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- 0489 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 Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola
- 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.
- 1777 Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by the British
- 1777 Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
- 1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain
- 1787 Constitution submitted to the states for ratification
- 1821 Mexican Empire declares its independence
- 1821 Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
- 1821 Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw
- 1822 Jean-Franois Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
- 1822 Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
- 1825 Visitor posting - The Railway is born - Stockton to Darlington passenger rail service opens in NE England - United Kingdom
- 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.
- 1854 The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1854 The steamship liner Arctic sinks in the Atlantic Ocean, killing 300 people
- 1863 Jo Shelby's calvery in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas
- 1877 John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti
- 1886 Mormon prophet John Taylor receives a controversial revelation on plural marriage that now divides factions of Mormonism.
- 1889 New York's first real skyscraper opens at 50 Broadway with 13 stories
- 1894 New York's Aqueduct horse racing track opens.
- 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=mc.
- 1907 Visitor posting - Sahid Bhagat Singh was born. - India [email protected]
- 1916 Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
- 1918 Lt. George Fraser Kerr (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France
- 1918 Lt. Graham T. Lyall (102 Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France
- 1918 Lt. Samuel L. Honey (78th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France
- 1922 King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II.
- 1922 Visitor posting - Mildred C. Malee was born in South Fork, Pa
- 1923 Lou Gehrig's first homer
- 1928 US recognizes Nationalist Chinese government
- 1930 Bobby Jones completes the Grand Slam of Golf
- 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, The British Open, and The Amateur Championships.
- 1931 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game
- 1937 Balinese Tiger declared extinct.
- 1937 Last Balinese Tiger killed.
- 1937 The first Santa Claus school opens (Albion NY)
- 1938 Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow
- 1939 Warsaw, Poland, falls to German and Russian troops during WWII.
- 1939 Warsaw, Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance
- 1940 Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
- 1940 Establishment of Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis.
- 1940 World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
- 1941 33,771 Jews are killed by Germans and Ukranians at Babi Yar outside Kiev.
- 1941 First WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched
- 1941 Foundation of EAM (National Liberation Front) in Greece.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1949 The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
- 1950 Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis
- 1953 TV Record, Brazilian TV Network, debuts.
- 1953 Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan
- 1954 School integration begins in Wash DC & Baltimore Md public schools
- 1954 Steve Allen's "Tonight Show" premiers
- 1954 The Tonight Show, starring Steve Allen, debuts on NBC-TV.
- 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 Honsh as the result of a typhoon.
- 1959 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his US visit
- 1959 Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000
- 1961 Sierre Leone becomes the 100th member of the UN
- 1962 US sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
- 1963 At 10:59 AM the census clock, records US population at 190,000,000
- 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.
- 1970 The final broadcast of The Original Amateur Hour occurs on CBS-TV. During its 22-year run, the show appeared on all three major networks.
- 1973 Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days)
- 1973 Visitor posting - Jenny Lorraine Williams was born!!! :) - USA
- 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.
- 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.
- 1980 Number one hit on UK music charts - Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
- 1982 John Palmer becomes news anchor of the Today Show
- 1983 Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
- 1985 Hurricane Gloria hits Long Island, New York.
- 1985 Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits the Atlantic coast
- 1986 Cliff Burton of Metallica dies an a bus accident in Sweden.
- 1986 Senate joins House of Reps voting for sweeping tax reforms
- 1987 NFL players' strike
- 1988 Grand jury evidence shows Tawana Brawley fabricated rape story
- 1988 Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth
- 1988 Senate votes for major federal tax code changes
- 1988 The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.
- 1989 Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
- 1990 A gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkley Calif
- 1990 Deposed emir of Kuwait address the UN General Assembly
- 1990 Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court nomination
- 1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
- 1991 "Princesses" premiers on CBS TV
- 1991 Pres Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert
- 1991 The first scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
- 1993 The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
- 1994 Visitor posting - Evie Born
- 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.
- 1995 The US Treasury unveils its design for a new $100 bill, incorporating a number of anticounterfeiting measures.
- 1996 Visitor posting - Lisa was born at 1:30 pm!!!! - USA
- 1996 In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
- 1996 Visitor posting - Kelsey Fox was born
- 1997 Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
- 1998 Google is established.
- 1998 Visitor posting - September 27 1998 Tanner Melcher is born
- 1999 Detroit's Tiger Stadium closes after 87 years of hosting baseball and other sporting contests.
- 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 satellite is launched.
- 2006 Platte Canyon High School shooting in Bailey, Colorado
- 2006 The Platte Canyon High School shooting occurs when Duane R. Morrison takes six female girls hostage, fatally shooting one before killing himself.
- 2007 Visitor posting - September 27, 2007 George Parks Fell in Love with Nikki Davis
- 2008 Visitor posting - Rosena Bell born January 9,1946 - retired from Shoppers - Sept. 27, 2008
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