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Notable anniversaries in history for today: January 27
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Kenneth Corfield; CEO (STC).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Rauf Denktasj; Turkish-Cypriot politician.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Sabu [Dastagir] in India; actor (Elephant Boy, Drum).
- 100th: 1924 - Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja as premier.
- 100th: 1924 - Vladimir Lenin is placed in Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow.
- 90th: 1934 - 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open: Fred Perry beats Crawford (6-3, 7-5, 6-1).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Donald Spiers; controller (Aircraft Ministry of Defence).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Edithe Cresson; premier of France (1991-92).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Federico Mayor Zaragoza in Barcelona, Spain; UNESCO director (1987-).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Julian Ogilvie Thompson; CEO (De Beers).
- 90th: 1934 - French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair).
- 90th: 1934 - VARA refuses to hire after commemoration of Marinus Van de Lubbe.
- 80th: 1944 - Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns; Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves.
- 80th: 1944 - Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed.
- 60th: 1964 - "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US.
- 60th: 1964 - Barlow and Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Bridget Fonda in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Scandal, Single White Female).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Cathy Podewell in California, USA; actress (Dallas).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Inga Thompson in Reno, Nevada, USA; American cyclist (Olympics-8th-1988, 1984, 1992).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Jack Haley; NBA center (Chicago Bulls).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Migi [Miguel Drummond]; rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat - "Keep Your Distance").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Woody Austin in Tampa, Florida, USA; PGA golfer (1995 Buick Open).
- 50th: 1974 - Georgios Grivas, Greek General/opposition leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at age 75.
- 40th: 1984 - Pop star Michael Jackson's scalp is seriously burned by pyrotechnics during filming of a Pepsi television commercial.
- 40th: 1984 - Lou Crosby, TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at age 72.
- 30th: 1994 - Carlos Reina succeeds President Callejas in Honduras.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Claude Akins at age 75 of cancer; American actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo) (born 1914).
- 30th: 1994 - Joe Mays, actor (Mr Saturday Night), dies of AIDS at age 44.
- 30th: 1994 - Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Stanley Adams at age 86; songwriter ("What a Difference a Day Makes", English lyrics "La Cucaracha"), president of ASCAP for over 25 years.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Jack Paar at age 87; American actor/comedian/TV host (The Breakfast Club radio show, Up to Paar TV show, Bank on the Stars TV show, Early Show, Tonight Show).
- 15th: 2009 - In Los Angeles, California, a woman gives birth to octuplets, believed to be only the second set of eight babies born in the United States.
- 15th: 2009 - American novelist John Updike (Pulitzer prize for Rabbit series, Rabbit, Run, Couples, Rabbit Redux, The Witches of Eastwick, Memories of the Ford Administration) dies at age 76 from lung cancer.
- 15th: 2009 - UK business secretary Lord Mandelson announces 2.3 billion pound (US$3.2 billion) package of loan guarantees to support car makers.
- 15th: 2009 - Death of R. Venkataraman, 8th President of India (born 1910).
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