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What happened in history on this day: January 27?
On January 27 in ...
- 1950 - In Los Angeles, California, the 2nd Annual Emmy Awards are presented.
Best Children's Show: Time for Beany,
Best Commercial: Lucky Strike,
Best Kinescope Show: Texaco Star Theatre,
Best Live Show: The Ed Wynn Show,
Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality: Milton Berle,
Most Outstanding Live Personality: Ed Wynn,
Best Sports Coverage: Wrestling.
- 1961 - NBC TV premieres the hour-long TV show Sing Along with Mitch, hosted by Mitch Miller.
- 1976 - TV sitcom Laverne and Shirley, spin-off from Happy Days, premieres on ABC TV.
- 1977 - First broadcast of Roots mini-series on ABC TV.
- 2002 - ABC-TV begins airing Stephen King's three-part, six-hour miniseries Rose Red.
Births on January 27
- 1901 - Birth of Willy Fritsch; German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon).
- 1905 - Birth of Howard McNear in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Floyd - Andy Griffith Show, The Jetsons).
- 1918 - Birth of Skitch Henderson AKA Lyle Russell Cedric Henderson at Birmingham, England; musical director (Bing Crosby), bandleader (The Tonight Show TV show), host (The Tonight Show TV show).
- 1921 - Birth of Donna Reed in Denison, Iowa, USA; actress (From Here to Eternity, It's a Wonderful Life).
- 1924 - Birth of Sabu [Dastagir] in India; actor (Elephant Boy, Drum).
- 1927 - Birth of Doretta Morrow in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Because You're Mine).
- 1927 - Birth of Michael Craig in Poona, India; actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror).
- 1928 - Marie Verstraete, actress (Frou - Frou/Nora), dies at age 74.
- 1929 - Birth of Ingrid Thulin in Solleftea, Sweden; actress (Cries and Whispers, Damned).
- 1936 - Birth of Troy Donahue in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye).
- 1940 - Birth of Harry Kümel; Flemish director (Monsieur Hawarden).
- 1940 - Birth of James Cromwell in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Stretch - All in the Family, Babe).
- 1950 - Birth of Karen Kondazian in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Irene - Shannon, Mortal Sins).
- 1951 - Birth of Scott Lane in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Gary - McKeever and the Colonel).
- 1955 - Birth of Mimi Rogers in Coral Gables, Florida, USA; actress (Paper Dolls, The Rousters).
- 1959 - Birth of Patti Cohoon in Whittier, California, USA; actress (Molly - "Here Come the Brides").
- 1964 - Birth of Bridget Fonda in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Scandal, Single White Female).
- 1964 - Birth of Cathy Podewell in California, USA; actress (Dallas).
- 1966 - Birth of Tamlyn Tomita in Okinawa, Japan; actress (Karate Kid 2, Ming Li - Santa Barbara).
- 1967 - Birth of Carrington Garland in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Kelly Capwell - Santa Barbara).
Deaths on January 27
- 1963 - John Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at age 58.
- 1969 - Charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at age 82.
- 1977 - Walter Baldwin, actor (Gay Amigo), dies at age 88.
- 1978 - Death of Oskar Homolka at age 79, Austrian actor (Seven Year Itch, Ball of Fire) (born 1898).
- 1982 - Iris Korn, actress (Widder - Palmerstown USA), dies at age 60.
- 1983 - Robert Christian, actor (Bustin' Loose), dies of cancer at age 42.
- 1983 - Louis De Funes, French actor/writer (Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacobs), dies from a heart attack at age 68 (born 1899).
- 1986 - Lilli Palmer [Lillie Marie Peiser], German actress (Boys from Brazil, Kinder), dies at age 71 (born 1914).
- 1990 - Helen Jerome Eddy, actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at age 92.
- 1992 - Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, British actress (The Master Blackmailer, Eliza Dolittle), dies at age 101.
- 1993 - Erik Mörk, Danish actor (Europe), dies at age 67.
- 1993 - Death of Edward P. Morgan at age 82; journalist (1955-67), radio commentator ("Edward P. Morgan and the News" on ABC, George Foster Peabody Award 1956), TV news anchor (ABC Evening News).
- 1994 - Death of Claude Akins at age 75 of cancer; American actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo) (born 1914).
- 1994 - Joe Mays, actor (Mr Saturday Night), dies of AIDS at age 44.
- 1996 - John Patrick Sutton Ludlow, actor (Agatha), dies at age 93.
- 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).
- 2023 - Death of Sylvia Syms at age 89; British actor (Ice Cold in Alex movie).
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