January 27th, 1944

Born on January 27th, 1944

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What happened on January 27th, 1944?

January 27th, 1944

World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad

What else happened on January 27th?

January 27th, 1799

French Revolutionary Wars: In the Macau Incident, French and Spanish warships encountered a British Royal Navy escort squadron in the Wanshan Archipelago; subsequent events, including which side retreated, were disputed by the commanders present.

January 27th, 2010

Porfirio Lobo Sosa became the new president of Honduras, ending a constitutional crisis that had begun in 2009 when Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from office.

January 27th, 2003

The first selections for the United States National Recording Registry were announced by the Library of Congress.

January 27th, 1996

Mahamane Ousmane (pictured), the first democratically elected president of Niger, was deposed by Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara in a military coup d'état.

January 27th, 1980

Six American diplomats who had evaded capture in the Iran hostage crisis escaped with the help of Canadian government officials to Zürich, Switzerland.

January 27th, 1974

Brisbane, Australia, was flooded when the Brisbane River broke its banks.

January 27th, 1967

A fire during a launch simulation for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Kennedy killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.

January 27th, 1965

South Vietnamese prime minister Trần Văn Hương was removed by the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.

January 27th, 1945

The Soviet Red Army liberated about 7,000 prisoners left behind by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp (entrance pictured).

January 27th, 1927

A contaminated diphtheria vaccine was used in an Australian immunisation program, leading to the deaths of twelve children and the suspension of immunisation programs in several countries.

January 27th, 1820

A Russian expedition led by the naval officers Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev made the first sighting of the coast of Antarctica.

January 27th, 1785

The University of Georgia, one of the oldest public universities in the United States, was founded.

January 27th, 1343

Clement VI issued the papal bull Unigenitus, justifying the power of the pope and the use of indulgences.

January 27th, 0945

The brothers Stephen and Constantine Lekapenos, having deposed their father as Byzantine emperor a few weeks earlier, were themselves overthrown by Constantine VII, their co-emperor.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 27th

Born on January 27th, 1944

80

Nick Mason

English drummer, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1944)

*January 27th, 1944, Birmingham

80

Mairead Maguire

Peace activist (born 1944)

*January 27th, 1944, Belfast

72

Adenan Satem

Fifth Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia

*January 27th, 1944, Kuching †January 11th, 2017, Kota Samarahan

60

Kevin Coyne

English musician (1944-2004)

*January 27th, 1944, Derby †December 2nd, 2004, Nuremberg

80

Patrick de Funès

French physician

*January 27th, 1944, Paris

80

Peter Akinola

Anglican Primate of the Church of Nigeria

*January 27th, 1944, Abeokuta

69

Ina Martell

German singer (1944-2013)

*January 27th, 1944, Berlin †August 24th, 2013

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 27th?

79

Juan de Arespacochaga

Spanish diplomat

*January 27th, 1920, Madrid †October 1st, 1999, Madrid

41

John Lundvik

Swedish singer, songwriter, and former sprinter

*January 27th, 1983, London

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

53

Ricky Subagja

Badminton player

*January 27th, 1971, Bandung City

88

Barry C. Barish

American physicist

*January 27th, 1936, Omaha

35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)

*January 27th, 1756, Salzburg †December 5th, 1791, Vienna

87

Rauf Denktaş

Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC (1924-2012)

*January 27th, 1924, Paphos †January 13th, 2012, North Nicosia

59

Alan Cumming

Scottish actor

*January 27th, 1965, Aberfeldy

76

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Latvian-American dancer, choreographer and actor

*January 27th, 1948, Riga

45

Rosamund Pike

English actress

*January 27th, 1979, Hammersmith

50

Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier

*January 27th, 1974, Drammen Municipality

82

Tasuku Honjo

Japanese professor of immunology and genomic medicine (1942–)

*January 27th, 1942, Kyoto

40

Beatrice Tinsley

New Zealand astronomer (1941-1981)

*January 27th, 1941, Chester †March 23rd, 1981, New Haven

19

Manisha Ramadass

Badminton player

*January 27th, 2005, Chennai

84

James Cromwell

American actor and activist (born 1940)

*January 27th, 1940, Los Angeles

74

Per Røntved

Danish association football player (1949-2023)

*January 27th, 1949, Frederiksberg †May 15th, 2023

72

G. E. Smith

American musician

*January 27th, 1952, Stroudsburg

82

Wilhelm II

German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 to 1918

*January 27th, 1859, Kronprinzenpalais †June 4th, 1941, Huis Doorn

60

Bridget Fonda

Actress

*January 27th, 1964, Los Angeles

69

John Roberts

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2005

*January 27th, 1955, Buffalo

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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