Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Date: January 27, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane. Date: January 27, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others. Date: January 27, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress. Date: January 27, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
Apple announces the iPad. Date: January 27, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras. Date: January 27, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
Within Ursa Minor, H1504+65, a white dwarf with the hottest known surface temperature in the universe at 200,000 K, was documented. Date: January 27, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)
Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sanaa. Date: January 27, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)
Two hundred and forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the Brazilian city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Date: January 27, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
Rojava conflict: The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic. Date: January 27, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)