| 1540 |
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The Society of Jesus, a religious order under Ignatius Loyola, is approved by the Pope. |
| 1669 |
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The island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea falls to the Ottoman Turks after a 21-year siege. |
| 1791 |
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Jews in France are granted French citizenship. |
| 1864 |
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Confederate guerrilla Bloody Bill Anderson and his henchmen, including a teenage Jesse James, massacre 20 unarmed Union soldiers at Centralia, Missouri. The event becomes known as the Centralia Massacre. |
| 1869 |
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Wild Bill Hickok, sheriff of Hays City, Kan., shoots down Samuel Strawhim, a drunken teamster causing trouble. |
| 1916 |
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Constance of Greece declares war on Bulgaria. |
| 1918 |
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President Woodrow Wilson opens his fourth Liberty Loan campaign to support men and machines for World War I. |
| 1920 |
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Eight Chicago White Sox players are charged with fixing the 1919 World Series. |
| 1939 |
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Germany occupies Warsaw as Poland falls to Germany and the Soviet Union. |
| 1942 |
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Australian forces defeat the Japanese on New Guinea in the South Pacific. |
| 1944 |
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Thousands of British troops are killed as German forces rebuff their massive effort to capture the Arnhem Bridge across the Rhine River in Holland. |
| 1950 |
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U.S. Army and Marine troops liberate Seoul, South Korea. |
| 1956 |
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The U.S. Air Force Bell X-2, the world's fastest and highest-flying plane, crashes, killing the test pilot. |
| 1964 |
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The Warren Commission, investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, issues its report, stating its conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole gunman. |
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Born on September 27 |
| 1722 |
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Samuel Adams, American revolutionary patriot and statesman, helped to organize the Boston Tea Party. |
| 1840 |
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Alfred T. Mahan, navy admiral who wrote The Influence of Seapower on History and other books that encouraged world leaders to build larger navies. |
| 1840 |
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Thomas Nast, caricaturist, creator of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant. |
| 1862 |
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Louis Botha, commander-in-chief of the Boar Army against the British and first president of South Africa. |
| 1898 |
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Vincent Youmans, songwriter best known for musical scores such as No, No Nanette and Flying Down to Rio. |
| 1917 |
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Louis Auchincloss, novelist (Portait in Brownstone, The Embezzler). |
| 1924 |
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Bud Powell, jazz pianist. |
| 1927 |
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Red Rodney, trumpeter. |
| 1945 |
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Stephanie Pogue, artist and art professor. |
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