January 27 in History

Historical Events on January 27

AD 98 Trajan succeeded his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire would reach its maximum extent.

1776 American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1825 The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".

1880 Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.

1939 First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.

1943 World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.

1967 United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.

2010 The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.

2011 Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a.

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Famous Birthdays on January 27

1859 Wilhelm II, German Emperor

1944 Mairead Maguire

1955 John Roberts

1968 Mike Patton

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Famous Deaths on January 27

1901 Giuseppe Verdi

2008 Suharto

2010 J. D. Salinger

2014 Pete Seeger

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