Today September 27th in history click read more below to view detail events, deaths, births, Holidays and observances, and video clips in hisotry. Please comments, last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
489 – Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.
1331 – The Battle of Plowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought.
1540 – The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
1590 – Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
1605 – The armies of Sweden are utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
1669 – The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year long Siege of Candia.
1777 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
1821 – Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
1822 – Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
1825 – The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world s first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
1854 – The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
1903 – Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.
1905 – The physics journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein s paper Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?, introducing the equation E=mc².
1908 – The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
1916 – Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
1922 – King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II.
1928 – The Republic of China is recognised by the United States.
1930 – Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur.
1937 – Balinese Tiger declared extinct.
1938 – Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
1940 – World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
1941 – The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
1941 – Foundation of EAM (National Liberation Front) in Greece.
1942 – Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform for the last time before Miller enters the US Army.
1942 – Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
1944 – The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
1949 – The first Plenary Session of the National People s Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People s Republic of China.
1954 – The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
1956 – USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
1959 – Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon.
1964 – The Warren Commission releases its report, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
1968 – The stage musical Hair opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof s collapsing in July 1973.
1977 – The 300 metre tall CKVR-TV transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
1979 – The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
1980 – Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing s world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.
1983 – Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
1988 – The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.
1993 – The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
1995 – The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
1996 – In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
1996 – The Julie N. tanker skip crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
1997 – Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
2002 – Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.
2003 – Smart 1 satellite is launched.
2008 – CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
Births
823 – Ermentrude of Orléans, consort of Charles the Bald (d. 869)
1275 – John II of Brabant (d. 1312)
1384 – Cosimo de Medici, Italian Patron of the Arts
1601 – King Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
1627 – Jacques Benigne Bossuet, French bishop (d. 1704)
1643 – Solomon Stoddard, American Puritan clergyman
1696 – St. Alphonsus Liguori, Italian founder of the Redemptionist order (d. 1787)
1719 – Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (d. 1800)
1722 – Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d. 1803)
1729 – Michael Denis, Austrian poet (d. 1800)
1772 – Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1836)
1803 – Samuel Francis du Pont, American admiral (d. 1865)
1805 – George Müller, Prussian orphanage builder (d. 1898)
1818 – Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. 1884)
1821 – Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss writer (d. 1881)
1824 – William Bull Nelson, American Civil War general (d. 1862)
1830 – William Babcock Hazen, American Civil War general (d. 1887)
1840 – Thomas Nast, German-born political cartoonist (d. 1902)
1842 – Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist (d. 1903)
1843 – Gaston Tarry, French mathematician (d. 1913)
1861 – Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, sister of US President Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1933)
1864 – Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and Catholic Priest (d. 1938)
1866 – Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic Blessed (d. 1932)
1871 – Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
1879 – Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician (d. 1934)
1879 – Cyril Scott, English composer (d. 1970)
1885 – Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)
1894 – Olive Tell, American actress (d. 1951)
1894 – Lothar von Richthofen German pilot (d. 1922)
1895 – Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (d. 1948)
1896 – Sam Ervin, American politician (d. 1985)
1898 – Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946)
1906 – William Empson, British poet (d. 1984)
1906 – Jim Thompson, American author (d. 1977)
1907 – Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher (d. 2003)
1911 – John Harvey, actor (d. 1982)
1913 – Albert Ellis, American psychologist (d. 2007)
1916 – Frank Handlen, American artist
1917 – Louis Auchincloss, American novelist
1917 – William T. Orr, American television producer (d. 2002)
1918 – Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, Nobel laureate (d. 1984)
1919 – James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician (d. 1986)
1919 – Johnny Pesky, American baseball player
1919 – Charles Percy. American politician
1920 – William Conrad, American actor (d. 1994)
1920 – Jayne Meadows, American actress
1921 – Milton Subotsky, American TV and film producer (d. 1991)
1922 – Carl Ballantine, American actor
1922 – Arthur Penn, American director
1924 – Bernard Waber, American author
1924 – Fred Singer, American scientist
1924 – Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (d. 1966)
1924 – Josef Škvorecký, Czech writer and exulant publisher
1927 – Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist
1927 – Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
1931 – Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer
1932 – Roger C. Carmel, American actor (d. 1986)
1932 – Michael Colvin, Canadian singer
1932 – Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
1932 – Yash Chopra, Indian director
1932 – Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)
1933 – Will Sampson, American actor (d. 1987)
1933 – Greg Morris, American actor (d. 1996)
1933 – Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist (d. 2007)
1934 – Wilford Brimley, American actor
1934 – Claude Jarman Jr., American actor
1934 – Dick Schaap, American sports reporter (d. 2001)
1936 – Don Cornelius, American television host
1936 – Gordon Honeycombe, British playwright
1939 – Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
1939 – Carol Lynn Pearson, American poet and writer
1940 – Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
1941 – Serge Ménard, Québécois politician
1941 – Peter Bonetti, English footballer
1941 – Gay Kayler Ashcroft, Australian country music singer
1942 – Dith Pran, Cambodian-born photojournalist (d. 2008)
1942 – Alvin Stardust, English singer
1943 – Randy Bachman, Canadian musician
1943 – Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat
1945 – Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (d. 2003)
1945 – Kay Ryan, American poet
1946 – Robin Nedwell, English comedy actor (d. 1999)
1946 – T.C. Cannon, Kiowa-Caddo-Choctaw artist (d. 1978)
1947 – Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer
1947 – Denis Lawson, Scottish actor
1947 – Meat Loaf, American singer
1947 – Liz Torres, American actress and singer
1948 – Michele Dotrice, English actress
1948 – A Martinez, American actor
1948 – Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor
1948 – John K. Reed, American coral biologist
1949 – Graham Richardson, Australian politician
1949 – Mike Schmidt, American baseball player
1949 – Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer
1950 – Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese actor
1951 – Jim Shooter, American comic book writer
1951 – Paul Craig, British law professor
1951 – Michel Rivard, Québécois singer and composer (Beau Dommage)
1952 – Didier Dubois, French mathematician
1952 – Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut
1952 – André Viger, French Canadian marathoner
1953 – Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
1953 – Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader
1953 – Greg Ham, Australian musician (Men at Work)
1953 – Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer
1954 – Ray Hadley, Australian radio broadcaster
1958 – Shaun Cassidy, American singer
1959 – Beth Heiden, American speed skater
1960 – Barron Lerner, American physician and historian
1960 – Jean-Marc Barr, French-American actor and director
1961 – Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer
1961 – Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer
1964 – Stephan Jenkins, American singer (Third Eye Blind)
1965 – Ricky Fuji, Japanese professional wrestler
1965 – Steve Kerr, American basketball player
1965 – Peter MacKay, Canadian political leader
1965 – Alexis Stewart, American radio personality
1965 – Bernard Lord, Premier of New Brunswick
1966 – Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer (Jovanotti)
1967 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian international football player
1970 – Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese professional shogi player
1970 – Tamara Taylor, American actress(Bones)
1971 – Li Yapeng, Chinese actor
1971 – Amanda Detmer, American actress
1972 – Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player
1972 – Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
1972 – Craig L. Rice, American Politician
1973 – Chris Demakes, American singer/guitarist (Less Than Jake)
1975 – Thanos Petrelis, Greek singer
1976 – Dean Butterworth, English musician
1976 – Matt Harding, American video game developer
1976 – Jason Phillips, American baseball player
1976 – Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
1977 – Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
1978 – Brad Arnold, American singer (3 Doors Down)
1978 – Jon Rauch, American baseball player
1979 – Jon Garland, American baseball player
1979 – Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model
1979 – Christian Jones, Australian racing driver
1979 – Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league footballer
1980 – Asashoryu, Mongolian sumo wrestler
1981 – Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
1981 – Sophie Crumb, American comics artist
1981 – Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
1981 – Cytherea, American adult actress
1982 – Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
1982 – Lil Wayne, American rapper
1983 – Travis MacRae, Canadian singer-songwriter
1983 – Shermon Tang, Hong Kong actress
1983 – Jeon Hye Bin, Korean actress
1984 – Paul Bevan, Australian rules footballer
1984 – John Lannan, American baseball player
1984 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
1986 – Ricardo Risatti, Argentine racing driver
1989 – Park Tae-Hwan, South Korean swimmer
1990 – Kylee Lin, American beauty pageant winner
1991 – Adam Chicksen, English Football Player
1992 – Jake Burbage, American actor
1996 – Iman bint Al Abdullah II, princess of Jordan
1996 – Daeg Faerch, Danish-born Canadian actor
Deaths
1249 – Count Raymond VII of Toulouse (b. 1197)
1304 – John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English soldier
1404 – William of Wykeham, English bishop (b. 1320)
1557 – Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
1590 – Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)
1615 – Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman (b. 1575)
1651 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
1660 – Vincent de Paul, French saint (b. 1580)
1700 – Pope Innocent XII (b. 1615)
1719 – George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (b. 1662)
1730 – Laurence Eusden, English poet (b. 1688)
1735 – Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (b. 1705)
1737 – John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (b. 1680)
1742 – Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1672)
1783 – Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (b. 1730)
1832 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (b. 1781)
1838 – Bernard Courtois, French chemist (b. 1777)
1876 – Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b. 1817)
1891 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b. 1812)
1911 – Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (b. 1844)
1915 – Remy de Gourmont, French poet (b. 1858)
1917 – Edgar Degas, French painter (b. 1834)
1921 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (b. 1854)
1940 – Walter Benjamin, German philosopher (b. 1892)
1940 – Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
1944 – Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (b. 1890)
1956 – Gerald Finzi, English composer (b. 1901)
1956 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (b. 1911)
1956 – William Edward Boeing, American aviation pioneer (b. 1881)
1960 – Sylvia Pankhurst, English suffragette (b. 1882)
1965 – Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)
1972 – S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1892)
1974 – Silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A(b. 1907)
1975 – Jack Lang, Australian politician (b. 1876)
1979 – Dame Gracie Fields, British comedian (b. 1898)
1979 – Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish guitarist (b. 1953)
1981 – Robert Montgomery, American actor (b. 1904)
1985 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902)
1986 – Cliff Burton, American bassist (Metallica) (b. 1962)
1991 – Oona O Neill, daughter of playwright Eugene O Neill and 4th wife of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1926)
1993 – Jimmy Doolittle, American general (b. 1896)
1996 – Mohammad Najibullah, President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)
1997 – Walter Trampler, American violist (b. 1915)
1998 – Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. 1991)
1998 – Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
2003 – Donald O Connor, American actor (b. 1925)
2004 – John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
2005 – Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian (b. 1929)
2007 – Kenji Nagai, Japanese photojournalist (b. 1957)
2008 – Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (b. 1934)
Holidays and observances
RC Saints – Saint Vincent de Paul.
Ethiopian Orthodox Church – Meskel.
Also see September 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Bahá í Faith – Feast of Mashíyyat (Will) – First day of the eleventh month of the Bahá í calendar.
Belgium – French Community Holiday.
French Republican Calendar – Balsamine (Impatiens) Day, sixth day in the Month of Vendémiaire.
World Tourism Day.
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