Tukuk-OS📅 January 27
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on January 27? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2019 — MBC Newsdesk reported on a nightclub assault in Seoul, South Korea, leading to the Burning Sun scandal, which involved several Korean idols and police officials.
- 2011 — Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution began as more than 16,000 protesters demonstrated in Sanaa to demand governmental changes.
- 2011 — Astronomers documented H1504+65, a white dwarf in Ursa Minor (chart pictured) with the hottest surface temperature known at the time, at 200,000 kelvins (360,000 °F).
- 2010 — Porfirio Lobo Sosa became the new president of Honduras, ending a constitutional crisis that had begun in 2009 when Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from office.
Porfirio Lobo SosaPresident of Honduras2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
- 2003 — The first selections for the United States National Recording Registry were announced by the Library of Congress.
- 1996 — Mahamane Ousmane, the first democratically elected president of Niger, was deposed by Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara in a military coup d'état.
Mahamane OusmaneList of heads of state of NigerIbrahim Baré Maïnassara
- 1980 — Six American diplomats who had evaded capture in the Iran hostage crisis escaped with the help of Canadian government officials to Zürich, Switzerland.
- 1967 — A fire during a launch simulation for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Kennedy killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.
- 1965 — South Vietnamese prime minister Trần Văn Hương was removed by the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.
- 1945 — The Soviet Red Army liberated about 7,000 prisoners left behind by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp.
Red ArmyLiberation of Auschwitz concentration campNazi Germany
- 1927 — A contaminated diphtheria vaccine was used in an Australian immunisation program, leading to the deaths of twelve children and the suspension of immunisation programs in several countries.
- 1869 — Former members of the overthrown Tokugawa shogunate proclaimed Japan's second-largest island, Hokkaido, to be the independent Republic of Ezo.
- 1825 — On the advice of John C. Calhoun, President James Monroe asked Congress to organize Indian Territory (map pictured) west of the Mississippi River, laying the groundwork for Indian removal in the United States.
- 1799 — French Revolutionary Wars: In the Macau Incident, French and Spanish warships encountered a British Royal Navy escort squadron in the Wanshan Archipelago; subsequent events, including which side retreated, were disputed by the commanders present.
- 1785 — The University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered public university in the United States, was founded.
University of GeorgiaOldest public university in the United States
- 1726 — J. S. Bach led the first performance of Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72, concluding his third Christmas season in Leipzig on the Third Sunday after Epiphany.
Johann Sebastian BachAlles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72List of church cantatas by liturgical occasion
- 1343 — Clement VI issued the papal bull Unigenitus, justifying the power of the pope and the use of indulgences.
- 945 — The brothers Stephen and Constantine Lekapenos, having deposed their father as Byzantine emperor a few weeks earlier, were themselves overthrown by Constantine VII, their co-emperor.
- 98 — Trajan succeeded his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; the Roman Empire reached its maximum extent under his rule.
Births
- 2003 — Park Seong-hoon, South Korean footballer
- 2000 — Morgan Gibbs-White, English footballer
- 2000 — Aurélien Tchouaméni, French footballer
- 1998 — Devin Druid, American actor
- 1996 — Braeden Lemasters, American actor, musician, and singer
- 1995 — Harrison Reed, English footballer
- 1994 — Desiree Becker, German politician
- 1994 — Jack Stephens, English footballer
- 1992 — Stefano Pettinari, Italian footballer
- 1991 — Christian Bickel, German footballer
- 1991 — Julio Teherán, Colombian baseball player
- 1990 — Tim Beckham, American baseball player
Deaths
- 2022 — Andy Devine, British TV actor (born 1942)
- 2021 — Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian (born 1926)
- 2021 — Nunuk Nuraini, Indonesian food scientist (born 1961)
- 2020 — Lina Ben Mhenni, Tunisian Internet activist and blogger (born 1983)
- 2019 — Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau, German socialite (born 1958)
- 2018 — Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of IKEA (born 1926)
- 2018 — Mort Walker, American cartoonist (born 1923)
- 2017 — Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (born 1927)
- 2017 — Arthur H. Rosenfeld, American physicist (born 1926)
- 2016 — Carlos Loyzaga, Filipino basketball player and coach (born 1930)
- 2015 — Rocky Bridges, American baseball player and coach (born 1927)
- 2015 — David Landau, English-Israeli journalist (born 1947)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Angela Merici
- Christian feast day: Blessed Paul Joseph Nardini
- Christian feast day: Devota (Monaco)
- Christian feast day: Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló
- Christian feast day: John Chrysostom (translation of relics) (Anglican, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox)
- Christian feast day: Sava (Serbia)
- Christian feast day: January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad (Russia)
- Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances: Holocaust Memorial Day (UK)
- Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances: Memorial Day (Italy)
- Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances: Other Holocaust Memorial Days observances
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