About January 27

January 27, 2025 is the 27th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 338 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 2 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 27

  • 98
    Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.
  • 661
    The Rashidun Caliphate ends with death of Ali.
  • 1142
    Execution, believed wrongful, of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei.
  • 1186
    Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily.
  • 1593
    The Vatican opens seven year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno.
  • 1606
    Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
  • 1825
    The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears”.
  • 1888
    The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
  • 1909
    The Young Left is founded in Norway.
  • 1939
    First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
  • 1944
    World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
  • 1945
    World War II: The Red Army liberates the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland.
  • 1952
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dragon in Chinese astrology.
  • 1961
    Soviet submarine S-80 sinks with all hands lost.
  • 1974
    The Brisbane River breaches its banks causing the largest flood to affect the city of Brisbane in the 20th Century
  • 1980
    Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian caper.
  • 1984
    Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium.
  • 1993
    American-born sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō becomes the first foreigner to be promoted to the sport’s highest rank of yokozuna.
  • 2003
    The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
  • 2010
    The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.

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