January 27th in History
January 27th in History
- 1888: National Geographic Society founded in Washington, DC, US.
- 1924: Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square
- 1926: US Senate agrees to join World Court
- 1926: John Baird gives the first public demonstration of the television set.
- 1967: Three American astronauts killed in an Apollo spacecraft ground test
- 1967: Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed
- 1973: US and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest US war
January 27th birthdays
- 1756: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
- 1832: Lewis Carrol, Author of 'Alice In Wonderland'
- 1834: Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist
