September 27

is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining.

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 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 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 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.
1937 - Last Balinese Tiger killed.
1938 - Ocean liner 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 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 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.
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
1999 - The last professional baseball game is played at historic Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan.
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 spaceflight and a new company called Virgin Galactic.

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)
1866 - Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic Blessed (d. 1932)
1871 - Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, 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)
1894 - Lothar von Richthofen German WWI pilot, brother of Manfred von Richthofen (d. 1922)
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 - Bernard Waber, American children's author
1924 - Fred Singer, American environmental scientist
1927 - Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist
1927 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (d. 2006)
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
1951 - Jim Shooter, American comic book writer, editor and publisher
1951 - Paul Craig, British law professor
1952 - Dumitru Prunariu, cosmonaut
1953 - Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
1953 - Mick Wagner, American monologist and DJ
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
1965 - Alexis Stewart, American radio personality, daughter of Martha Stewart
1972 - Sylvia Crawley, American Basketball player
1972 - Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress
1976 - Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
1977 - Andrus Värnik, Estonian athlete
1978 - Brad Arnold, American singer and songwriter (3 Doors Down)
1978 - Jon Rauch, Baseball player
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, 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 - Prince Felix Yussupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (b. 1887)
1972 - S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician and librarian (b. 1892)
1975 - Jack Lang, Australian politician (b. 1876)
1979 - Dame Gracie Fields, Lancastrian comedian and singer (b. 1898)
1981 - 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

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 Day
French Republican Calendar - Balsamine (Impatiens) Day, sixth day in the Month of Vendémiaire

External links

BBC: On This Day

September 26 - September 28 - August 27 - October 27 – more historical anniversaries

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Events

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