27 September
September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining.
Events
- 489 - Odoacer attacks Theoderic at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.
- 1540 - Jesuit Order 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.
- 1787 - United States Constitution delivered to the states for ratification.
- 1821 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
- 1825 - The Stockton and Darlington Railway was opened. First locomotive pulling a passenger train operated on the line by George Stephenson.
- 1854 - The steamship Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1928 - The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
- 1938 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
- 1940 - The Tripartite Pact signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
- 1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform at the in Passaic County, New Jersey for the last time before Miller enters the US Army.
- 1949 - First Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves design for the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
- 1954 - The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
- 1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon.
- 1964 - Warren Commission report issued, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
- 1979 - United States Department of Education receives final approval from the US 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.
- 1986 - Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica, dies after being crushed by the band's tour bus during their European tour.
- 1995 - The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bills with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
- 1996 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
- 2002 - Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.
- 2003 - Smart 1 is launched.
Births
- 1275 - John II of Brabant (d. 1312)
- 1389 - Cosimo de Medici, Florentine ruler (d. 1464)
- 1601 - Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
- 1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (d. 1800), German mathematician
- 1722 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d. 1803)
- 1818 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. 1884)
- 1840 - Thomas Nast, political cartoonist (d. 1902)
- 1843 - Gaston Tarry (d. 1913), French mathematician
- 1855 - 1930), French mathematician
- 1871 - Grazia Deledda, Sardinian (Italy) writer - Nobel prize for literature (d. 1926)
- 1885 - Harry Blackstone, magician (d. 1965)
- 1895 - George Raft, actor (d. 1980)
- 1896 - Sam Ervin, Senator from North Carolina, Watergate scandal figure (d. 1985)
- 1913 - Albert Ellis, psychologist
- 1919 - James H. Wilkinson, mathematician (d. 1986)
- 1920 - William Conrad, actor (d. 1994)
- 1920 - Jayne Meadows, actress
- 1922 - Carl Ballantine, actor
- 1922 - Arthur Penn, director
- 1924 - Fred Singer, American environmental scientist
- 1927 - Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist
- 1928 - Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and Prime Minister
- 1929 - Sada Thompson, actress
- 1932 - Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
- 1933 - Greg Morris, actor
- 1934 - Wilford Brimley, actor
- 1934 - Claude Jarman Jr., actor
- 1934 - Dick Schapp, sports reporter (d. 2001)
- 1936 - Gordon Honeycombe, British author, playwright and stage actor
- 1936 - Don Cornelius, television host
- 1942 - Dith Pran, photojournalist
- 1947 - Randy Bachman, Canadian musician
- 1947 - Cheryl Tiegs, fashion model
- 1947 - , Scottish singer
- 1948 - A Martinez, actor
- 1949 - Mike Schmidt, Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1949 - Robb Weller, reporter
- 1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor
- 1951 - Meat Loaf, American singer and actor
- 1952 - Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut
- 1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader
- 1953 - Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
- 1958 - Shaun Cassidy, singer, actor
- 1965 - Peter MacKay, Canadian political leader
- 1965 - Steve Kerr, NBA basketball player
- 1972 - Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
- 1984 - Avril Lavigne, singer, songwriter
Deaths
- 1590 - Pope Urban VII
- 1700 - Pope Innocent XII
- 1722 - Grace; killed by a Dobhar-chu
- 1917 - Edgar Degas, painter
- 1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck, composer
- 1933 - Ring Lardner, writer
- 1956 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer
- 1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst, suffragette, social activist
- 1967 - Prince Felix Yussupov, assassin of Rasputin (b. 1887)
- 1972 - S. R. Ranganathan, Indian Librarian, invented Colon Classification system
- 1975 - Jack Lang, Australian politician
- 1986 - Cliff Burton, musician
- 1993 - Jimmy Doolittle, United States General, World War II hero
- 1998 - Doak Walker, football player
- 2003 - Donald O'Connor, actor, dancer and singer
Holidays
Recorded this date
- 1891 "Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep"(w. Mrs Emma Hart Willard m. Joseph Phillip Knight)
- Manhansett Quartette
- 1891 "I'se Gwine Back To Dixie"(w.m. C. A. White)
- Manhansett Quartette
- 1891 "Emmet's Lullaby"(w.m. J. K. Emmet)
- Manhansett Quartette
- 1891 "The Picture That's Turned To The Wall"(w.m. Charles Graham)
- Manhansett Quartette
- 1891 "Comrades"(Felix McGlennon & Costello)
- Manhansett Quartette
- 1891 "Sally In Our Alley"(w. Henry Carey m. trad)
- Manhansett Quartette
- 1911 "Alexander's Ragtime Band"(w.m. Irving Berlin)
- Victor Military Band
- 1912 "Come Back To Me, My Melody"(Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder)
- Walter Van Brunt
- 1924 "Doodle Doo Doo"(w.m. Art Kassel & Mel Stitzel)
- Ray Miller & his Orchestra
- 1927 "Black Eyes"( alternate title "Dark Eyes")
- Feodor Chaliapin & choir with Aristov Balalaika Orchestra cond. A. A. Scriabin
- 1928 "Dusky Stevedore"(w. Andy Razaf m. J.C. Johnson)
- Joe Davis with Thelma Terry & her Playboys
- 1929 "Sensation"(Eddie Edwards)
- Rube Bloom with Joe Venuti's Blue Four
- 1929 "Gay Love"(w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant)
- Bing Crosby with small group from Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
- 1929 "Can't We Be Friends?"(w. Paul James m. Kay Swift)
- Bing Crosby with small group from Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
- 1929 "He's A Good Man To Have Around"(w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager)
- Billy Murray with Dick Cherwin's Orchestra
- 1930 "Siboney"(w. Dolly Morse m. Ernesto Lecuona)
- Nick Lucas with Anglo-Persians
- 1932 "I'll Never Have To Dream Again"(w. Charles Newman m. Isham Jones)
- Connie Boswell with O/Dorsey Brothers
- 1932 "Me Minus You"(w. Paul Francis Webster m. Abel Baer)
- Connie Boswell with O/Dorsey Brothers
- 1932 "Nothing But A Lie"( Sievier, Rotter, Fred Markush)
- Gertrude Lawrence with p. Claude Ivy
- 1932 "Why Waste Your Tears?"( Val Holstius)
- Gertrude Lawrence with p. Claude Ivy
- 1933 "Beautiful Girl"(w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown)
- Bing Crosby with O/Lenny Hayton
- 1933 "After Sundown"(w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown)
- Bing Crosby with O/Lennie Hayton
- 1933 "Home On The Range"(w. poss. Brewster Higley m. poss Dan E. Kelly)
- Bing Crosby with O/Lennie Hayton
- 1933 "The Last Round-Up"(w.m. Billy Hill)
- Bing Crosby with O/Lennie Hayton
- 1933 "Annie Doesn't Live Here Any More"(w. Joe Young & Johnny Burke m. Harold Spina)
- Carmen Lombardo with Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians
- 1933 "Night And Day"(w.m. Cole Porter)
- Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
- 1933 "Tick-Tock"(w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers)
- Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
- 1933 "In The Valley Of The Moon"(w.m. Joe Burke & Charles Tobias)
- Gladys Moncrieff with String octet cond. Gil Dech
- 1933 "I Wake Up Smiling"(w. Edgar Leslie m. Fred E. Ahlert)
- Gladys Moncrieff with String octet cond. Gil Dech
- 1933 "By A Waterfall"(w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain)
- Dick Powell
- 1935 "Madhouse"(Earl Hines, Jimmy Mundy)
- Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
- 1935 "Santa Claus Came In The Spring"(w.m. Johnny Mercer)
- Joe Harris with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
- 1935 "Goodbye"(w.m. Gordon Jenkins)
- Benny Goodman
- 1936 "Rainbow On The River"(w. Paul Francis Webster m. Louis Alter)
- Perry Como with Ted Weems
- 1936 "Picture Me Without You"(w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy McHugh)
- Perry Como with Ted Weems
- 1936 "Trouble Ends Out Where The Blue Begins"(w.m. Cliff Friend)
- Ted Weems & his Orchestra
- 1938 "Now It Can Be Told"(w.m. Irving Berlin)
- Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & his Band
- 1938 "On The Sentimental Side"(w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco)
- Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & his Band
- 1938 "The Holy City"(w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams)
- Peter Dawson
- 1938 "Bless This House"(w. Helen Taylor m. May Brahe)
- Peter Dawson
- 1938 "The Lost Chord"(w. Adelaide A. Proctor m. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
- Peter Dawson
- 1938 "The Lord Is King"(Dawson)
- Peter Dawson with organ Herbert Dawson
- 1938 "Poor Man's Garden"( Barrie & Russell)
- Peter Dawson
- 1938 "There Is No Death"(Geoffrey O'Hara)
- Peter Dawson
- 1938 "Down South"(Myddleton)
- Sam Browne with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
- 1938 "Colonel Bogey - March"( m. Kenneth J. Alford)
- Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
- 1938 "The Whistler And His Dog"( m. Arthur Pryor)
- Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
- 1938 "King Porter Stomp"(m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton)
- Glenn Miller's Orchestra
- 1938 "Nightmare"(m. Artie Shaw)
- Artie Shaw
- 1938 "Yesterdays"(w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern)
- Artie Shaw
- 1938 "I Have Eyes"(w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger)
- Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra
- 1938 "You're A Sweet Little Headache"(w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger)
- Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra
- 1939 "So Many Times"(w. Don DeVito m. Jimmy Dorsey)
- Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
- 1939 "Indian Summer"(w. Al Dubin m. Victor Herbert)
- Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey
- 1939 "Baby, What Else Can I Do?"(w. Walter Hirsch m. Gerald Marks)
- Anita Boyer with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
- 1939 "A Lover Is Blue"(w.m. Charles Carpenter, James R. Mundy & Trummy Young)
- Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey
- 1939 "Adolf"(Mills)
- Arthur Askey with O/Ronnie Munro
- 1939 "The Washing On The Siegfried Line"(w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr)
- Arthur Askey with O/Ronnie Munro
- Flanagan & Allen
- 1939 "Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant-Major"(Noel, Pelosi)
- Arthur Askey with O/Ronnie Munro
- 1939 "Run, Rabbit, Run"(w. Noel Gay & Ralph T. Butler m. Noel Gay)
- Flanagan & Allen
- 1940 "All The Things You Are"(w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern)
- Leslie A. Hutchinson
- 1941 "No Lika Da War"(Nesham, Stanley Holloway)
- Stanley Holloway
- 1943 "Vict'ry Polka"(w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne)
- Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen
- 1943 "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"(w.m. Haven Gillespie & J. Fred Coots)
- Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen
- 1943 "Jingle Bells"(w.m. James S. Pierpont)
- Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen
- 1943 "Pistol Packin' Mama"(w.m. Al Dexter)
- Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen
- 1946 "A Gal In Calico"(w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz)
- Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers with O/Paul Weston
- 1947 "Bread And Butter Woman"(w.m. Lester Lee & Allan Roberts)
- Danny Kaye & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen
- 1947 "Civilization"(w.m. Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman)
- Danny Kaye & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen
- 1950 "Time Out For Tears"(w.m. Abe Schiff & Irving Berman)
- Ink Spots
- 1954 "Make Yourself Comfortable"(w.m. Bob Merrill)
- Peggy King with O/Percy Faith
- 1955 "All At Once You Love Her"(w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
- Perry Como with O/Mitchell Ayres
- 1955 "The Rose Tattoo"(w.m. Jack Brooks and Harry Warren)
- Perry Como and The Ray Charles Singers with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
- 1955 "Pepper-Hot Baby"(w.m. Alicia Evelyn)
- Jaye P. Morgan with O/Joe Thomas
- 1955 "Bonnie Blue Gal"(w. William Engvick m. adapt. Jessie Cavanaugh)
- Lawrence Welk & his Orchestra
- 1963 "Angry At The Big Oak Tree"(Hampton)
- Frank Ifield with O/Norrie Paramor
- 1976 "Dry Your Eyes"(Neil Diamond, Robbie Robertson)
- Frank Sinatra with O/Bill Miller
- 1976 "Like A Sad Song"(w.m. John Denver)
- Frank Sinatra with O/Bill Miller
September 26 - September 28 - August 27 - October 27 - more historical anniversaries
