01-27-2005, 06:25 AM
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January 27th
1606 ~ Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators began and later ended in their execution on January 31
1756 ~ Birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer.
1832 ~ Birthday of Lewis Carroll, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
1901 ~ Death of Giuseppe Verdi, Composer.
1944 ~ World War II: The two year Siege of Leningrad was lifted.
1945 ~ World War II: The Red Army arrived at Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland and found the Nazi concentration camp where more than 1 million people were killed
1967 ~ Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire during a test of the Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center.
1978 ~ Lt Marilyn R. Koon, 161st Aerial Refueling Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard, became the first female Air National Guard Pilot.
1997 ~ It is revealed that French museums had retained nearly 2,000 pieces of art that were stolen by Nazis.
1998 ~ U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton appeared on the “Today Show” calling the attacks against her husband part of a "vast right-wing conspiracy".
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