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1st tape recorder sold
Type: Event
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01/27/1948
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Chuck Larsen, rocker (Snuff)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1948
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Mikhail Baryshnikov, Riga Latvia, ballet dancer (That's Dancing)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1948
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1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates
Type: Event
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01/27/1949
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Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China
Type: Event
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01/27/1949
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Lifford, Viscount
Type: Birth
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01/27/1949
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Boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64
Type: Death
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01/27/1950
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2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show and Texaco Star Theater win
Type: Event
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01/27/1951
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Brian Downey, rock drummer (Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1951
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Seth Justman, Wash DC, rock keyboardist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1951
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Scott Lane, NYC, actor (Gary-McKeever and the Colonel)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1951
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"Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances
Type: Event
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01/27/1951
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US begins 126 nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site
Type: Event
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01/27/1952
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Brian Gottfried, Baltimore Md, tennis star (Wimbledon Doubles 1976)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1952
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Peter Garland, composer
Type: Birth
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01/27/1953
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Netherlands end Marshall aid
Type: Event
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01/27/1953
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Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58
Type: Death
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01/27/1954
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Kimberly J "Kim" Hughes, Australian cricketer
Type: Birth
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01/27/1954
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Paul-Marie Masson, composer, dies at 71
Type: Death
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01/27/1955
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Richard Young, Glasgow Ky, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1955
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Mimi Rogers, Coral Gables Fla, actress (Paper Dolls, The Rousters)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1955
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Ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies
Type: Death
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01/27/1955
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"Plain and Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 476 perfs
Type: Event
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01/27/1956
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Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies
Type: Death
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01/27/1956
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NFL's NY Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium
Type: Event
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01/27/1956
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Fred Quillan, Portland Oregon, WLAF offensive coach (Frankfurt Galaxy)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1957
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
Type: Event
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01/27/1957
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Frank Miller, US, comicbook writer (Batman-The Dark Knight Returns)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1958
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Alan Milburn, British MP
Type: Birth
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01/27/1958
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Charles Waltz, rocker (Shooting Star)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1958
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Ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary
Type: Event
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01/27/1959
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Chris Collinsworth, NFL wide receiver/TV sportscaster
Type: Birth
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01/27/1959
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Patti Cohoon, Whittier Calif, actress (Molly-Here Come the Brides)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1961
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Margo Timmins, singer (Cowboy Junkies)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1961
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Martin Degville, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1961
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Gillian Gilbert, Manchester England, rocker (New Order-Round and Round)
Type: Birth
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01/27/1961
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Rudi Mauger, rocker (Crew Cuts)
Type: Birth
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