427 Historic Events for January 27
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| 1897 |
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British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Granville English, composer
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Hyman G Rickover, US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy)
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| 1900 |
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Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds 1st convention
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Art Rooney, NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers)
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| 1901 |
Death |
Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (Rigoletto/Traviata/A‹da), dies at 87
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| 1902 |
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5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (NYC)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
John Eccles, British physiologist/neurologist
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| 1904 |
Death |
Adam Minchejmer, composer, dies at 73
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Howard McNear, LA Calif, actor (Floyd-Andy Griffith Show, Jetsons)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Luther Diamond, radio personality
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| 1905 |
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Maurice Rouvier forms govt in France
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| 1906 |
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Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Radames Gnattali, composer
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Henry Cotton, English golf champion (won 3x British Open)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
William Randolph Hearst Jr, newspaper publisher (Hearst Publishing)
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| 1908 |
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Pasipha‰, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Benay Venuta, SF Calif, actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
George Pope, cricketer (Eng pace bowler, 1-49 and 0-36 in his only Test)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Lawrence Durrell, Indian/British writer (Private Country)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky, composer
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Milton Adolphus, composer
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Anna Larina, revolutionary
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Jack Brymer, clarinettist
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