WillDekkard
09-27-2010, 03:40 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - September 27th
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* 489 Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.
* 1331 The Battle of Płowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought.
* 1422 after the brief Gollub War the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania
* 1529 The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
* 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 defeated by the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
* 1669 The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year long Siege of Candia.
* 1777 Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
* 1821 Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
* 1822 Jean-Franηois 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 SS 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 The physics journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
* 1908 The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
* 1916 Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
* 1922 King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II.
* 1928 The Republic of China is recognised by the United States.
* 1930 Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur.
* 1937 Balinese Tiger declared extinct.
* 1938 Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
* 1940 World War II: 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.
* 1941 Foundation of EAM (National Liberation Front) in Greece.
* 1942 Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
* 1944 The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
* 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.
* 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.
* 1959 Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.
* 1961 Sierra Leone joins the United Nations.
* 1964 The Warren Commission releases its report, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
* 1964 The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 made its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
* 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.
* 1983 Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
* 1986 Clifford Lee Burton of Metallica dies in tour bus accident.
* 1988 The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.
* 1993 The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
* 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.
* 1996 The Julie N. tanker skip crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
* 1997 Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
* 1998 Google is founded.
* 2002 Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.
* 2003 Smart 1 satellite is launched.
* 2008 CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
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This Date in History - September 27th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 489 Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.
* 1331 The Battle of Płowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought.
* 1422 after the brief Gollub War the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania
* 1529 The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
* 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 defeated by the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
* 1669 The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year long Siege of Candia.
* 1777 Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
* 1821 Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
* 1822 Jean-Franηois 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 SS 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 The physics journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
* 1908 The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
* 1916 Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
* 1922 King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II.
* 1928 The Republic of China is recognised by the United States.
* 1930 Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur.
* 1937 Balinese Tiger declared extinct.
* 1938 Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
* 1940 World War II: 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.
* 1941 Foundation of EAM (National Liberation Front) in Greece.
* 1942 Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
* 1944 The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
* 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.
* 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.
* 1959 Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.
* 1961 Sierra Leone joins the United Nations.
* 1964 The Warren Commission releases its report, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
* 1964 The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 made its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
* 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.
* 1983 Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
* 1986 Clifford Lee Burton of Metallica dies in tour bus accident.
* 1988 The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.
* 1993 The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
* 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.
* 1996 The Julie N. tanker skip crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
* 1997 Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
* 1998 Google is founded.
* 2002 Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.
* 2003 Smart 1 satellite is launched.
* 2008 CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
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