What are the important events that happened on January 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 27 is the 27th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 338 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 14, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 482,760 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘icosiheptagon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 2 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,420 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 27 Historical Events
- 1186 –Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily.
- 1825 –The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears”.
- 1888 –The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
- 1909 –The Young Left is founded in Norway.
- 1939 –First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
- 1952 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- 1980 –Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian caper.
- 1996 –In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
- 2003 –The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
- 2006 –Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services.
Who were born on January 27?
- 1687 –Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect (d. 1753)
- 1901 –Art Rooney, Pittsburgh Steelers founder and owner (d. 1988)
- 1926 –Fritz Spiegl, Austrian journalist (d. 2003)
- 1933 –Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian businessman
- 1948 –Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist
- 1957 –Frank Skinner, English writer and comedian
- 1961 –Karen Velez, American model
- 1972 –Wynne Evans, Welsh operatic tenor
- 1974 –Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Nordic biathlete
- 1981 –Tony Woodcock, New Zealand rugby union player
Who died on January 27?
- 1689 –Robert Aske, merchant whose charitable foundation operates Haberdashers‘ Aske’s Boys School and Haberdashers’Aske’s School for Girls (b. 1619)
- 1910 –Thomas Crapper, English inventor (b. 1836)
- 1922 –Nellie Bly, American journalist and writer (b. 1864)
- 1940 –Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (b. 1894)
- 1956 –Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1890)
- 1967 –Edward White – Crew of Apollo 1 (b. 1930)
- 2001 –Stavros Damianides, Greek musician (b. 1941)
- 2006 –Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (disappeared) (b. 1965)
- 2007 –Alberta Davis, American supercentenerian ( b. 1881)
- 2009 –R. Venkataraman, 8th President of India (b. 1910)
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