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What happened in history on this day: January 27?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 27 in ...
- 1998 - Apple Computer shifts development and distribution of ClarisWorks from Claris back to Apple, and renames it AppleWorks. Claris is renamed FileMaker, with primary focus the FileMaker Pro software.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US.
- A laptop computer is used, with a prominent green pear logo on the case.
- An Internet Web browser is used, called Internet Surfer.
- 2003 - Sony releases the Sony Clié SJ33 handheld computer in Japan and Hong Kong. It features Palm 4.1 OS, 66 MHz Motorola Dragonball Super VZ processor, 16 MB RAM, MP3 player, 65,536-color 320x320 pixel screen, rechargeable battery. Price is about US$318.
- 1963 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Johnny Shiloh, part two.
- 1974 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Hog Wild part two.
- 1989 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Three Fugitives to theaters in the US.
- 1990 - The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Lantern Hill.
- 1993 - The Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Blood In, Blood Out premieres in Las Vegas, Tucson, Arizona, and Rochester, New York.
- 1995 - The CBS TV network airs the Disney special The Best of Country.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures premieres the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Miami Rhapsody in Los Angeles and New York City.
- 1996 - The Walt Disney World Speedway hosts the Indy Racing League's Indy 200 car race.
- 1997 - Sierra Leone issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney's Aladdin characters in Christmas scenes.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A parade float "Lesbians of the Caribbean" includes music similar to that of Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride, with lyrics "Yo ho ho it's an alternative lifestyle for me".
- 2004 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Finding Nemo for an Oscar Award in the category Best Animated Feature.
- 2004 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Finding Nemo for an Oscar Award in the category Best Original Screenplay.
- 2004 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Finding Nemo for an Oscar Award in the category Best Original Score.
- 2004 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Finding Nemo for an Oscar Award in the category Best Sound Editing.
- 2004 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates Roy Disney for an Oscar Award in the category Best Animated Short Subject, for the film Destino.
- 2008 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Someone asks: "Did you know that every US President has been a straight white man?" The reply is: "Even Walt Disney?"
- 2007 - (to January 28) At the Daytona International Raceway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the 45th Rolex 24 at Daytona race is held, round one of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 21st in GT class and 42nd overall is the #43 Corvette driven by Joe Sahlen, Joe Nonnamaker, Wayne Nonnamaker, and Will Nonnamaker.
- Finishing 25th in GT class and 49th overall is the Stevenson Automotive #57 Corvette driven by Dominic Cicero, Marc Bunting, James Gue, John Stevenson, and Lou Gigliotti.
- Finishing 27th in GT class and 51st overall is the Stevenson Automotive #97 Corvette driven by Vic Rice, Tommy Riggins, John Stevenson, Spencer Trenery, Lou Gigliotti.
- Finishing 36th in GT class and 64th overall is the Michael Baughman Racing #46 Corvette driven by Michael Baughman, Bryan Collyer, John Connolly, Mike Yeakle, and Frank Del Vecchio.
- Finishing 39th in GT class and 67th overall is the WTF Engineering #48 Corvette driven by Hans Hauser, Robert Dubler, Ed Magner, and Michael DeFontes.
- 1938 - German War Minister Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg resigns, due to allegations against his new wife. He suggests Adolf Hitler assume the post of War Minister, which he does.
- 1939 - Adolf Hitler issues his "Z plan" naval directive, calling for a fleet based in Trondheim, Norway, with 800 ships, including a 100,000-ton 300-metre long battleship with 53-cm calibre guns.
- 1943 - 55 American Fortress and Liberator bombers make a raid on the docks and submarine yards at Wilhelmshaven.
- 1944 - The complete relief of Leningrad is announced.
- 1944 - (evening) Over 500 British bombers attack Berlin, Germany.
- 1945 - The Soviet Red Army liberates Auschwitz.
- 1945 - The British Air Ministry instructs Bomber Command to bomb east German cities to exploit confused conditions during the Russian advance.
- 1946 - General Georg Thomas of the German Army General Staff claims that Reinhard Heydrich staged the 1939 Munich beer celler explosion to end the peace movement of high army officers.
- 1975 - Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 30th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- 1994 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad.
- 1972 - Magnavox begins production of the Odyssey video game system.
- 2000 - 989 Sports sponsors the annual "Game Before the Game" football challenge, pitting Marshall Faulk of the St. Louis Rams versus Frank Wycheek of the Tennessee Titans in a game of NFL GameDay 2000. The St. Louis Rams win.
- 2005 - EA Games releases the Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath video game for the Xbox in the US.
- 2008 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Sonic the Hedgehog appears on a billboard promiting marriage.
- 1995 - The Royal Canadian Mint unveils the 1995 commemorative $1 silver coin at the Basel International Coin Convention in Switzerland. The coin commemorates the 325th anniversary of the founding of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. Issue price is $24.50 in proof, and $17.95 in uncirculated condition.
- 1995 - The Royal Canadian Mint unveils the 1995 commemorative $100 gold coin at the Basel International Coin Convention in Switzerland. The coin commemorates the 275th anniversary of the founding of Louisbourg, on Canada's east coast. Issue price is $249.95.
- 1894 - First college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11.
- 1896 - Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their first ever innings victory.
- 1906 - Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 seconds.
- 1917 - Coen de Koning wins second official 11 cities race (9 53) (record).
- 1927 - Harlem Globetrotters play their first game.
- 1934 - 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open: Fred Perry beat Crawford (6-3, 7-5, 6-1).
- 1956 - NFL's New York Giants switch games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium.
- 1957 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open.
- 1963 - Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 seconds.
- 1963 - Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1964 - Barlow and Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval.
- 1966 - Wisconsin State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or National League must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966.
- 1967 - New Orleans Saints sign their first player (Paige Cothren-kicker).
- 1973 - UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record).
- 1973 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn (her 5th consecutive win).
- 1973 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr.
- 1976 - 9th ABA All-Star Game: Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver, Colorado.
- 1976 - Viv Richards scores his first Test century against Australia.
- 1979 - New York Islanders end 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8).
- 1980 - 10th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 37-27.
- 1982 - Philadelphia Phillies trade Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg to Chicago Cubs for Ivan DeJesus.
- 1982 - West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup.
- 1985 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic.
- 1985 - Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25).
- 1985 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 22-14.
- 1987 - Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose and Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team.
- 1990 - 64th Australian Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Mary Jo Fernandez (6-3, 6-4).
- 1991 - 79th Australian Open Men's Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4).
- 1991 - Super Bowl XXV: New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19 in Tampa; Super Bowl Most Valuable Player: Ottis Anderson, New York Giants, Running Back.
- 1996 - 70th Australian Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (6-4, 6-1).
- 1996 - Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303 for Guyana versus Jamaica at Kingston.
- 1998 - WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics and Detroit Shock.
- 2001 - A plane crashes 40 miles east of Denver, Colorado, killing two players of the Oklahoma State University basketball team, six team staffers, and the two-person crew.
- 2005 - Lance Berkman agrees to a one-year, $10.5 million deal with the Houston Astros.
- 2006 - The Kansas City Royals unveil new uniforms with a more traditional look, with script lettering on the front and its crown logo on the sleeves.
- 2006 - The Chicago Cubs and Mark Prior agree on a one-year $3.65 million contract.
- 2006 - Nobuhiko Matsunaka agrees to seven-year contract with Japan's Softbank Hawks for an estimated 500 million yen a year plus performance incentives.
- 1908 - Pasiphaë, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte.
- 1965 - First ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite.
- 1967 - At Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, a fire breaks out during a manned launch-pad test of the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn rocket, killing astronauts Virgil I Grissom, Lieutenant-Colonel US Air Force Edward Higgins White II, and Roger B Chaffee.
- 1967 - Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space is signed.
- 1985 - 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth.
- 1980 - Near Livermore, California, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurs.
Other history:
- 1973 - USA and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest american war and military draft.
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