Birthdates Which Occur on January 27:
1546 Joachim III Frederick elector (Brandenburg)
1556 Abbas I "the Great", shah of Persia (1587-1629)
1592 Pierre de La Barre composer
1662 Richard Bentley Oulton, scholar/controversialist
1679 Jean-Fran‡ois de Troy French painter
1701 Johann N von Hontheim German church historian/suffragan (bishop)
1715 Vaclav Kalous composer
1720 Samuel Foote England, actor/dramatist (Mirror)
1723 Johann A Cramer prime minister/poet
1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro)
1775 Friedrich von Schelling Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity)
1784 Martin-Joseph Mengal composer
1805 Samuel Palmer London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision)
1806 Juan Christomo Arriaga y Balzola composer
1808 David F Strauss Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life)
1822 Thomas Leiper Kane Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1823 douard Lalo France, composer (Symphonie espagnole)
1824 Jozef Isra‰ls Dutch painter
1826 Richard Taylor Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879
1828 Louis Schubert composer
and Samuel Allen Rice Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1830 Georg Hellmesberger composer
and William Henry Fitzhugh Payne Brig General (Confederate Army)
1832 Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], auth (Alice in Wonderland)
1834 Dmitri Mendeleev chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements)
and Robert Sanford Foster Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1836 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Austrian writer (masochism)
1850 Samuel Gompers Dutch/US 1st president (American Federation of Labor)
1851 Rafael Obligado Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)
1858 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer
1859 Wilhelm II Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)
1867 Claude Antoine Terrasse composer
1868 Cato Engelen-Sewing Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera)
1869 Will Marion Cook composer
1872 Learned Hand Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals)
1882 Giuseppe Prezzolini Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano)
1885 Eduard Knneke German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda)
and Jerome Kern NYC, Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta)
1887 Carl Blegen Minneapolis, archaeologist (excavator at Troy, Pylos)
1892 Mitya Stillman composer
1894 Fritz Pollard early black NFL star (1920-26)
1895 Claudio Carneyro composer
and Joseph Rosenstock Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1936-41)
1899 Granville English composer
19-- James Cromwell LA Calif, actor (Stretch-All in the Family)
and Karen Kondazian Boston, actress (Irene-Shannon)
and Marc Ferrari rocker (Cold Sweat-Break Out)
1900 Hyman G Rickover US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy)
1901 Art Rooney NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers)
and Willy Fritsch German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon)
1903 John Eccles British physiologist/neurologist
1905 Howard McNear LA Calif, actor (Floyd-Andy Griffith Show, Jetsons)
1906 Radames Gnattali composer
1907 Henry Cotton English golf champion (won 3x British Open)
1908 William Randolph Hearst Jr newspaper publisher (Hearst Publishing)
1911 Benay Venuta SF Calif, actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister)
1912 Lawrence Durrell Indian/British writer (Private Country)
1913 Milton Adolphus composer
and Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky composer
1915 Jack Brymer clarinettist
1917 Dunboyne Lord
and Merrivale Lord
1918 Elmore James musician (Dust My Broom)
and Skitch Henderson Birmingham England, orch leader (Tonight Show)
1919 David Seville [Ross Bagdasarian], Fresno Calif, (Alvin & Chipmunks)
and HD Halsey Bishop of Carlisle
and Nina Milkina pianist
1921 Donna Reed Denison Iowa, (From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life)
1922 Wilfrid Bourne QC/Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
1924 Alexander Georgiyevich Chugayev composer
and Kenneth Corfield CEO (STC)
and Rauf Denktasj Turkish-Cypriot politician
and Rix Lord
and Sabu [Dastagir], India, actor (Elephant Boy, Drum)
and William van Straubenzee British MP
1925 Geoffrey Tucker British political consultant
and John Bury designer
1927 Doretta Morrow NYC, actress (Because You're Mine)
and Joe Perry AAFC/NFL fullback (SF 49ers, Balt Colts)
and Michael Craig Poona India, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror)
1928 Jean-Michel Damase composer
1929 Ingrid Thulin Solleftea Sweden, actress (Cries & Whispers, Damned)
1930 Bobby "Blue" Bland Rosemark TN, blues singer (Call on the Drummer)
and Esteban Edward Torres (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
and Roger Sims British MP
1931 John Hopkins writer
and Mordecai Richler author, Montr‚al (Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz)
and Vinson Lord
1932 Neville Trotter British MP
1933 Mohamed Al Fayed CEO (Harrods)
and Rita Hennessy matron-in-chief (QARANC)
1934 Donald Spiers controller (Aircraft MoD)
and Edithe Cresson premier of France (1991-92)
and Federico Mayor Zaragoza Barcelona Spain, UNESCO director (1987- )
and Julian Ogilvie Thompson CEO (De Beers)
1935 Gillian Beer professor/president (Clare Hall-Cambridge)
1936 Troy Donahue NYC, actor (Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye)
1937 John Ogdon Manchester England, pianist/composer
1938 Timothy Elworthy Captain of The Queen's Flight
1939 NR Bomford Head Master (Harrow School)
and Rawlings Baroness
and Tigran Yegiayi Mansuryan composer
1940 Brian T O'Leary Boston Mass, astronaut
and Harry Kmel Flemish director (Monsieur Hawarden)
1942 Petr Kotik composer
1943 A H Harper CEO (Baltic Exchange)
and Cumberlege Baroness
1944 Kevin Coyne rocker
and Mairead Corrigan-Maguire Nobel laureate
1945 Nicholas Berkeley Mason drummer (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
1946 Kim Gardner England, rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke)
1947 Nedra Telley NYC, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Little Baby)
1948 Chuck Larsen rocker (Snuff)
and Mikhail Baryshnikov Riga Latvia, ballet dancer (That's Dancing)
1949 Lifford Viscount
1951 Brian Downey rock drummer (Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town)
and Scott Lane NYC, actor (Gary-McKeever & the Colonel)
and Seth Justman Wash DC, rock keyboardist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
1952 Brian Gottfried Baltimore Md, tennis star (Wimbledon Doubles 1976)
and Peter Garland composer
1954 Kimberly J "Kim" Hughes Australian cricketer
1955 Mimi Rogers Coral Gables Fla, actress (Paper Dolls, The Rousters)
and Richard Young Glasgow Ky, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
1957 Frank Miller US, comicbook writer (Batman-The Dark Knight Returns)
1958 Alan Milburn British MP
and Charles Waltz rocker (Shooting Star)
1959 Patti Cohoon Whittier Calif, actress (Molly-Here Come the Brides)
196- Sarah Kennedy Coquille Ohio, comedienne (Laugh in)
1961 Charlotte Kemp Omaha Ne, playmate (Dec, 1982)
and Gillian Gilbert Manchester England, rocker (New Order-Round & Round)
and Karen Velez Rockville Ctr NY, playmate (December, 1984)
and Martin Degville rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
and Rudi Mauger rocker (Crew Cuts)
1962 Michael Collins clarinettist
1964 Bridget Fonda LA Calif, actress (Scandal, Single White Female)
and Cathy Podewell Calif, actress (Dallas)
and Inga Thompson Reno Nevada, US cyclist (Olympic-8th-88, 84, 92)
and Migi [Miguel Drummond] rock (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance)
1966 Tamlyn Tomita Okinawa, actress (Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara)
1967 Carrington Garland LA Calif, actress (Kelly Capwell-Santa Barbara)
1968 Mike Patton Eureka Ca, rocker (Faith No More-The Real Thing )
and Tracy Lawrence Atlanta Tx, country singer (Sticks & Stones)
1970 Carlos Javier Bernardo Dutch prince
and Dario Brose Queens NY, US soccer halfback (Olympic-92)
1976 Mike Ferrier Suriname/Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
Deaths Which Occured January 27:
98 Marius Cocceius Nerva emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67
672 Vitalianus pope (657-72)/saint, dies
847 Sergius II pope (844-47), dies
1164 Abraham ibn Ezra poet/philosopher, dies
1540 Angela Merici Italian monk/monastery, dies
1565 Robrecht de Berghes prince-bishop of Lithuania (1557-64), dies
1612 Maarten van Valckenborch Flemish painter, buried at about 77
1625 Adriaen Valerius notary/Neth Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49
1629 Hieronymus Praetorius composer, dies at 68
1669 Gaspar de Crayer Flemish painter, dies at 87
1699 William Temple statesman, dies
1731 Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori Ital klavier builder, dies at 75
1763 Johan-Theodoor van Beieren prince-bishop of Lithuania, dies
1802 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer, dies at 42
1814 Johann Gottlieb Fichte philosopher, dies
Philip Astley theatre manager, dies
1816 Samuel Hood 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies
1850 J Gottfried Schadow German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85
Philipp Roth composer, dies at 70
1851 John James Audubon conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65
Karl Moser composer, dies at 77
1857 Dorothea von Benckendorff Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72
1858 Gerrit van de Linde Jz "Principal", poet, dies at 49
1859 Carl A Agardh Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74
1860 Jan¢ Bolyai Hungarian mathematician (parallel), dies at 57
1864 Franz KL von Klenze German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies
1866 John Gibson sculptor, dies
1889 Ivan S Aksakov Russian journalist, dies at 65
1893 James G Blaine US minister of foreign affairs, dies at 62
1901 Giuseppe Verdi Italian composer (Rigoletto/Traviata/A‹da), dies at 87
1904 Adam Minchejmer composer, dies at 73
1919 Endre Ady Hungarian poet (Margita ‚lni akar), dies at 41
1922 Giovanni Verga Italian writer (I Mala Voglia), dies
1928 Marie Verstraete actress (Frou-Frou/Nora), dies at 74
1930 Jean Hure composer, dies at 52
1941 Iver Paul Fredrik Holter composer, dies at 90
1949 Boris Asafiev composer, dies at 64
1953 Martinus Nijhoff poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58
1954 Paul-Marie Masson composer, dies at 71
1956 Erich Kleiber Austrian conductor, dies
1963 John Farrow actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58
1964 Lieb Glantz composer, dies at 66
1965 Theo Uden Marsman orchestra leader, dies at 63
1967 Alphonse Juin French marshal, dies
Edward H White II astronaut, dies in Apollo I fire
Roger B Chaffee astronaut, dies at 31 in Apollo I fire
Virgil I (Gus) Grissom astronaut, dies at 40 in Apollo I fire
1969 Charles Winninger actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 82
Hanns Jelinek composer, dies at 67
1970 Ed Ford comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72
1972 Mahalia Jackson gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60
Richard Current German/US mathematician, dies at 84
1974 Georgios Grivas Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75
1977 Walter Baldwin actor (Gay Amigo), dies at 88
1978 Marguerite Canal composer, dies at 87
Oscar Homolka actor (7 Year Itch, Ball of Fire), dies at 79
1981 Leo Collard Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78
1982 Iris Korn actress (Widder-Palmerstown USA), dies at 60
1983 Louis De Funes actor/writer (Mad Adv of Rabbi Jacobs), dies at 68
Paul "Bear" Bryant US football coach (Alabama), dies at 69
Robert Christian actor (Bustin' Loose), dies of cancer at 42
1984 Lou Crosby TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 72
1986 Lilli Palmer [Preiser], German actress (Gentle Sex), dies at 71
1990 Helen Jerome Eddy actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 92
1992 Francesca Primus columnist (Back Stage), dies at 45
Gene Harris entertainer, dies after long illness
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Brit actress (Eliza Dolittle), dies at 101
1993 Andre the Giant [Rene Roussimoff], wrestler, dies at 49
Erik M”rk Danish actor (Europe), dies at 67
Jan Gies Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87
1994 Claude Akins actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo), dies of cancer at 75
Joe Mays actor, dies of complications from AIDS, at 44
1995 Geoffrey Parsons Australian/British pianist, dies at 65
Halsey S Colchester British SAS/MI6-spy/priest, dies at 76
Willem R " Wim" van der Zee gen-sec Council of Churches, dies at 64
Holidays Which Occur January 27:
Mauritius Cavadee
Vietnam Vietnam Peace Day (1973)
Religious Observances on January 27:
Buddhist-Laos Buddhist Holiday
Christian Devote of Monte Carlo
Lutheran Commemoration of Lydia, Dorcas & Phoebe
RC Feast of St Julianus, bishop of Le Mans
RC Luderik/St-Thierry, 2nd bishop of Orleans
407 Ang, Old RC Commemoration of John Chrysostomus, bp of Constantinople
1540 RC Memorial of St Angela Merici, virgin (opt)
Things to Remember for January 27:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
23 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
[Ancient Rome] a d vj Kal Feb
[Germany] Holocaust Rememberance Day [1996]
Highlights in History Which Occur January 27:
672 St Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
847 Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1302 Dante becomes a Florentine political exile
1538 States of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy
1556 Willem of Orange becomes knight of Guilder Flies
1593 Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno
1662 1st American lime kiln begins operation, Providence, RI
1671 Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City
1710 Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget
1736 Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland
1778 Piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres, Paris
1785 1st US state university chartered, Athens, Georgia
1823 Pres Monroe appoints 1st US ambassadors to South America
1864 Battle of Fair Gardens, TN
and Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Va
1870 1st sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw U in Greencastle, Indiana)
and After accepting 15th amendment, VA is readmitted to Union
and Manitoba & Northwest Territories incorporated
1880 Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
1886 1st British govt of Salisbury resigns
1888 National Geographic Society organizes
1891 Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania
1894 1st college basketball game, U of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11
and Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park
1897 British troops occupy Bida Gold coast
1900 Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds 1st convention
1902 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (NYC)
1904 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #523 Ada
1905 Maurice Rouvier forms govt in France
1906 Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec
1908 Pasipha‰, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte
1915 US Marines occupy Haiti
1916 Communist party "Spartacus Letters" first published in Berlin
1917 Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9:53) (record)
1924 Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier
and Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square
1926 1st public demonstration of television, John L Baird, London
and US Senate agrees to join World Court
1927 Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game
1932 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1815 Beethoven
1933 Otto Meisnner dines with British ambassador Rumbold
1934 French govt of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair)
and VARA refuses to hire after commemoration of Marinus Van de Lubbe
1935 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1341 Edmee
1940 -17øF (-27øC), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record)
1941 Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreib‚r warns of Jap assault on Pearl Harbor
1942 -19øF (-27.4øC), Netherland's coldest day since 1850
1943 1st US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)
1944 Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed
1945 Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)
and Russia liberates Auschwitz Concentration Camp
and S Romberg, H&D Fields' musical premieres in NYC
and Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested
1948 1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates
and 1st tape recorder sold
1949 Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China
1951 US begins 126 nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site
1953 Netherlands end Marshall aid
1958 Ferenc Mnnich follows K d r as premier of Hungary
1961 "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV
1963 Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec
1964 "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US
and Margaret Chase Smith (Sen-R-Maine) tries for Republican Pres bid
1965 1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite
and Ground breaking for "Dragon Gateway" at Grant Avenue
1967 Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White & Chaffee
and Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records
and New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player (Paige Cothren-kicker)
and Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed
1969 14 spies hung in Baghdad
and 9 Jews publically executed in Damascus Syria
and Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack (she dies Feb 5th)
and Noordiers vicar Ian Paisley sentenced to 3 years
1971 Montgomery St Station, last link in BART, `holed thru'
1973 Janet Lynn wins her 5th consecutive natl figure skating championship
and UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record)
and US & Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest US war & milt draft
William Rogers & Nguyen Duy Trinh sign US-N Vietnam treaty
1976 "Laverne & Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV
and Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara
1977 1st broadcast of "Roots" mini-series on ABC TV
and Pres Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000)
1979 Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8)
1980 10th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 37-27
1982 Mauno Koivisto installed as president of Finland
and Oak Ridge Observatory discovers asteroids #2674 Pandarus & #3342
and Roberto S Cordova installed as president of Honduras
1983 World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaid
1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3278
and John & Yoko release "Milk & Honey" album
and LA Kings end Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record 51-game scoring streak
1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth
and Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25)
1987 Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team
1989 German war criminals Fischer & Aus der Fnten freed
and Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
and Okla's linebacker, Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Ok grad student
1990 Steffi Graf beats Mary Jo Fernandez to win Australian Open
1991 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, disbands
and Super Bowl XXV: NY Giants-20, Buffalo Bills-19 in Tampa
1992 Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee
and Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)
1993 DC-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12
1994 Carlos Reina succeeds pres Callejas in Honduras
and Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites
1996 15 day old siamese twins separated-Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies
and Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st NY female Episcopal bishop
and Germany celebrates it's 1st Holocaust Rememberance Day
and Monica Seles beats Anke Huber to win Australian Open
1891 Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
1949 Chinese liner 'Taiping' collided with a collier off south China,
sinking both ships with a loss of at least 600 lives.
Your Special Reminders for January 27:
1916 69øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1927 -1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 27th day of year with 338 remaining (Numerology = 1)
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