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This day in history: 27 September

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411 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 27 September.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
1998: The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast days: Adheritus

Christian feast days: Bonfilius

Christian feast days: Caius of Milan

Christian feast days: Cosmas and Damian

Christian feast days: Hiltrude of Liessies

Christian feast days: September 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast days: Vincent de Paul

Consumación de la Independencia (Mexico)

French Community Holiday (French community of Belgium)

Independence Day (Turkmenistan), celebrates the independence of Turkmenistan from USSR in 1991.

Meskel (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church, following Julian calendar, September 28 on leap years)

National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)

Events

1998The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.

1940World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.

1066William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.

2024Hurricane Helene devastates the Carolinas as a tropical storm, killing hundreds and injuring more.

1928The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.

1540The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.

1922King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.

1930Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.

2020Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan launches an offensive against the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, inhabited predominantly by ethnic Armenians.

1962Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

1777American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.

1938The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.

1529The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.

1962The Yemen Arab Republic is established.

1964The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight.

1810The French army under André Masséna fails to break British forces under the Arthur Wellesley in the battle of Bussaco.

1669The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia. Crete would remain under Ottoman occupation until 1913.

1988The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.

1916Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.

1822Jean-François Champollion officially informs the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres in France that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone.

2007NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt.

2001In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.

1791The National Assembly of France votes to award full citizenship to Jews.

1825The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened with the engine Locomotion pulling wagons with coal and passengers from Shildon to Darlington to Stockton.

1903"Wreck of the Old 97": an American rail disaster, in which 11 people are killed; it later becomes the subject of a popular ballad.

1854The paddle steamer SS Arctic, owned by the Collins Line of New York, sinks off the coast of Newfoundland, following a collision with a smaller vessel, the SS Vesta. Only 88 of over 300 people on board survive. About a dozen of the occupants

1821The Army of the Three Guarantees triumphantly enters Mexico City, led by Agustín de Iturbide. The following day Mexico is declared independent.

1996The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory; an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is established.

1605The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.

1942World War II: Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.

1959Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.

1908Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.

1992Palestinian prisoners went on a 15-day hunger strike.

201463 people are killed in an eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan.

1975The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.

1949Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.

2003The SMART-1 satellite is launched.

2019Over two million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.

1977Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.

2012In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots eight people, killing six and injuring 2 and then kills himself.

Born on this day

2002Jenna Ortega, American actress

1997Jaiden Animations, American YouTuber and animator

2001David Malukas, American race car driver

1995Kwon Eun-bi, South Korean singer and musical actress

2001Caleb Love, American basketball player

1995Christian Wood, American basketball player

1994Dylan Walker, Australian rugby league player

1994Sayak Chakraborty, Indian television actor

1993Lisandro Magallán, Argentinian footballer

1998Ioana Mincă, Romanian tennis player

1993Monica Puig, Puerto Rican-American tennis player

1993Ryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey player

1993Vinnie Sunseri, American football player

1992Granit Xhaka, Swiss footballer

1992Lachlan Burr, Australian rugby league player

1992Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Irish singer-songwriter and actor

1992Sam Lerner, American actor

1991Anete Paulus, Estonian footballer

1991Ousmane Barry, Guinean footballer

1991Rio Uchida, Japanese model and actress

1991Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player

1991Thomas Mann, American actor

1990Dion Lewis, American football player

1989Park Tae-hwan, South Korean swimmer

1988Lisa Ryzih, German pole vaulter

1987Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian footballer

1987Austin Carlile, American singer-songwriter

1987Olga Puchkova, Russian tennis player

1987Vanessa James, French figure skater

1986Matt Shoemaker American baseball player

1986Ricardo Risatti, Argentinian race car driver

1986Vin Mazzaro, American baseball player

1985Anthony Morrow, American basketball player

1985Daniel Pudil, Czech footballer

1985Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (died 2014)

1985Massimo Bertocchi, Canadian decathlete

1984Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer

1984Davide Capello, Italian footballer

1984John Lannan, American baseball player

1984Paul Bevan, Australian footballer

Died on this day

2025Russell M. Nelson, 17th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1924)

2024Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah (born 1960)

2024Maggie Smith, English actress (born 1934)

2023Michael Gambon, Irish-English actor (born 1940)

2021Madeleine Tchicaya, Ivorian politician (born 1930)

2018Kavita Mahajan, Indian author and translator (born 1967)

2018Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji, Indian nobleman and politician (born 1935)

2018Marty Balin, American singer, co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane (born 1942)

2018Michael Payton, American football quarterback (born 1970)

2017Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises (born 1926)

2015Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist (born 1930)

2015Kallen Pokkudan, Indian activist and author (born 1937)

2015Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician (born 1915)

2015Syed Ahmed, Indian author and politician, 16th Governor of Manipur (born 1945)

2014Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director (born 1939)

2014Gaby Aghion, French fashion designer, founded Chloé (born 1921)

2014James Traficant, American lawyer and politician (born 1941)

2014Wally Hergesheimer, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1927)

2013Mauricio González-Gordon y Díez, Spanish sherry maker and conservationist (born 1923)

2013Oscar Castro-Neves, Brazilian-American guitarist, composer, and conductor (born 1940)

2012Eddie Bert, American trombonist (born 1922)

2012Herbert Lom, Czech-English actor (born 1917)

2011David Croft, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)

2011Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (born 1935)

2011Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)

2010Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Singapore (born 1955)

2009Ivan Dykhovichny, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1947)

2008Henri Pachard, American director and producer (born 1939)

2007Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)

2007Kenji Nagai, Japanese photographer and journalist (born 1957)

Quote of the day

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

Marcus Aurelius

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