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{{PAGENAME}} is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the
Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining.
Events
*
489 -
Odoacer attacks
Theodoric the Great Theodoric at the
Battle of Verona (489) Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.
*
1331 - the
Battle of Plowce between the
Kingdom of Poland of the later Piasts Kingdom of Poland and the
Teutonic Order took place.
*
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
List of 10 shortest-reigning Popes the shortest papacy in history.
*
1605 - The armies of
Sweden are utterly defeated by the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the
Battle of Kircholm
*
1787 - The
United States Constitution is delivered to the
U.S. state states for
ratification.
*
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 ''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 -
Albert Einstein publishes the paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" in ''
Annalen der Physik.'' This paper revealed the relationship between energy and mass.
*
1928 - The
Republic of China is recognized by the
United States.
*
1938 -
Ocean liner ''
RMS Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth'' launched in
Glasgow.
*
1940 - 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.
*
1942 -
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform for the last time before Miller enters the
United States Army US Army.
*
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.
*
1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main
Japan 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 (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
Congress of the United States U.S. Congress to become the 13th US
Cabinet (government) 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.
*
1985 -
Hurricane Gloria hits
Long Island,
New York.
*
1988 - The
National League for Democracy, led by
Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.
*
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.
*
1997 - Communications are lost with the ''
Mars Pathfinder'' for unknown reasons.
*
1998 -
Google is first established
*
2002 -
Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the
United Nations.
*
2003 -
Smart 1 is launched.
*
2004 - Virgin Group announces a joint venture with Mojave Aerospace Ventures to build VSS Enterprise for commercial space flights and a new company called Virgin Galactic.
*
2005 -
NBC announces the planned 2009 retirement of Tonight Show host
Jay Leno and names
Conan O'Brien as Leno's successor.
Births
*
1275 -
John II of Brabant (d.
1312)
*
1389 -
Cosimo de Medici, ruler of Florence (d.
1464)
*
1601 - King
Louis XIII of France (d.
1643)
*
1627 -
Jacques Benigne Bossuet, French bishop and author (d.
1704)
*
1643 -
Solomon Stoddard, American Puritan clergyman
*
1696 -
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)
*
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)
*
1871 -
Grazia Deledda, Italian writer,
Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize 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)
*
1896 -
Sam Ervin, U.S. Senator from North Carolina (d.
1985)
*
1906 -
William Empson, British poet and critic (d.
1984)
*
1907 -
Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and writer (d.
2003)
* 1907 -
Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d.
1931)
*
1913 -
Albert Ellis, American psychologist
*
1918 -
Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physics (d.
1984)
*
1919 -
James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician (d.
1986)
*
1920 -
William Conrad, American actor (d.
1994)
* 1920 -
Jayne Meadows, American actress
*
1922 -
Carl Ballantine, American actor
* 1922 -
Arthur Penn, American director
*
1924 -
Fred Singer, American environmental scientist
*
1927 -
Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist
*
1932 -
Roger C. Carmel, American actor (d.
1986)
* 1932 -
Michael Colvin, Canadian tenor
* 1932 -
Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
*
1933 -
Will Sampson, American actor (d.
1987)
*
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 author, playwright, and actor
*
1939 -
Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
*
1942 -
Dith Pran, Cambodian-born photojournalist
* 1942 -
Alvin Stardust, English singer
*
1943 -
Randy Bachman, Canadian musician
*
1945 -
Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (d.
2003)
*
1946 -
Robin Nedwell, English comedy actor (d.
1999)
*
1947 -
Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer
* 1947 -
Meat Loaf, American singer and actor
*
1948 -
Michele Dotrice, English actor
* 1948 -
A. Martinez, American actor
*
1949 -
Graham Richardson, Australian politician and broadcaster
* 1949 -
Mike Schmidt, baseball player
* 1949 -
Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer
*
1952 -
Dumitru Prunariu, cosmonaut
*
1953 -
Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
* 1953 -
Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader
*
1958 -
Shaun Cassidy, American singer and actor
*
1961 -
Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer
* 1961 -
Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer
*
1965 -
Steve Kerr, Lebanese-born basketball player
* 1965 -
Peter MacKay, Canadian political leader
*
1972 -
Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
*
1976 -
Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
*
1977 -
Andrus Värnik, Estonian athlete
*
1978 -
Brad Arnold, American singer and songwriter (
3 Doors Down)
*
1981 -
Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
* 1981 -
Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
*
1982 -
Lil Wayne, American rapper and record producer
*
1984 -
Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer and songwriter
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 and statesman (b.
1320)
*
1557 -
Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b.
1497)
*
1590 -
Pope Urban VII (b.
1521)
*
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 (drowned) (b.
1705)
*
1737 -
John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (b.
1680)
*
1742 -
Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b.
1672)
*
1832 -
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (b.
1781)
*
1876 -
Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b.
1817)
*
1891 -
Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b.
1812)
*
1911 -
Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (b.
184)
*
1917 -
Edgar Degas, French painter (b.
1834)
*
1921 -
Engelbert Humperdinck (composer) Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (b.
1854)
*
1940 -
Walter Benjamin, German philosopher (b.
1892)
* 1940 -
Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1857)
*
1944 -
Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (b.
1890)
*
1956 -
Gerald Finzi, English composer (b.
1901)
* 1956 -
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer (b.
1911)
*
1960 -
Sylvia Pankhurst, English suffragette and social activist (b.
1882)
*
1965 -
Clara Bow, American actress (b.
1905)
*
1967 -
Felix Yussupov Prince Felix Yussupov, Russian assassin of
Rasputin (b.
1887)
*
1972 -
S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician and librarian (b.
1892)
*
1975 -
Jack Lang (Australia) Jack Lang, Australian politician (b.
1876)
*
1979 -
Gracie Fields Dame Gracie Fields, Lancastrian comedian and singer (b.
1898)
*
1981 -
Robert Montgomery (actor) Robert Montgomery, American actor (b.
1904)
*
1985 -
Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b.
1902)
*
1986 -
Cliff Burton, American musician (
Metallica) (b.
1962)
*
1993 -
Jimmy Doolittle, U.S. general and World War II hero (b.
1896)
*
1996 -
Mohammad Najibullah,
President of Afghanistan (b.
1947)
*
1998 -
Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b.
1991)
* 1998 -
Doak Walker, American footballer (b.
1927)
*
2003 -
Donald O'Connor, American actor, dancer, and singer (b.
1925)
*
2005 -
Ronald Golias, Brazilian Comedian and actor (b.
1929)
Holidays and observances
*
Calendar of Saints RC Saints - Saint
Vincent de Paul
*
Ethiopian Orthodox Church -
Meskel
*Also see
September 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*
Bahá'à Faith - Feast of Ma
shíyyat (Will) - First day of the eleventh month of the Bahá'í Calendar
*
Belgium -
French Community in Belgium French Community Day
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
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September 26 -
September 28 -
August 27 -
October 27 – more
historical anniversaries
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