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September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining.
Events
489 - Odoacer attacks Theoderic at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.
1540 - Jesuit Order receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
1590 - Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
1605 - Armies of Sweden utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm
1787 - United States Constitution delivered to the states for ratification.
1821 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
1825 - The Stockton and Darlington Railway was opened. First locomotive pulling a passenger train operated on the line by George Stephenson.
1854 - The steamship Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
1905 - Albert Einstein published the paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" on Annalen der Physik. This paper revealed the relationship between energy and mass.
1928 - The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
1938 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
1940 - The Tripartite Pact signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform at the in Passaic County, New Jersey for the last time before Miller enters the US Army.
1949 - First Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves design for the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
1954 - The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon.
1964 - Warren Commission report issued, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
1979 - United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
1980 - Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.
1983 - Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
1986 - Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica, dies after being crushed by the band's tour bus during their European tour.
1995 - The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bills with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
1996 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
2002 - Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.
2003 - Smart 1 is launched.
2004 - Virgin Group announced a joint venture with Mojave Aerospace Ventures to build VSS Enterprise for commercial space flights and a new company called Virgin Galactic.
Births
1275 - John II of Brabant (d. 1312)
1389 - Cosimo de Medici, Florentine ruler (d. 1464)
1601 - Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (d. 1800), German mathematician
1722 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d. 1803)
1818 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. 1884)
1840 - Thomas Nast, political cartoonist (d. 1902)
1843 - Gaston Tarry (d. 1913), French mathematician
1871 - Grazia Deledda, Sardinian (Italy) writer - Nobel prize for literature (d. 1926)
1885 - Harry Blackstone, magician (d. 1965)
1895 - George Raft, actor (d. 1980)
1896 - Sam Ervin, Senator from North Carolina, Watergate scandal figure (d. 1985)
1902 - Margaret Herrick, Librarian and director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences credited with naming the Oscar (d. 1976)
1907 - Sardar Bhagat Singh, Great Indian freedom fighter
1913 - Albert Ellis, psychologist
1919 - James H. Wilkinson, mathematician (d. 1986)
1920 - William Conrad, actor (d. 1994)
1920 - Jayne Meadows, actress
1922 - Carl Ballantine, actor
1922 - Arthur Penn, director
1924 - Fred Singer, American environmental scientist
1927 - Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist
1929 - Sada Thompson, actress
1932 - Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
1933 - Greg Morris, actor
1934 - Wilford Brimley, actor
1934 - Claude Jarman Jr., actor
1934 - Dick Schapp, sports reporter (d. 2001)
1936 - Gordon Honeycombe, British author, playwright and stage actor
1936 - Don Cornelius, television host
1942 - Dith Pran, photojournalist
1945 - Jack Goldstein, artist
1947 - Randy Bachman, Canadian musician
1947 - Cheryl Tiegs, fashion model
1947 - Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer
1948 - A Martinez, actor
1949 - Mike Schmidt, Baseball Hall of Famer
1949 - Robb Weller, reporter
1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor
1951 - Meat Loaf, American singer and actor
1952 - Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut
1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader
1953 - Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
1958 - Shaun Cassidy, singer, actor
1961 - Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor, singer
1965 - Peter MacKay, Canadian political leader
1965 - Steve Kerr, NBA basketball player
1972 - Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
1976 - Francesco Totti, Italian football player
1984 - Avril Lavigne, singer, songwriter
Deaths
1590 - Pope Urban VII
1700 - Pope Innocent XII
1722 - Grace; killed by a Dobhar-chu
1832 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher
1876 - Braxton Bragg
1917 - Edgar Degas, painter
1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck, composer
1933 - Ring Lardner, writer
1956 - Gerald Finzi, composer
1956 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer
1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst, suffragette, social activist
1967 - Prince Felix Yussupov, assassin of Rasputin (b. 1887)
1972 - S. R. Ranganathan, Indian Librarian, invented Colon Classification system
1975 - Jack Lang, Australian politician
1986 - Cliff Burton, musician
1993 - Jimmy Doolittle, United States General, World War II hero
1998 - Doak Walker, football player
1998 - Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse(b. 1991)
2000-2099
2003 - Donald O'Connor, actor, dancer and singer
Holidays and observances
Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Mashíyyat (Will) - First day of the eleventh month of the Bahá'í Calendar
French Community Day, Belgium
Recorded this date
1891 "Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep"(w. Mrs Emma Hart Willard m. Joseph Phillip Knight)
- Manhansett Quartette
1891 "I'se Gwine Back To Dixie"(w.m. C. A. White)
- Manhansett Quartette
1891 "Emmet's Lullaby"(w.m. J. K. Emmet)
- Manhansett Quartette
1891 "The Picture That's Turned To The Wall"(w.m. Charles Graham)
- Manhansett Quartette
1891 "Comrades"(Felix McGlennon & Costello)
- Manhansett Quartette
1891 "Sally In Our Alley"(w. Henry Carey m. trad)
- Manhansett Quartette
1911 "Alexander's Ragtime Band"(w.m. Irving Berlin)
- Victor Military Band
1912 "Come Back To Me, My Melody"(Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder)
- Walter Van Brunt
1924 "Doodle Doo Doo"(w.m. Art Kassel & Mel Stitzel)
- Ray Miller & his Orchestra
1927 "Black Eyes"( alternate title "Dark Eyes")
- Feodor Chaliapin & choir with Aristov Balalaika Orchestra cond. A. A. Scriabin
1928 "Dusky Stevedore"(w. Andy Razaf m. J.C. Johnson)
- Joe Davis with Thelma Terry & her Playboys
1929 "Sensation"(Eddie Edwards)
- Rube Bloom with Joe Venuti's Blue Four
1929 "Gay Love"(w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant)
- Bing Crosby with small group from Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
1929 "Can't We Be Friends?"(w. Paul James m. Kay Swift)
- Bing Crosby with small group from Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
1929 "He's A Good Man To Have Around"(w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager)
- Billy Murray with Dick Cherwin's Orchestra
1930 "Siboney"(w. Dolly Morse m. Ernesto Lecuona)
- Nick Lucas with Anglo-Persians
1932 "I'll Never Have To Dream Again"(w. Charles Newman m. Isham Jones)
- Connie Boswell with O/Dorsey Brothers
1932 "Me Minus You"(w. Paul Francis Webster m. Abel Baer)
- Connie Boswell with O/Dorsey Brothers
1932 "Nothing But A Lie"( Sievier, Rotter, Fred Markush)
- Gertrude Lawrence with p. Claude Ivy
1932 "Why Waste Your Tears?"( Val Holstius)
- Gertrude Lawrence with p. Claude Ivy
1933 "Beautiful Girl"(w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown)
- Bing Crosby with O/Lenny Hayton
1933 "After Sundown"(w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown)
- Bing Crosby with O/Lennie Hayton
1933 "Home On The Range"(w. poss. Brewster Higley m. poss Dan E. Kelly)
- Bing Crosby with O/Lennie Hayton
1933 "The Last Round-Up"(w.m. Billy Hill)
- Bing Crosby with O/Lennie Hayton
1933 "Annie Doesn't Live Here Any More"(w. Joe Young & Johnny Burke m. Harold Spina)
- Carmen Lombardo with Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians
1933 "Night And Day"(w.m. Cole Porter)
- Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
1933 "Tick-Tock"(w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers)
- Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
1933 "In The Valley Of The Moon"(w.m. Joe Burke & Charles Tobias)
- Gladys Moncrieff with String octet cond. Gil Dech
1933 "I Wake Up Smiling"(w. Edgar Leslie m. Fred E. Ahlert)
- Gladys Moncrieff with String octet cond. Gil Dech
1933 "By A Waterfall"(w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain)
- Dick Powell
1935 "Madhouse"(Earl Hines, Jimmy Mundy)
- Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
1935 "Santa Claus Came In The Spring"(w.m. Johnny Mercer)
- Joe Harris with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
1935 "Goodbye"(w.m. Gordon Jenkins)
- Benny Goodman
1936 "Rainbow On The River"(w. Paul Francis Webster m. Louis Alter)
- Perry Como with Ted Weems
1936 "Picture Me Without You"(w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy McHugh)
- Perry Como with Ted Weems
1936 "Trouble Ends Out Where The Blue Begins"(w.m. Cliff Friend)
- Ted Weems & his Orchestra
1938 "Now It Can Be Told"(w.m. Irving Berlin)
- Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & his Band
1938 "On The Sentimental Side"(w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco)
- Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & his Band
1938 "The Holy City"(w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams)
- Peter Dawson
1938 "Bless This House"(w. Helen Taylor m. May Brahe)
- Peter Dawson
1938 "The Lost Chord"(w. Adelaide A. Proctor m. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
- Peter Dawson
1938 "The Lord Is King"(Dawson)
- Peter Dawson with organ Herbert Dawson
1938 "Poor Man's Garden"( Barrie & Russell)
- Peter Dawson
1938 "There Is No Death"(Geoffrey O'Hara)
- Peter Dawson
1938 "Down South"(Myddleton)
- Sam Browne with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
1938 "Colonel Bogey - March"( m. Kenneth J. Alford)
- Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
1938 "The Whistler And His Dog"( m. Arthur Pryor)
- Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
1938 "King Porter Stomp"(m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton)
- Glenn Miller's Orchestra
1938 "Nightmare"(m. Artie Shaw)
- Artie Shaw
1938 "Yesterdays"(w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern)
- Artie Shaw
1938 "I Have Eyes"(w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger)
- Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra
1938 "You're A Sweet Little Headache"(w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger)
- Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra
1939 "So Many Times"(w. Don DeVito m. Jimmy Dorsey)
- Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
1939 "Indian Summer"(w. Al Dubin m. Victor Herbert)
- Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey
1939 "Baby, What Else Can I Do?"(w. Walter Hirsch m. Gerald Marks)
- Anita Boyer with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
1939 "A Lover Is Blue"(w.m. Charles Carpenter, James R. Mundy & Trummy Young)
- Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey
1939 "Adolf"(Mills)
- Arthur Askey with O/Ronnie Munro
1939 "The Washing On The Siegfried Line"(w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr)
- Arthur Askey with O/Ronnie Munro
- Flanagan & Allen
1939 "Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant-Major"(Noel, Pelosi)
- Arthur Askey with O/Ronnie Munro
1939 "Run, Rabbit, Run"(w. Noel Gay & Ralph T. Butler m. Noel Gay)
- Flanagan & Allen
1940 "All The Things You Are"(w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern)
- Leslie A. Hutchinson
1941 "No Lika Da War"(Nesham, Stanley Holloway)
- Stanley Holloway
1943 "Vict'ry Polka"(w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne)
- Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen
1943 "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"(w.m. Haven Gillespie & J. Fred Coots)
- Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen
1943 "Jingle Bells"(w.m. James S. Pierpont)
- Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen
1943 "Pistol Packin' Mama"(w.m. Al Dexter)
- Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen
1946 "A Gal In Calico"(w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz)
- Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers with O/Paul Weston
1947 "Bread And Butter Woman"(w.m. Lester Lee & Allan Roberts)
- Danny Kaye & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen
1947 "Civilization"(w.m. Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman)
- Danny Kaye & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen
1950 "Time Out For Tears"(w.m. Abe Schiff & Irving Berman)
- Ink Spots
1954 "Make Yourself Comfortable"(w.m. Bob Merrill)
- Peggy King with O/Percy Faith
1955 "All At Once You Love Her"(w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
- Perry Como with O/Mitchell Ayres
1955 "The Rose Tattoo"(w.m. Jack Brooks and Harry Warren)
- Perry Como and The Ray Charles Singers with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
1955 "Pepper-Hot Baby"(w.m. Alicia Evelyn)
- Jaye P. Morgan with O/Joe Thomas
1955 "Bonnie Blue Gal"(w. William Engvick m. adapt. Jessie Cavanaugh)
- Lawrence Welk & his Orchestra
1963 "Angry At The Big Oak Tree"(Hampton)
- Frank Ifield with O/Norrie Paramor
1976 "Dry Your Eyes"(Neil Diamond, Robbie Robertson)
- Frank Sinatra with O/Bill Miller
1976 "Like A Sad Song"(w.m. John Denver)
- Frank Sinatra with O/Bill Miller
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