427 Historic Events for January 27
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| 1943 |
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1st US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)
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| 1944 |
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Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed
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| 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
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Kevin Coyne, rocker
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, North Irish peace activist (Nobel 1976)
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Nick Mason, rock drummer (Pink Floyd-Money)
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Nicholas Berkeley Mason, drummer (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
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| 1945 |
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Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested
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| 1945 |
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S Romberg, HandD Fields' musical premieres in NYC
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| 1945 |
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Russia liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland)
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| 1945 |
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Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Kim Gardner, England, rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke)
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| 1947 |
Birth |
Nedra Telley, NYC, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Little Baby)
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| 1948 |
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1st tape recorder sold
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Chuck Larsen, rocker (Snuff)
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Riga Latvia, ballet dancer (That's Dancing)
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| 1948 |
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1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates
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| 1949 |
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Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Lifford, Viscount
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| 1949 |
Death |
Boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64
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| 1950 |
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2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show and Texaco Star Theater win
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| 1951 |
Birth |
Brian Downey, rock drummer (Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town)
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| 1951 |
Birth |
Seth Justman, Wash DC, rock keyboardist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
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| 1951 |
Birth |
Scott Lane, NYC, actor (Gary-McKeever and the Colonel)
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| 1951 |
Event |
"Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances
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