All Events

Historical Events on September 27

  • Society of Jesus

    1540

    The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.

  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

    1605

    The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.

  • American Revolutionary War

    1777

    American Revolutionary War: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States, for one day after the Second Continental Congress evacuates Philadelphia to avoid invading British forces.

  • Jews

    1791

    Jews in France are granted French citizenship.

  • USAF

    1956

    USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.

  • Musical theatre

    1968

    The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973.

  • Afghanistan

    1996

    In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.

  • Google

    1998

    The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.

  • NASA

    2007

    NASA launches the Dawn probe.

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