September 27

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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.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

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Events

489 - 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 - 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
1787 - The United States Constitution is delivered to the states for ratification.
1821 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
1822 - Jean-François 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 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 - Albert Einstein publishes the paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" in 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 launched in Glasgow.
1940 - 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.
1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform for the last time before Miller enters the US Army.
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.
1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon.
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.
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.
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.
1985 - Hurricane Gloria hits Long Island, New York.
1988 - The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.
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.
1997 - Communications are lost with the Mars Pathfinder for unknown reasons.
1998 - Google is first established
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 is launched.
2004 - Virgin Group announces a joint venture with Mojave Aerospace Ventures to build VSS Enterprise for commercial spaceflight and a new company called Virgin Galactic.
2005 - NBC announces the planned 2009 retirement of Tonight Show host Jay Leno and names Conan O'Brien as Leno's successor.

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Births

1275 - John II of Brabant (d. 1312)
1389 - Cosimo de Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
1601 - King Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
1627 - Jacques Benigne Bossuet, French bishop and author (d. 1704)
1643 - Solomon Stoddard, American Puritan clergyman
1696 - Alphonsus Liguori, Italian founder of the Redemptionist order (d. 1787)
1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (d. 1800)
1722 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d. 1803)
1729 - Michael Denis, Austrian poet (d. 1800)
1803 - Samuel Francis du Pont, American admiral (d. 1865)
1805 - George Müller, Prussian orphanage builder (d. 1898)
1818 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. 1884)
1821 - Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss writer (d. 1881)
1824 - William "Bull" Nelson, American Civil War general (d. 1862)
1830 - William Babcock Hazen, American Civil War general (d. 1887)
1840 - Thomas Nast, German-born political cartoonist (d. 1902)
1842 - Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist (d. 1903)
1843 - Gaston Tarry, French mathematician (d. 1913)
1871 - Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1879 - Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician (d. 1934)
1879 - Cyril Scott, English composer (d. 1970)
1885 - Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)
1894 - Lothar von Richthofen German WWI pilot, brother of Manfred von Richthofen (d. 1922)
1896 - Sam Ervin, U.S. Senator from North Carolina (d. 1985)
1906 - William Empson, British poet and critic (d. 1984)
1907 - Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and writer (d. 2003)
1907 - Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
1913 - Albert Ellis, American psychologist
1918 - Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1984)
1919 - James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician (d. 1986)
1920 - William Conrad, American actor (d. 1994)
1920 - Jayne Meadows, American actress
1922 - Carl Ballantine, American actor
1922 - Arthur Penn, American director
1924 - Fred Singer, American environmental scientist
1927 - Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist
1932 - Roger C. Carmel, American actor (d. 1986)
1932 - Michael Colvin, Canadian tenor
1932 - Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
1933 - Will Sampson, American actor (d. 1987)
1934 - Wilford Brimley, American actor
1934 - Claude Jarman Jr., American actor
1934 - Dick Schaap, American sports reporter (d. 2001)
1936 - Don Cornelius, American television host
1936 - Gordon Honeycombe, British author, playwright, and actor
1939 - Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
1942 - Dith Pran, Cambodian-born photojournalist
1942 - Alvin Stardust, English singer
1943 - Randy Bachman, Canadian musician
1945 - Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (d. 2003)
1946 - Robin Nedwell, English comedy actor (d. 1999)
1947 - Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer
1947 - Meat Loaf, American singer and actor
1948 - Michele Dotrice, English actor
1948 - A. Martinez, American actor
1949 - Graham Richardson, Australian politician and broadcaster
1949 - Mike Schmidt, baseball player
1949 - Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer
1951 - Jim Shooter, American comic book writer, editor and publisher
1952 - Dumitru Prunariu, cosmonaut
1953 - Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader
1958 - Shaun Cassidy, American singer and actor
1961 - Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer
1961 - Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer
1965 - Steve Kerr, Lebanese-born basketball player
1965 - Peter MacKay, Canadian political leader
1972 - Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
1976 - Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
1977 - Andrus Värnik, Estonian athlete
1978 - Brad Arnold, American singer and songwriter (3 Doors Down)
1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
1981 - Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
1982 - Lil Wayne, American rapper and record producer
1984 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer and songwriter