This day in History - January 27

427 Historic Events for January 27
1934 Birth Julian Ogilvie Thompson, CEO (De Beers)
1934 Birth Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Barcelona Spain, UNESCO director (1987- )
1934 Birth Edithe Cresson, premier of France (1991-92)
1934 Birth Donald Spiers, controller (Aircraft MoD)
1934 Event French govt of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair)
1935 Birth Gillian Beer, professor/president (Clare Hall-Cambridge)
1936 Birth Ismail Kadare, Albanian author/poet (Dimri i Madh)
1936 Birth Troy Donahue, NYC, actor (Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye)
1937 Birth John Ogdon, Manchester England, pianist/composer
1938 Birth Kim Gardner, rocker (Byrds)
1938 Birth Timothy Elworthy, Captain of The Queen's Flight
1939 Birth Tigran Yegiayi Mansuryan, composer
1939 Birth Rawlings, Baroness
1939 Birth N R Bomford, head master (Harrow School)
1939 Birth Mike Hill, Jackson MI, PGA golfer (1977 Ohio Kings Island Open)
1940 Birth Brian T O'Leary, Boston Mass, astronaut
1940 Birth Harry Kmel, Flemish director (Monsieur Hawarden)
1940 Event -17øF (-27øC), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record)
1941 Event Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreib‚r warns of Jap assault on Pearl Harbor
1941 Death Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer, dies at 90
1942 Birth Petr Kotik, composer
1942 Birth James Cromwell, LA Calif, actor (Stretch-All in the Family, Babe)
1942 Event -19øF (-27.4øC), Netherland's coldest day since 1850
1943 Birth A H Harper, CEO (Baltic Exchange)
1943 Birth Cumberlege, Baroness