World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany. Date: January 27, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This…

World War II: The 872-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted. Date: January 27, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Date: January 27, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger. Date: January 27, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat. Date: January 27, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)

South Vietnamese Prime Minister Trần Văn Hương is removed by the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh. Date: January 27, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)

Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes. Date: January 27, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January…

Apollo program: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Date: January 27, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day…

The Paris Peace Accords officially ends the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty. Date: January 27, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)

Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper. Date: January 27, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)