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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 14, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,438,560 minutes 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.
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 14 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 4,054 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 27 Historical Events
- 1695 –Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
- 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”.
- 1909 –The Young Left is founded in Norway.
- 1941 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
- 1945 –World War II: The Red Army liberates the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland.
- 1967 –The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
- 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.
- 1983 –The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world’s longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
- 1996 –In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
- 2006 –Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services.
Who were born on January 27?
- 1823 –Edouard Lalo, French composer (d. 1892)
- 1903 –Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (d. 1979)
- 1924 –Sabu Dastagir, Indian actor (d. 1963)
- 1937 –John Ogdon, English pianist (d. 1989)
- 1942 –John Witherspoon, American actor
- 1946 –Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes)
- 1965 –Mike Newell, English football manager
- 1967 –Bobby Deol, Indian actor
- 1979 –Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer
- 1979 –Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgian beach volleyball player
Who died on January 27?
- 1540 –Saint Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (b. 1474)
- 1629 –Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (b. 1560)
- 1857 –Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (b. 1785)
- 1860 –János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1802)
- 1901 –Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
- 1921 –Maurice Vincent Buckley, Australian soldier (b. 1891)
- 1972 –Richard Courant, German-American mathematician (b. 1888)
- 1994 –Claude Akins, American actor (b. 1918)
- 2006 –Johannes Rau, 8th President of Germany (b. 1931)
- 2008 –Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader (b. 1910)
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