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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