January 27

Today's Events

  • 1736
    Abdication of Stanislas King of Poland
  • 1880
    Thomas Edison granted patent for an electric incandescent lamp
  • 1888
    National Geographic Society founded in Washington DC
  • 1894
    Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park
  • 1915
    US Marines occupy Haiti
  • 1926
    1st public TV demonstration
  • 1948
    1st locomotive to carry 1 000 000 pounds operated
  • 1948
    1st Tape Recorder is sold
  • 1964
    Sen Margaret Chase Smith of Maine tried for Republican Pres bid
  • 1964
    Introducing the Beatles" album released in US
  • 1965
    Groundbreaking for 'Dragon Gateway' at Grant Avenue
  • 1967
    Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom White & Chaffee
  • 1967
    Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space is signed
  • 1971
    Montgomery St Station last link in BART 'holed thru'
  • 1973
    US & Vietnam sign cease-fire ending longest US war & milt draft
  • 1977
    Pres Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10 000)
  • 1979
    Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8)
  • 1985
    Fifteenth Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 3 returns to Earth
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