418 Historic Events for September 27
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| 1939 |
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White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleve, 5-2 and 7-5
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| 1940 |
Death |
Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48
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| 1940 |
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Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
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| 1940 |
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Yankees, lose to A's and eliminated from pennant for 1st time since 1935
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| 1940 |
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55 German aircrafts shot down above England
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| 1940 |
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Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Josephine Barstow, opera singer
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| 1940 |
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Nazi-Germany, Italy and Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis)
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| 1941 |
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1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Don Cornelius, TV show host (Soul Train)
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| 1942 |
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St Louis Cards win NL pennant on last day of season
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| 1942 |
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Reinhard Heydrich, "butcher of Prague," appointed SS-general
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| 1942 |
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NY Giants beat Wash Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down
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| 1942 |
Event |
Heavy German assault in Stalingrad
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Baroness Blackstone
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| 1942 |
Death |
Douglas Munro, only US Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Anna Gael, [Gyarmarthy], Budapest Hungary, Lady Weymouth
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| 1943 |
Event |
Dutch opposition newspaper "The Slogan" publishes KZ-Lower letter
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Randy Bachman, Winnipeg, rocker (Bachman-Turner Overdrive-Roll On)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Steve Boone, NC, rock vocalist/bassist (Lovin' Spoonful)
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| 1943 |
Death |
Waclaw Gieburowski, composer, dies at 65
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| 1943 |
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Anti-fascism opposition begins in Naples
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Bob Curiano, rock bassist (Mink Deville)
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| 1944 |
Birth |
IDG Garnett, British Vice-Admiral
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