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Events [ ] 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona , and is defeated again.1331 - the Battle of Plowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order took place.1540 - The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits ) 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 - The armies of Sweden are utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm .1777 - Lancaster is the capital of the United States , for one day.1787 - The United States Constitution is delivered to the states for ratification .1821 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain .1822 - Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone .1825 - The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive -hauled passenger trains.1854 - The steamship SS Arctic Atlantic Ocean .1886 - Mormon prophet John Taylor receives a controversial revelation on plural marriage that now divides factions of Mormonism .1903 - Wreck of the Old 97 , a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.1905 - The physics journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein 's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc² .1916 - Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu .1922 - King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II .1928 - The Republic of China is recognised by the United States .1930 - Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was The U.S Open , The British Open , and The Amateur Championships.1937 - Balinese Tiger declared extinct.1938 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth Glasgow .1940 - World War II : The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany , Japan and Italy .1941 - The SS Patrick Henry Liberty ships .1941 - Foundation of EAM (National Liberation Front) in Greece.1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform for the last time before Miller enters the US Army .1942 - Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River .
1949 - The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China .1953 - TV Record , Brazilian TV Network , debuts.1954 - The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC .1956 - USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2 . Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon .1964 - The Warren Commission releases its report, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald , acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy .1968 - The stage musical Hair Shaftesbury Theatre in London , where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof's collapsing in July 1973 .1977 - The 300 metre tall CKVR-TV transmission tower in Barrie , Ontario , Canada is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.1979 - The 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 .1985 - Hurricane Gloria hits Long Island , New York .1988 - The National League for Democracy , led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.1993 - The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia .1995 - The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.1996 - In Afghanistan , the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah .1997 - Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder 1998 - Google is launched.1999 - The last professional baseball game is played at historic Tiger Stadium in Detroit , Michigan .2002 - Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations .2003 - Smart 1 satellite is launched.2006 - The Platte Canyon High School shooting occurs when Duane R. Morrison takes six female girls hostage, fatally shooting one before killing himself.Births [ ] 1275 - John II of Brabant (d. 1312 )1389 - Cosimo de Medici , ruler of Florence (d. 1464 )1601 - King Louis XIII of France (d. 1643 )1627 - Jacques Benigne Bossuet , French bishop (d. 1704 )1643 - Solomon Stoddard , American Puritan clergyman1696 - Alphonsus Liguori , Italian founder of the Redemptionist order (d. 1787 )1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner , German mathematician (d. 1800 )1722 - Samuel Adams , American revolutionary leader (d. 1803 )1729 - Michael Denis , Austrian poet (d. 1800 )1803 - Samuel Francis du Pont , American admiral (d. 1865 )1805 - George Müller , Prussian orphanage builder (d. 1898 )1818 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe , German chemist (d. 1884 )1821 - Henri Frederic Amiel , Swiss writer (d. 1881 )1824 - William "Bull" Nelson , American Civil War general (d. 1862 )1830 - William Babcock Hazen , American Civil War general (d. 1887 )1840 - Thomas Nast , German-born political cartoonist (d. 1902 )1842 - Alphonse Francois Renard , Belgian geologist (d. 1903 )1843 - Gaston Tarry , French mathematician (d. 1913 )1864 - Andrej Hlinka , Slovak politician and Catholic Priest (d. 1938 )1866 - Eurosia Fabris , Italian Catholic Blessed (d. 1932 )1871 - Grazia Deledda , Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936 )1879 - Hans Hahn , Austrian mathematician (d. 1934 )1879 - Cyril Scott , English composer (d. 1970 )
1885 - Harry Blackstone , American magician (d. 1965 )1894 - Olive Tell , American actress (d. 1951 )1894 - Lothar von Richthofen German pilot (d. 1922 )
1895 - Woolf Barnato , British racing driver (d. 1948 )1896 - Sam Ervin , American politician (d. 1985 )1898 - Vincent Youmans , American composer and producer (d. 1946 )1906 - William Empson , British poet (d. 1984 )1906 - Jim Thompson , American author (d. 1977 )
1907 - Maurice Blanchot , French philosopher (d. 2003 )1907 - Bhagat Singh , Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931 )
1913 - Albert Ellis , American psychologist (d. 2007 )1916 - Frank Handlen , American artist1917 - Louis Auchincloss , American novelist1917 - William T. Orr , American television producer (d. 2002 )
1918 - Martin Ryle , English radio astronomer, Nobel laureate (d. 1984 )1919 - James H. Wilkinson , American mathematician (d. 1986 )1919 - Johnny Pesky , American baseball player
1919 - Jayne Meadows , American actress
1920 - William Conrad , American actor (d. 1994 )1921 - Milton Subotsky , American TV and film producer/screenwriter (d. 1991 )1922 - Carl Ballantine , American actor1922 - Arthur Penn , American director
1924 - Bernard Waber , American author1924 - Fred Singer , American scientist
1924 - Bud Powell , American jazz pianist (d. 1966 )
1927 - Romano Scarpa , Italian comic book artist1927 - Steve Stavro , Canadian businessman (d. 2006 )
1931 - Freddy Quinn , Austrian singer1932 - Roger C. Carmel , American actor (d. 1986 )1932 - Michael Colvin , Canadian singer
1932 - Oliver E. Williamson , American economist
1932 - Yash Chopra , Indian director
1932 - Geoff Bent , English footballer (d. 1958 )
1933 - Will Sampson , American actor (d. 1987 )1933 - Greg Morris , American actor (d. 1996 )
1933 - Rodney Cotterill , Danish-English physicist (d. 2007 )
1934 - Wilford Brimley , American actor1934 - Claude Jarman Jr. , American actor
1934 - Dick Schaap , American sports reporter (d. 2001 )
1936 - Don Cornelius , American television host1936 - Gordon Honeycombe , British playwright
1939 - Kathy Whitworth , American golfer1941 - Serge Ménard , Québécois politician1941 - Peter Bonetti , English footballer
1942 - Dith Pran , Cambodian-born photojournalist1942 - Alvin Stardust , English singer
1943 - Randy Bachman , Canadian musician1943 - Amedeo , Italian aristocrat
1945 - Jack Goldstein , Canadian-born artist (d. 2003 )1945 - Kay Ryan , American poet
1946 - Robin Nedwell , English comedy actor (d. 1999 )1946 - T.C. Cannon , Kiowa/Caddo artist (d. 1978 )1947 - Barbara Dickson , Scottish singer1947 - Denis Lawson , Scottish actor
1947 - Meat Loaf , American singer
1947 - Liz Torres , American actress and singer
1948 - Michele Dotrice , English actor1948 - A Martinez , American actor
1948 - Tom Braidwood , Canadian actor
1948 - John K. Reed , American coral biologist
1949 - Graham Richardson , Australian politician1949 - Mike Schmidt , American baseball player
1949 - Jahn Teigen , Norwegian singer
1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , Japanese actor1951 - Jim Shooter , American comic book writer1951 - Paul Craig , British law professor
1951 - Michel Rivard , Québécois singer and composer (Beau Dommage )
1952 - Didier Dubois , French mathematician1952 - Dumitru Prunariu , Romanian cosmonaut
1952 - André Viger , French Canadian marathoner
1953 - Diane Julie Abbott , British politician1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi , Indian religious leader
1953 - Greg Ham , Australian musician (Men at Work )
1958 - Shaun Cassidy , American singer1959 - Beth Heiden , American speed skater1960 - Barron Lerner , American physician and historian1960 - Jean-Marc Barr , French-American actor and director
1961 - Irvine Welsh , Scottish writer1961 - Andy Lau , Hong Kong actor and singer
1965 - Ricky Fuji , Japanese professional wrestler1965 - Steve Kerr , American basketball player
1965 - Peter MacKay , Canadian political leader
1965 - Alexis Stewart , American radio personality
1965 - Bernard Lord , Premier of New Brunswick
1966 - Lorenzo Cherubini , Italian singer (Jovanotti )1966 - Dean Butterworth , English musician
1971 - Li Yapeng , Chinese actor1971 - Amanda Detmer , American actress
1972 - Sylvia Crawley , American basketball player1972 - Clara Hughes , Canadian cyclist
1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow , American actress
1972 - Craig L. Rice , American Politician
1973 - Chris Demakes , American singer/guitarist (Less Than Jake )1976 - Francesco Totti , Italian footballer1976 - Matt Harding , American video game developer
1976 - Jason Phillips , American baseball player
1977 - Andrus Värnik , Estonian javelin thrower1978 - Brad Arnold , American singer (3 Doors Down )1978 - Jon Rauch , American baseball player
1979 - Jon Garland , American baseball player1979 - Zita Görög , Hungarian actress and model
1979 - Christian Jones , Australian racing driver
1979 - Steve Simpson , Australian rugby league footballer
1980 - Asashoryu , Mongolian sumo wrestler1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji , Indian cricketer1981 - Brendon McCullum , New Zealand cricketer
1981 - Cytherea , American adult actress
1982 - Darrent Williams , American football player (d. 2007 )1982 - Lil Wayne , American rapper
1983 - Travis MacRae , Canadian singer-songwriter1983 - Shermon Tang , Hong Kong actress
1983 - Jeon Hye Bin , Korean actress
1984 - Paul Bevan , Australian rules footballer1984 - John Lannan , American baseball player
1984 - Avril Lavigne , Canadian singer-songwriter
1985 - Jamar Butler , American basketball player1986 - Ricardo Risatti , Argentine racing driver1992 - Jake Burbage , American actor1996 - Iman bint Al Abdullah II , princess of JordanDeaths [ ] 1249 - Count Raymond VII of Toulouse (b. 1197 )1304 - John de Warenne , English soldier1404 - William of Wykeham , English bishop (b. 1320 )1557 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497 )1590 - Pope Urban VII (b. 1521 )1615 - Arbella Stuart , English noblewoman (b. 1575 )1651 - Maximilian I (b. 1573 )1660 - Vincent de Paul , French saint (b. 1580 )1700 - Pope Innocent XII (b. 1615 )1719 - George Smalridge , English Bishop of Bristol (b. 1662 )1730 - Laurence Eusden , English poet (b. 1688 )1735 - Peter Artedi , Swedish naturalist (b. 1705 )1737 - John Sidney , English privy councillor (b. 1680 )1742 - Hugh Boulter , Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1672 )1783 - Étienne Bézout , French mathematician (b. 1730 )1832 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause , German philosopher (b. 1781 )1876 - Braxton Bragg , American Confederate general (b. 1817 )1891 - Ivan Goncharov , Russian author (b. 1812 )1911 - Auguste Michel-Lévy , French geologist (b. 1844 )1915 - Remy de Gourmont , French poet (b. 1858 )1917 - Edgar Degas , French painter (b. 1834 )1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck , German composer (b. 1854 )1940 - Walter Benjamin , German philosopher (b. 1892 )1940 - Julius Wagner-Jauregg , Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857 )
1944 - Aimee Semple McPherson , American evangelist (b. 1890 )1956 - Gerald Finzi , English composer (b. 1901 )1956 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias , American athlete (b. 1911 )
1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst , English suffragette (b. 1882 )1965 - Clara Bow , American actress (b. 1905 )1972 - S. R. Ranganathan , Indian mathematician (b. 1892 )1974 - Silvio Frondizi , Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A (b. 1907 )1975 - Jack Lang , Australian politician (b. 1876 )1979 - Dame Gracie Fields , British comedian (b. 1898 )1981 - Robert Montgomery , American actor (b. 1904 )1985 - Lloyd Nolan , American actor (b. 1902 )1986 - Cliff Burton , American bassist (Metallica ) (b. 1962 )1991 - Oona O'Neill , daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill and 4th wife of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1926 )1993 - Jimmy Doolittle , American general (b. 1896 )1996 - Mohammad Najibullah , President of Afghanistan (b. 1947 )1997 - Walter Trampler , American violist (b. 1915 )1998 - Narita Bryan , Japanese racehorse (b. 1991 )1998 - Doak Walker , American footballer (b. 1927 )
2003 - Donald O'Connor , American actor (b. 1925 )2005 - Ronald Golias , Brazilian comedian (b. 1929 )2007 - Kenji Nagai , Japanese photojournalist (b. 1957 )Holidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
167 Familypedia people were born on September 27
140 Familypedia people died on September 27
100 Familypedia people were first married on September 27