On This Day: 27 January

27 January in Indian history

• 1825On the advice of John C. Calhoun, President James Monroe asked Congress to organize Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River, laying the groundwork for Indian removal in the United States.India

27 January in world history

• 2023Protests and public outrage spark across the U.S. after the release of multiple videos by the Memphis Police Department showing officers punching, kicking, and pepper spraying Tyre Nichols as a result of running away from a traffic stop, which resulted him dyi
• 2011Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution began as more than 16,000 protesters demonstrated in Sanaa to demand governmental changes.
• 2010Porfirio Lobo Sosa became the new president of Honduras, ending a constitutional crisis that had begun in 2009 when Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from office.
• 1996Mahamane Ousmane, the first democratically elected president of Niger, was deposed by Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara in a military coup d'état.
• 1980Six American diplomats who had evaded capture in the Iran hostage crisis escaped with the help of Canadian government officials to Zürich, Switzerland.
• 1973The Paris Peace Accords officially ends the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
• 1967A fire during a launch simulation for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Kennedy killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.
• 1967Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
• 1965South Vietnamese Prime Minister Trần Văn Hương is removed by the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.
• 1945The Soviet Red Army liberated about 7,000 prisoners left behind by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp.
• 1943World 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.
• 1939First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
• 1918Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
• 1820A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.
• 1799French Revolutionary Wars: In the Macau Incident, French and Spanish warships encountered a British Royal Navy escort squadron in the Wanshan Archipelago; subsequent events, including which side retreated, were disputed by the commanders present.
• 1776American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1759Spanish forces clash with indigenous Huilliches of southern Chile in the battle of Río Bueno.

Born on 27 January

• 1929Michael Craig, Indian-English actor and screenwriterIndia
• 1920Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (died 1944)
• 1893Soong Ching-ling, Chinese politician, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China (died 1981)
• 1886Radhabinod Pal, Indian academic and jurist (died 1967)India
• 1826Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist and author (died 1889)
• 1782Titumir, Bengali revolutionary (died 1831)India

Died on 27 January

• 2012Kevin White, American politician, 51st Mayor of Boston (born 1929)
• 2009R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th President of India (born 1910)India
• 1996Ralph Yarborough, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (born 1903)
• 1982Trần Văn Hương, South Vietnamese politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam, 3rd Vice President of South Vietnam, and 3rd Prime Minister of South Vietnam (born 1902)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 27 January in history?

2023: Protests and public outrage spark across the U.S. after the release of multiple videos by the Memphis Police Department showing officers punching, kicking, and pepper spraying Tyre Nichols as a result of running away from a traffic stop, which resulted him dyi. 2011: Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution began as more than 16,000 protesters demonstrated in Sanaa to demand governmental changes. 2010: Porfirio Lobo Sosa became the new president of Honduras, ending a constitutional crisis that had begun in 2009 when Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from office. 1996: Mahamane Ousmane, the first democratically elected president of Niger, was deposed by Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara in a military coup d'état.

What happened on 27 January in Indian history?

1825: On the advice of John C. Calhoun, President James Monroe asked Congress to organize Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River, laying the groundwork for Indian removal in the United States.

Which famous people were born on 27 January?

Michael Craig, Indian-English actor and screenwriter (1929); Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (died 1944) (1920); Soong Ching-ling, Chinese politician, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China (died 1981) (1893); Radhabinod Pal, Indian academic and jurist (died 1967) (1886).

Which day is observed on 27 January?

Day of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad (Russia); Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances: Holocaust Memorial Day (UK); Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances: International Holocaust Remembrance Day; Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances: Memorial Day (Italy); Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances: Other Holocaust Memorial Days observances.