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September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining.
Events
489 - Odoacer attacks Theoderic at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.1540 - Jesuit Order 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 - Armies of Sweden utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm 1787 - United States Constitution delivered to the states for ratification .1821 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain .1825 - The Stockton and Darlington Railway was opened. First locomotive pulling a passenger train operated on the line by George Stephenson .1854 - The steamship Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean .1905 - Albert Einstein published the paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" on Annalen der Physik. This paper revealed the relationship between energy and mass.1928 - The Republic of China is recognized by the United States .1938 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth Glasgow .1940 - The Tripartite Pact signed in Berlin by Germany , Japan and Italy .1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform at the in Passaic County, New Jersey for the last time before Miller enters the US Army .1949 - First Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves design for the Flag of the People's Republic of China .1954 - The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC .1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon .1964 - Warren Commission report issued, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald , acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy .1979 - United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.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.1983 - Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system .1986 - Cliff Burton , bassist for Metallica, dies after being crushed by the band's tour bus during their European tour.1995 - The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bills with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.1996 - In Afghanistan , the Taliban capture capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah .2002 - Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations .2003 - Smart 1 is launched.2004 - Virgin Group announced a joint venture with Mojave Aerospace Ventures to build VSS Enterprise for commercial space flights and a new company called Virgin Galactic.
Births 1275 - John II of Brabant (d. 1312 )1389 - Cosimo de Medici , Florentine ruler (d. 1464 )1601 - Louis XIII of France (d. 1643 )1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (d. 1800 ), German mathematician1722 - Samuel Adams , American revolutionary leader (d. 1803 )1818 - German chemist (d. 1884 )1840 - Thomas Nast , political cartoonist (d. 1902 )1843 - Gaston Tarry (d. 1913 ), French mathematician1855 - Paul Appell [1] (http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Appell.html ) (d. 1930 ), French mathematician1871 - Grazia Deledda , Sardinian (Italy ) writer - Nobel prize for literature (d. 1926 )1885 - Harry Blackstone, magician (d. 1965 )1895 - George Raft , actor (d. 1980 )1896 - Sam Ervin , Senator from North Carolina , Watergate scandal figure (d. 1985 )1902 - Margaret Herrick , Librarian and director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences credited with naming the Oscar (d. 1976)1907 - Sardar Bhagat Singh, Great Indian freedom fighter1913 - Albert Ellis , psychologist 1919 - James H. Wilkinson , mathematician (d. 1986 )1920 - William Conrad , actor (d. 1994 )1920 - Jayne Meadows, actress 1922 - Carl Ballantine, actor1922 - Arthur Penn , director 1924 - Fred Singer , American environmental scientist1927 - Romano Scarpa , Italian comic book artist1929 - Sada Thompson, actress1932 - Oliver E. Williamson , American economist1933 - Greg Morris, actor1934 - Wilford Brimley , actor1934 - Claude Jarman Jr. , actor 1934 - Dick Schapp, sports reporter (d. 2001 ) 1936 - Gordon Honeycombe , British author, playwright and stage actor1936 - Don Cornelius , television host1942 - Dith Pran , photojournalist 1947 - Randy Bachman , Canadian musician 1947 - Cheryl Tiegs , fashion model 1947 - Barbara Dickson , Scottish singer 1948 - A Martinez , actor1949 - Mike Schmidt , Baseball Hall of Famer 1949 - Robb Weller, reporter 1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor1951 - Meat Loaf , American singer and actor1952 - Dumitru Prunariu , Romanian cosmonaut 1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi , Indian religious leader1953 - Diane Julie Abbott , British politician 1958 - Shaun Cassidy , singer, actor1961 - Andy Lau , Hong Kong actor, singer1965 - Peter MacKay , Canadian political leader1965 - Steve Kerr , NBA basketball player 1972 - Clara Hughes , Canadian cyclist 1976 - Francesco Totti , Italian football player1984 - Avril Lavigne , singer, songwriter
Deaths 1590 - Pope Urban VII 1700 - Pope Innocent XII 1722 - Grace ; killed by a Dobhar-chu1832 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause , German philosopher1876 - Braxton Bragg 1917 - Edgar Degas , painter1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck , composer1933 - Ring Lardner , writer1956 - Gerald Finzi , composer1956 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias , American athlete and golfer1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst , suffragette , social activist1967 - Prince Felix Yussupov , assassin of Rasputin (b. 1887 )1972 - S. R. Ranganathan , Indian Librarian , invented Colon Classification system1975 - Jack Lang , Australian politician1986 - Cliff Burton , musician1993 - Jimmy Doolittle , United States General, World War II hero1998 - Doak Walker, football player1998 - Narita Bryan , Japanese racehorse (b. 1991 )
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
Recorded this date 1891 "Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep"(w. Mrs Emma Hart Willard m. Joseph Phillip Knight) 1891 "I'se Gwine Back To Dixie"(w.m. C. A. White) 1891 "Emmet's Lullaby"(w.m. J. K. Emmet) 1891 "The Picture That's Turned To The Wall"(w.m. Charles Graham) 1891 "Comrades"(Felix McGlennon & Costello) 1891 "Sally In Our Alley"(w. Henry Carey m. trad) 1911 "Alexander's Ragtime Band "(w.m. Irving Berlin ) 1912 "Come Back To Me, My Melody"(Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder) 1924 "Doodle Doo Doo"(w.m. Art Kassel & Mel Stitzel)Ray Miller & his Orchestra 1927 "Black Eyes"( alternate title "Dark Eyes")Feodor Chaliapin & choir with Aristov Balalaika Orchestra cond. A. A. Scriabin 1928 "Dusky Stevedore"(w. Andy Razaf m. J.C. Johnson ) 1929 "Sensation"(Eddie Edwards )Joe Venuti 's Blue Four 1929 "Gay Love"(w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant )Bing Crosby with small group from Paul Whiteman 's Orchestra 1929 "Can't We Be Friends?"(w. Paul James m. Kay Swift ) 1929 "He's A Good Man To Have Around"(w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager )Billy Murray with Dick Cherwin 's Orchestra 1930 "Siboney"(w. Dolly Morse m. Ernesto Lecuona) 1932 "I'll Never Have To Dream Again"(w. Charles Newman m. Isham Jones )Dorsey Brothers 1932 "Me Minus You"(w. Paul Francis Webster m. Abel Baer ) 1932 "Nothing But A Lie"( Sievier, Rotter, Fred Markush)Gertrude Lawrence with p. Claude Ivy 1932 "Why Waste Your Tears?"( Val Holstius) 1933 "Beautiful Girl"(w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown )Bing Crosby with O/Lenny Hayton 1933 "After Sundown"(w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown) 1933 "Home On The Range"(w. poss. Brewster Higley m. poss Dan E. Kelly) 1933 "The Last Round-Up"(w.m. Billy Hill) 1933 "Annie Doesn't Live Here Any More"(w. Joe Young & Johnny Burke m. Harold Spina )Carmen Lombardo with Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians 1933 "Night And Day"(w.m. Cole Porter )Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra 1933 "Tick-Tock"(w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers ) 1933 "In The Valley Of The Moon"(w.m. Joe Burke & Charles Tobias)Gladys Moncrieff with String octet cond. Gil Dech 1933 "I Wake Up Smiling"(w. Edgar Leslie m. Fred E. Ahlert) 1933 "By A Waterfall"(w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain )Dick Powell 1935 "Madhouse"(Earl Hines , Jimmy Mundy)Benny Goodman & his Orchestra 1935 "Santa Claus Came In The Spring"(w.m. Johnny Mercer ) 1935 "Goodbye"(w.m. Gordon Jenkins ) 1936 "Rainbow On The River"(w. Paul Francis Webster m. Louis Alter)Perry Como with Ted Weems 1936 "Picture Me Without You"(w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy McHugh )Ted Weems 1936 "Trouble Ends Out Where The Blue Begins"(w.m. Cliff Friend) 1938 "Now It Can Be Told"(w.m. Irving Berlin)Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & his Band 1938 "On The Sentimental Side"(w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco ) 1938 "The Holy City"(w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams)Peter Dawson 1938 "Bless This House"(w. Helen Taylor m. May Brahe) 1938 "The Lost Chord"(w. Adelaide A. Proctor m. Sir Arthur Sullivan ) 1938 "The Lord Is King"(Dawson) 1938 "Poor Man's Garden"( Barrie & Russell) 1938 "There Is No Death"(Geoffrey O'Hara ) 1938 "Down South"(Myddleton)Sam Browne with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra 1938 "Colonel Bogey - March"( m. Kenneth J. Alford) 1938 "The Whistler And His Dog"( m. Arthur Pryor) 1938 "King Porter Stomp"(m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton) 1938 "Nightmare"(m. Artie Shaw) 1938 "Yesterdays"(w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern ) 1938 "I Have Eyes"(w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger )Artie Shaw & his Orchestra 1938 "You're A Sweet Little Headache"(w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger) 1939 "So Many Times"(w. Don DeVito m. Jimmy Dorsey )Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra 1939 "Indian Summer"(w. Al Dubin m. Victor Herbert ) 1939 "Baby, What Else Can I Do?"(w. Walter Hirsch m. Gerald Marks) 1939 "A Lover Is Blue"(w.m. Charles Carpenter, James R. Mundy & Trummy Young) 1939 "Adolf"(Mills)Arthur Askey with O/Ronnie Munro 1939 "The Washing On The Siegfried Line"(w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr) 1939 "Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant-Major"(Noel, Pelosi) 1939 "Run, Rabbit, Run"(w. Noel Gay & Ralph T. Butler m. Noel Gay ) 1940 "All The Things You Are"(w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern) 1941 "No Lika Da War"(Nesham, Stanley Holloway)Stanley Holloway 1943 "Vict'ry Polka"(w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne )Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen 1943 "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"(w.m. Haven Gillespie & J. Fred Coots ) 1943 "Jingle Bells "(w.m. James S. Pierpont ) 1943 "Pistol Packin' Mama"(w.m. Al Dexter ) 1946 "A Gal In Calico"(w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz )Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers with O/Paul Weston 1947 "Bread And Butter Woman"(w.m. Lester Lee & Allan Roberts)Danny Kaye & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen 1947 "Civilization"(w.m. Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman) 1950 "Time Out For Tears"(w.m. Abe Schiff & Irving Berman)Ink Spots 1954 "Make Yourself Comfortable"(w.m. Bob Merrill )Percy Faith 1955 "All At Once You Love Her"(w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)Perry Como with O/Mitchell Ayres 1955 "The Rose Tattoo"(w.m. Jack Brooks and Harry Warren) 1955 "Pepper-Hot Baby"(w.m. Alicia Evelyn) 1955 "Bonnie Blue Gal"(w. William Engvick m. adapt. Jessie Cavanaugh)Lawrence Welk & his Orchestra 1963 "Angry At The Big Oak Tree"(Hampton)Frank Ifield with O/Norrie Paramor 1976 "Dry Your Eyes"(Neil Diamond , Robbie Robertson)Frank Sinatra with O/Bill Miller 1976 "Like A Sad Song"(w.m. John Denver )
September 26 - September 28 - August 27 - October 27 - more historical anniversaries
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September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. September 26 - September 28 - August 27 - October 27 – more historical anniversaries This page was last modified 20:13, 30 April 2006 .
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