January 27
1880
Thomas Edison was granted a patent for his incandescent light.
1944
The Soviets announced the end of the two-year siege of Leningrad.
1945
The Russians liberated Auschwitz concentration camp, where the Nazis had killed over 1.5 million people, including over 1 million Jews.
1951
The U.S. Air Force started atomic testing in the Nevada desert.
1967
The Apollo I fire killed astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee during a simulated launch at Cape Canaveral.
1973
Vietnam War peace accords were signed in Paris.
Birthdays
Wolfgang Mozart
1756–1791, Austrian Composer.
Lewis Carroll
writer (1832)
Samuel Gompers
labor leader (1850)
Jerome Kern
composer (1885)
Hyman G. Rickover
admiral (1900)
Samuel C.C. Ting
physicist (1936)
Mikhail Baryshnikov
dancer (1948)
John G. Roberts, Jr.
jurist (1955)
Frank Miller
artist, writer (1957)
Tamlyn Tomita
actor (1966)
Tricky
singer, music producer (1968)