January 27th in History

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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