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This Day In History: January 27th

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Communication
 
 
Crime and Corruption
1606
The trial of Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators began. They were executed on January 31.
 
Defence
 
 
Disasters
 
 
Discovery
 
 
Education
 
 
Film, Television and Radio
1926
John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television.
1927
United Independent Broadcasters Inc. started a radio network with contracts with 16 stations. The company later became Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).
1931
NBC radio debuted "Clara, Lu ’n’ Em" on its Blue network (later, ABC radio).
1957
The "CBS Radio Workshop" was heard for the first time.
1998
U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared on NBC's "Today" show. She charged that the allegations against her husband were the work of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."
Heads of State
1996
Mahamane Ousmane, the first democratically elected president of Niger, was overthrown by a military coup. Colonel Ibrahim Bare Mainassara declared himself head of state.
 
Health and Social Welfare
 
 
Industry
2010
Appled enveiled the "iPad".
 
Law
1967
More than 60 nations signed the Outer Space Treaty which banned the orbiting of nuclear weapons and placing weapons on celestial bodies or space stations.
 
Motor Sport
 
 
People
1870
  Kappa Alpha Theta, the first women’s sorority, was founded at Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, IN.
1967
At Cape Kennedy, FL, astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo I spacecraft.
Politics
1900
In China, foreign diplomats in Peking, fearing a revolt, demanded that the imperial government discipline the Boxer rebels.
1944
The Soviet Union announced that the two year German siege of Leningrad had come to an end.
1981
U.S. President Reagan greeted the 52 former American hostages released by Iran at the White House.
1999
The U.S. Senate blocked dismissal of the impeachment case against President Clinton and voted for new testimony from Monica Lewinsky and two other witnesses.
Publishing
 
 
Religion
1977
The Vatican reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's ban on female priests.
 
Science
 
 
Sport
1984
Carl Lewis beat his own two-year-old record by 9-1/4 inches when he set a new indoor world record with a long-jump mark of 28 feet, 10-1/4 inches.
1984
Wayne Gretzky set a National Hockey League (NHL) record for consecutive game scoring. He ended the streak at 51 games.
1992
Former world boxing champion Mike Tyson went on trial for allegedly raping an 18-year-old contestant in the 1991 Miss Black America Contest.
Technology
1880
Thomas Edison patented the electric incandescent lamp.
 
The Arts
1997
It was revealed that French national museums were holding nearly 2,000 works of art stolen from Jews by the Nazis during World War II.
 
The Environment
1888
The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, DC.
 
The Law
 
 
The Workforce
 
 
Trade and Economy
1948
Wire Recording Corporation of America announced the first magnetic tape recorder. The ‘Wireway’ machine with a built-in oscillator sold for $149.50.
1985
The Coca-Cola Company, of Atlanta, GA, announced a plan to sell its soft drinks in the Soviet Union.
2003
Altria Group, Inc. became the name of the parent company of Kraft Foods, Philip Morris USA, Philip Morris International and Philip Morris Capital Corporation.
Transport
 
 
War
1943
During World War II, the first all American air raid against Germany took place when about 50 bombers attacked Wilhlemshaven.
1945
Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
1951
In the U.S., atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flats.
2002
A series of explosions occurred at a military dump in Lagos, Nigeria. More than 1,000 people were killed in the blast and in the attempt to escape.
 
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