On this day in History - Sep. 27

0489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.
1249 - Raymond VII of Toulouse dies (b. 1197)
1275 - John II of Brabant was born (d. 1312)
1389 - Cosimo de Medici was born (d. 1464). Ruler of Florence.
1514 - The Spanish crown granted explorer Juan Ponce de Leon the title Military Governor of Bimini (an island in the Bahamas) and Florida. With this title and the implied permission it contained to colonize those regions, Ponce de Leon sailed for Florida in 1521.
1540 - The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
1557 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan dies (b. 1497)
1590 - Pope Urban VII [Giambattista Castagna] dies (b. 1521). Italian Pope.
1590 - Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
1601 - King Louis XIII of France was born († 1641)
1605 - The armies of Sweden are utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm
1627 - Jacques Benigne Bossuet was born ( † 1704). French bishop and author.
1643 - Solomon Stoddard was born. American minister
1651 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria dies (b. 1573)
1660 - Vincent de Paul dies (b. 1580). French saint.
1696 - Alphonsus Liguori was born (d. 1787). Italian founder of the Redemptionist order.
1700 - Pope Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli] dies. Pope (1691-1700).
1719 - George Smalridge dies (b. 1662). English Bishop of Bristol.
1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner was born (d. 1800). German mathematician.
1722 - Samuel Adams was born (d. 1803). American revolutionary leader.
1730 - Laurence Eusden dies (b. 1688). English poet.
1737 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester dies (b. 1680). English privy councillor.
1742 - Hugh Boulter dies (b. 1672). Irish Archbishop of Armagh.
1779 - John Adams was named to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain.
1780 - Bula de fusão entre as dioceses de Bragança e Miranda (Portugal)
1783 - Agustin I de Iturbide was born. Emperor of Mexico (1822-23).
1787 - The United States Constitution is delivered to the states for ratification.
1803 - Samuel Francis du Pont was born (d. American admiral.
1805 - George Müller was born (d. 1898). Prussian orphanage builder.
1810 - Batalha do Buçaco entre o exército aliado, formado sobretudo por contingentes britânicos e portugueses, comandado por Wellington, e o exército francês comandado
pelo marechal do Império Massena.
1818 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe was born (d. 1884). German chemist.
1821 - Henri Frederic Amiel was born (d. 1881). Swiss writer.
1821 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
1822 - Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
1824 - William "Bull" Nelson was born (d. 1862). American Civil War general.
1825 - The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
1829 - O Monte Ararat é escalado pela primeira vez
1830 - William Babcock Hazen was born (d. 1887). American Civil War general.
1832 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause dies (b. 1781). German philosopher.
1840 - Thomas Nast was born (d. 1902). German-born political cartoonist.
1843 - Gaston Tarry was born (d. 1913). French mathematician.
1854 - The steamship Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
1862 - Louis Botha was born. South- African politician.
1871 - Grazia Deledda was born (d. 1926). Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate.
1876 - Braxton Bragg dies (b. 1817). American Confederate general.
1879 - Hans Hahn was born (d. 1934). Austrian mathematician.
1879 - Cyril Scott was born (d. 1970). English composer.
1885 - Harry Blackstone was born (d. 1965). American magician.
1885 - Nascimento de Delia del Carril Iraeta. Pintora argentina - esposa de Pablo Neruda.
1902 - Fundação do Club Atlético Tucumán - Argentina
1891 - Ivan Goncharov dies (b. 1812). Russian author.
1896 - Sam Ervin was born (d. 1985). U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
1898 - Vincent Youmans was born. American composer.
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.
1906 - William Empson was born (d. 1984). British poet and critic.
1907 - Maurice Blanchot was born (d. 2003). French philosopher and writer.
1907 - Bhagat Singh was born (d. 1931). Indian freedom fighter.
1907 - Fundação do Club Atlético San Martín - Argentina
1912 - Alberto Sanches de Castro torna-se o 1º português a voar em território nacional (Portugal)
1913 - Albert Ellis was born. American psychologist.
1915 - Morreu Ramalho Ortigão. Escritor português autor de O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra, elaborado em parceria com Eça de Queirós.
1917 - Edgar Degas dies (b. 19 Jul 1834). French painter and sculptor (some paints: The Suffering of the City of New Orleans; Song of the Dog; Woman bathing)
1918 - Martin Ryle was born (d. 1984). English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
1919 - James H. Wilkinson was born (d. 1986). American mathematician.
1920 - William Conrad was born (d. 1994). American actor.
1920 - Jayne Meadows was born. American actress
1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck dies (b. 1854). German composer.
1922 - Arthur Penn was born in Philadelphia. American director (Miracle Worker, Bonnie and Clyde )
1924 - Fred Singer was born. American environmental scientist
1927 - Romano Scarpa was born. Italian comic book artist
1928 - The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
1932 - Oliver E. Williamson was born. American economist
1932 - Michael Colvin was born. Canadian tenor
1933 - Ring Lardner dies (b. 1885). American writer.
1933 - Morre Fortunato de Almeida. Historiador português.
1934 - Wilford Brimley was born. American actor
1934 - Claude Jarman Jr. was born. American actor
1934 - Dick Schaap was born (d. 2001). American sports reporter.
1936 - Gordon Honeycombe was born. British author, playwright, and actor
1936 - Don Cornelius was born. American television host
1938 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
1939 - Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.
1939 - Kathy Whitworth was born in Monahans, Texas. Professional golf's all-time leading tournament winner 1942 - Dith Pran was born. Cambodian-born photojournalist
1940 - The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
1940 - Walter Benjamin dies (b. 1892). German philosopher.
1941 - The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more that 2,700 Liberty ships.
1941 - Independência da Síria.
1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform for the last time before Miller enters the US Army.
1942 - Alvin Stardust was born. American singer.
1944 - Aristide Maillol dies. French sculptor and painter.
1945 - Jack Goldstein was born (d. 2003). Canadian-born artist.
1947 - Randy Bachman was born. Canadian musician
1947 - Barbara Dickson was born. Scottish singer.
1947 - Liz Torres was born. Actress.
1948 - A. Martinez was born. American actor
1949 - Mike Schmidt was born. Baseball player
1949 - The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
1951 - Meat Loaf was born. American singer and actor
1952 - Dumitru Prunariu was born. Cosmonaut .
1952 Morte de Francisco de Morais Alves (Francisco Alves - O Rei da Voz). Cantor brasileiro
1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi was born. Indian religious leader
1953 - Diane Julie Abbott was born. British politician
1954 - The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
1956 - Gerald Finzi dies (b. 1901). English composer.
1956 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias dies (b. 1911). American athlete and golfer.
1958 - Shaun Cassidy was born. American singer and actor
1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon.
1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst dies (b. 1882). English suffragette and social activist.
1961 - Serra Leoa é admitida como Estado-Membro da ONU
1961 - Andy Lau was born. Hong Kong actor and singer
1962 - Francisco Brochado da Rocha, dies at 52. PM of Brazil.
1964 - The Warren Commission releases its report, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
1965 - Peter MacKay was born. Canadian political leader.
1965 - Maria Schrader was born. German actress.
1965 - Steve Kerr was born. Lebanese-born basketball player
1965 - Clara Bow, actriz norte-americana.
1967 - Prince Felix Yussupov dies (b. 1887). Russian assassin of Rasputin.
1972 - S. R. Ranganathan dies (b. 1892). Indian mathematician and librarian.
1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, California. Actress (Pallbearer, Emma, Hard Eight ).
1972 - Clara Hughes was born. Canadian cyclist.

1973 - Idalécio was born in Alcochete. Portuguese football player (Rio Ave).
1974 - Lina Gaviria was born. Miss Universe-Colombia 1996
1974 - Na Etiópia, os militares depõem o imperador Haile Selassie
1975 - Em Portugal, Pinheiro de Azevedo empossa o 6º. Governo Provisório.
1975 - Jack Lang dies (b. 1876). Australian politician.
1975 - The government unveiled its redesigned $100 bill, featuring a larger, off-center portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
1976 - Francesco Totti was born. Italian footballer
1977 - Andrus Värnik was born. Estonian athlete, javelin thrower
1978 - Brad Arnold was born. American singer and songwriter (3 Doors Down)
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.
1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji was born. Indian cricketer
1982 - Lil Wayne was born. American rapper and producer (Cash Money Records)
1983 - Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
1983 - O governo português aprova legislação sobre incêndios florestais, para penalizar a origem criminosa (sem grande sucesso a crer pelos indícios de incendios de origem criminosa)
1984 - Avril Lavigne was born. Canadian singer and songwriter
1986 - Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica, dies after being crushed by the band's tour bus during their European tour.
1986 - Cliff Burton dies (b. 1962). American musician (Metallica).
1987 - Brasil: Posse solene de D. Lucas Moreira Neves como arcebispo de Salvador
1988 - The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.
1989 - Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
1991 - Publicação do último número do jornal Diário Popular, fundado a 22 de Setembro de 1942.
1992 - Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163.
1992 - Nigel Mansell (Equipe Williams) vence o Grande Prémio do Estoril (Portugal).
1993 - Constituição da Cabovisão (Portugal)
1993 - Jimmy Doolittle dies (b. 1896). U.S. general and World War II hero.
1994 - Carlos Lleras Restrepo dies. President of Colombia (1966-1970)
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.
1995 - At the O.J. Simpson trial, the prosecution and defense presented dueling summations.
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 - Helmut Kohl é derrotado nas urnas por Gerhard Schroeder.
1998 - Doak Walker dies (b. 1927). American footballer.
1998 - Narita Bryan dies (b. 1991). Japanese racehorse.
2000 - Venus Williams became only the second player to win Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Olympics in the same year with her 6-2, 6-4 victory over Elena Dementieva. (The first was Steffi Graf, in 1988.)
2001 - Boyband 5ive announced their disbandment.
2002 - Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations (191st Member)
2003 - Smart 1 is launched.
2003 - Donald O'Connor dies (b. 1925). American actor, dancer, and singer.
2004 - Virgin Group announces a joint venture with Mojave Aerospace Ventures to build VSS Enterprise for commercial space flights and a new company called Virgin Galactic.
Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Mashíyyat (Will) - First day of the eleventh month of the Bahá'í Calendar
French Community Day, Belgium
Meskel in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Dia da Música Popular Brasileira
Dia Mundial do Turismo
Festividades de Cosme e Damião