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What happened in history on this day: September 27?
On September 27 in ...
- 1777 - Battle of Germantown; General George Washington defeated by the British.
- 1779 - John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain.
- 1863 - Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas.
- 1890 - Rock Creek Park is established as a National Park in the District of Columbia.
- 1919 - US Democratic National Committee votes to admit women.
- 1937 - First Santa Claus school opens (Albion, New York).
- 1940 - Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces.
- 1940 - In Berlin, Germany, Japanese premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye and Italian and German officials sign the Tripartite Pact defensive alliance. Each nation pledges mutual support in the event of attack by a power not presently involved in the European or Chinese-Japanese conflict. The intent is to keep the United States out of the war.
- 1941 - First World War II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched by US.
- 1954 - School integration begins in Washington DC and Baltimore, Maryland, public schools.
- 1956 - Milburn Apt in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but dies in crash.
- 1962 - US sells Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel.
- 1963 - At 10:59 AM the census clock records US population at 190,000,000.
- 1964 - Warren Commission releases report finding Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
- 1979 - US Congress' final approval to create Department of Education.
- 1985 - Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits the Atlantic coast of the USA.
- 1986 - US Senate joins House of Representatives voting for sweeping tax reforms.
- 1988 - US Senate votes for major federal tax code changes.
- 1989 - Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for US$3.4 billion cash.
- 1990 - A gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkley, California.
- 1990 - US Senate Judiciary committee approves David Souter's Supreme Court nomination.
- 1991 - US President George H.W. Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert.
- 1994 - The Compact of Free Association between the USA and Palau becomes effective.
- 2006 - An armed suspect holds six female students as hostages in Platte Canyon High School located in Bailey, Colorado. One hostage is fatally wounded as the gunman kills himself.
Births on September 27
- 1895 - Birth of George Raft in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Each Dawn I Die, Scarface, Some Like It Hot).
- 1896 - Birth of George Bender in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; American politician (Representative/Senator-Republican-Ohio).
- 1917 - Birth of Louis Auchincloss in Lawrence, New York, USA; lawyer/novelist (Watchfires).
- 1920 - Birth of William Conrad in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Bullwinkle Show, Marshall Dillon - Gunsmoke radio show, Cannon TV show, Jake and the Fatman).
- 1922 - Birth of Arthur Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; director (Miracle Worker, Bonnie and Clyde).
- 1922 - Birth of Carl Ballantine in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (McHale's Navy).
- 1923 - Birth of Mary McCarty in Winfield, Kansas, USA; actress/singer (Starch - Trapper John MD).
- 1925 - Birth of Kathleen Maguire in New York City, New York, USA; actress (One Life to Live).
- 1929 - Birth of Sada Thompson in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; actress (Family, Pursuit of Happiness, Tony award (1972), Emmy award (1978)).
- 1933 - Birth of Kathleen Nolan in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Real McCoys, Janie, Broadside).
- 1934 - Birth of Barbara Howar in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; reporter (Washington Post, Entertainment Tonight).
- 1934 - Birth of Claude Jarman Junior in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; actor (Rio Grande, Inside Straight).
- 1934 - Birth of Greg Morris in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Mission Impossible, Vega$).
- 1934 - Birth of Wilford Brimley in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; actor (Gus - Our House, Cocoon, Quaker Oats and Liberty Mutual commercials).
- 1947 - Birth of A Martinez in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Whiz Kids, Cruz - Santa Barbara).
- 1947 - Birth of Liz Torres in the Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Phyllis, All in the Family, Gilmore Place, American Family).
- 1951 - Birth of Marvin "Meatloaf" Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas, USA; rocker ("Bat Out of Hell", "Paradise by the Dashboard Light").
- 1952 - Birth of Del Russel in Pasadena, California, USA; actor (Richard - Arnie).
- 1958 - Birth of Shaun Cassidy in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/singer/director (Hardy Boys, Breaking Away, Nancy Drew Mysteries).
- 1959 - Birth of Beth Heiden in Madison, Wisconsin, USA; 3000m speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1980).
Deaths on September 27
- 1956 - Milburn Apt in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but dies in crash.
- 1986 - Death of Cliff Burton at age 24 when tour bus skids off icy road in Sweden; bassist (Metallica).
- 1988 - William V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at age 61.
- 2008 - American film actor Paul Newman dies of cancer at age 83, in Connecticut. Some notable films: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Color of Money, (Best Actor Oscar award).
- 2009 - William Safire dies at age 79 in Rockville, Maryland, after suffering from pancreatic cancer; 30-year columnist for The New York Times, author of Political Dictionary, former speechwriter for Richard Nixon, Pulitzer Prize winner.
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