What are the important events that happened on January 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 27 is the 27th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 14, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,706,313,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘icosiheptagon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 14 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,054 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 27 Historical Events
- 1343 –Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus.
- 1593 –The Vatican opens seven year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno.
- 1870 –The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity is founded at DePauw University.
- 1909 –The Young Left is founded in Norway.
- 1927 –Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
- 1941 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
- 1944 –World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
- 1993 –American-born sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō becomes the first foreigner to be promoted to the sport’s highest rank of yokozuna.
- 1996 –Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- 2010 –The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.
Who were born on January 27?
- 1885 –Maeda Seison, Japanese painter (d. 1977)
- 1941 –Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981)
- 1947 –Cal Schenkel, American artist
- 1959 –Cris Collinsworth, American football player
- 1961 –Dina Bonnevie, Filipino actress
- 1962 –Roberto Paci Dalò, Italian director and composer
- 1969 –Michael Kulas, Canadian singer (James)
- 1971 –Patrice Brisebois, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 –Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer
- 1983 –Mike Zagurski, American baseball player
Who died on January 27?
- 98 –Nerva, Roman Emperor (b. 35)
- 1540 –Saint Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (b. 1474)
- 1857 –Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (b. 1785)
- 1921 –Maurice Vincent Buckley, Australian soldier (b. 1891)
- 1927 –Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (Matulewicz), Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
- 2005 –Shah A M S Kibria, Finance Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1931)
- 2006 –Gene McFadden, American singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
- 2006 –Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (disappeared) (b. 1965)
- 2006 –Johannes Rau, 8th President of Germany (b. 1931)
- 2007 –Yang Chuan-kwang, Taiwanese athlete (b. 1933)
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