September 27
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September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 95 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme River, beginning the Norman Conquest of England.
- 1529 – The Siege of Vienna begins, as Suleiman I attacks the city.
- 1590 – The death of Pope Urban VII ends the shortest papacy in history, lasting just 13 days.
- 1605 – The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kirchholm.
- 1777 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital city of the United States for a day.
- 1821 – Mexico gains independence from Spain.
- 1822 – Jean-Francois Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
- 1825 – The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens in northern England, having the first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
- 1854 – Steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1903 – The "Wreck of the Old 97" train crash occurs near Danville, Virginia, killing 11 people (including one who later died on October 6), and injuring 7. The crash later becomes well-known through songs and musical pieces.
- 1905 – The formula E=mc squared is introduced, devised by Albert Einstein.
- 1916 – Iyasu V is officially deposed in a palace coup in Ethiopia, in favor of his aunt, Zauditu.
- 1922 – Constantine I of Greece abdicates the throne. His eldest son succeeds him as George II of Greece.
- 1928 – The Republic of China is recognised by the United States.
- 1937 – The Balinese Tiger is declared extinct.
- 1938 – The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1940 – World War II: Germany, Japan and Italy sign the "Tripartite Pact".
- 1942 – World War II: Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escapes after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
- 1957 – In the Azores, the Capelinho volcano erupts on the island of Faial. 300 homes are destroyed and 2,000 people are evacuated.
- 1959 – Almost 5,000 people are killed when a typhoon strikes the island of Honshu, Japan.
- 1961 – Sierra Leone joins the UN.
- 1968 – The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London.
- 1973 – The Soviet Union launches the Soyuz 12 spacecraft.
- 1979 – The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the United States Congress to become the 13th US cabinet agency.
- 1983 – Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project.
- 1988 – Canadian athlete Ben Johnson is stripped of his Olympic gold medal, after failing a drug test.
- 1993 – The Sokhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
- 1996 – Afghan forces are routed as the Taleban seizes control of Kabul.
- 1997 – The Julie N tanker ship crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine, spilling hundreds of gallons of oil.
- 1997 – Communication is lost with the Mars Pathfinder Probe.
- 1998 – Google is founded.
- 1998 – Gerhard Schroeder is elected Chancellor of Germany, succeeding Helmut Kohl.
- 2001 – In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 people, of which 14 are killed. He then kills himself.
- 2002 – East Timor joins the UN.
- 2003 – The Smart 1 satellite is launched.
- 2007 – NASA launches the Dawn probe.
- 2008 – Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese astronaut to perform a space walk.
- 2009 – German Parliamentary Election: Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel of the CDU is allowed to serve a second term in office, after defeating SPD candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier. She enters into a coalition with the Free Democrats under Guido Westerwelle.
Births [change]
- 1271 – Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, and Poland (d. 1305)
- 1275 – John II of Brabant (d. 1312)
- 1389 – Cosimo de' Medici, Italian art patron and ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
- 1544 – Takenaka Shigeharu, Japanese samurai (d. 1579)
- 1553 – Stephen Bathory, King of Poland (d. 1586)
- 1601 – King Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
- 1643 – Solomon Stoddard, American Puritan clergyman (d. 1729)
- 1657 – Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, regent of Russia (d. 1704)
- 1677 – Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian musical composer (d. 1754)
- 1722 – Samuel Adams, American patriot, revolutionary, writer and statesman (d. 1803)
- 1765 – Antoine Philippe de la Tremouille, French counter-revolutionary (d. 1794)
- 1772 – Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1836)
- 1783 – Agustin de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico (d. 1824)
- 1792 – George Cruikshank, British artist (d. 1878)
- 1818 – Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. 1884)
- 1824 – William "Bull" Nelson, American Civil War general (d. 1862)
- 1826 – Armand David, French monk and naturalist (d. 1900)
- 1830 – William Babcock Hazen, American Civil War general (d. 1887)
- 1838 – Lawrence Sullivan Ross, American Confederate general and 19th Governor of Texas (d. 1898)
- 1840 – Thomas Nast, German-American political cartoonist (d. 1902)
- 1842 – Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist (d. 1903)
- 1861 – Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, sister of Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1933)
- 1862 – Louis Botha, South African politician (d. 1919)
- 1871 – Grazia Deledda, Italian writer (d. 1936)
- 1871 – Martin H. Glynn, 40th Governor of New York (d. 1924)
- 1894 – Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (d. 1922)
- 1907 – Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
- 1918 – Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer (d. 1984)
- 1919 – Johnny Pesky, American baseball player (d. 2012)
- 1920 – William Conrad, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1921 – John Malcolm Patterson, former Governor of Alabama
- 1922 – Arthur Penn, American screenwriter (d. 2010)
- 1924 – Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (d. 1966)
- 1924 – Josef Skvorecky, Czech writer and publisher (d. 2012)
- 1925 – Robert G. Edwards, British biologist and Nobel Prize winner (d. 2013)
- 1927 – Chrysostomos I, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus (d. 2007)
- 1927 – Adhemar da Silva, Brazilian triple jumper (d. 2001)
- 1929 – Txillardegi, Basque linguist, writer and politician (d. 2012)
- 1932 – Yash Chopra, Indian director (d. 2012)
- 1932 – Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
- 1933 – Will Sampson, American actor and artist (d. 1987)
- 1936 – Don Cornelius, American television host (d. 2012)
- 1942 – Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist (d. 2008)
- 1942 – Alvin Stardust, English singer
- 1943 – Randy Bachman, Canadian musician
- 1946 – Nicos Anastasiades, Greek-Cypriot politician
- 1947 – Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer
- 1947 – Denis Lawson, Scottish actor
- 1947 – Meat Loaf, American singer
- 1948 – Duncan Fletcher, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
- 1952 – Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut
- 1953 – Diane Abbott, British politician
- 1953 – Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer
- 1956 – Milan Smrčka, Czech musician
- 1957 – Peter Sellars, American theatre director
- 1958 – Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer
- 1966 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer
- 1968 – Mari Kiviniemi, former Prime Minister of Finland
- 1972 – Lhasa de Sela, Mexican-American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
- 1972 – Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
- 1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
- 1976 – Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
- 1978 – Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (d. 2012)
- 1980 – Olivier Kapo, French footballer
- 1981 – Brendon McCallum, New Zealand cricketer
- 1982 – Markus Rosenberg, Swedish footballer
- 1982 – Lil Wayne, American rapper
- 1984 – Davide Capello, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer
- 1984 – Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (d. 2011)
- 1987 – Adam Bogdan, Hungarian footballer
- 1995 – Lina Leandersson, Swedish actress
Deaths [change]
- 1249 – Count Raymond VII of Toulouse (b. 1197)
- 1404 – William of Wykeham, English bishop (b. 1320)
- 1547 – Lady Eleanor Brandon (b. 1519)
- 1557 – Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1492)
- 1590 – Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)
- 1651 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
- 1700 – Pope Innocent XII (b. 1615)
- 1832 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (b. 1781)
- 1876 – Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b. 1817)
- 1891 – Ivan Goncharev, Russian writer (b. 1812)
- 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 doctor, won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1857)
- 1956 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (b. 1911)
- 1960 – Sylvia Pankhurst, British Women's Rights activist (b. 1882)
- 1965 – Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)
- 1967 – Felix Yusupov, Russian prince, participated in the killing of Grigori Rasputin (b. 1887)
- 1974 – Silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer (b. 1907)
- 1979 – Gracie Fields, British comedienne (b. 1898)
- 1986 – Cliff Burton, American bassist (Metallica) (b. 1962)
- 1993 – Jimmy Doolittle, American general (b. 1896)
- 1996 – Mohammed Najibullah, President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)
- 2004 – John E. Mack, American psychiatrist (b. 1929)
- 2008 – Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (b. 1934)
- 2009 – William Safire, American columnist (b. 1929)
- 2011 – David Croft, British writer, producer and director (b. 1922)
- 2011 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Herbert Lom, Czech-born British actor (b. 1917)
Observances [change]
- End of Independence War Day (Mexico)
- Holiday for the French-speaking community, Belgium
