Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
September 27
| 1540 | The Society of Jesus, a religious order under Ignatius Loyola, is approved by the Pope. | |
| 1669 | The island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea falls to the Ottoman Turks after a 21-year siege. | |
| 1791 | Jews in France are granted French citizenship. | |
| 1864 | 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 | Wild Bill Hickok, sheriff of Hays City, Kan., shoots down Samuel Strawhim, a drunken teamster causing trouble. | |
| 1916 | Constance of Greece declares war on Bulgaria. | |
| 1918 | President Woodrow Wilson opens his fourth Liberty Loan campaign to support men and machines for World War I. | |
| 1920 | Eight Chicago White Sox players are charged with fixing the 1919 World Series. | |
| 1939 | Germany occupies Warsaw as Poland falls to Germany and the Soviet Union. | |
| 1942 | Australian forces defeat the Japanese on New Guinea in the South Pacific. | |
| 1944 | 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 | U.S. Army and Marine troops liberate Seoul, South Korea. | |
| 1956 | The U.S. Air Force Bell X-2, the world's fastest and highest-flying plane, crashes, killing the test pilot. | |
| 1964 | 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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| 1722 | Samuel Adams, American revolutionary patriot and statesman, helped to organize the Boston Tea Party. | |
| 1840 | 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 | Thomas Nast, caricaturist, creator of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant. | |
| 1862 | Louis Botha, commander-in-chief of the Boar Army against the British and first president of South Africa. | |
| 1898 | Vincent Youmans, songwriter best known for musical scores such as No, No Nanette and Flying Down to Rio. | |
| 1917 | Louis Auchincloss, novelist (Portait in Brownstone, The Embezzler). | |
| 1924 | Bud Powell, jazz pianist. | |
| 1927 | Red Rodney, trumpeter. | |
| 1945 | Stephanie Pogue, artist and art professor. | |
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