Today in History - September 27th

  • 1779 –  John Adams is named to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain
  • 1825 – The first locomotive to haul a passenger train is operated by George Stephenson in England
  • 1928 – The United States says it was recognizing the Nationalist Chinese government

  • 1939 –Warsaw, Poland, surrenders after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II
  • 1954 – "Tonight!" hosted by Steve Allen, makes its debut on NBC-TV
  • 1959 – A typhoon batters the main Japanese island of Honshu, killing nearly 5,000 people
  • 1964 – The Warren Commission issues a report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy
  • 1995 – The government unveils  its redesigned $100 bill
  • 1998 – Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder is elected chancellor of Germany, ending 16 years of conservative rule
  • 1998 – Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hits his record-setting 69th and 70th home runs in the last game of the season
  • 2001 – An armed man goes on a shooting rampage in the local parliament in Zug, Switzerland, killing 14 people before taking his own life
  • 2006 –  A gunman takes six girls hostage at a high school in Bailey, Colo.; he molested them and killed one girl before committing suicide
  • 2007 – Soldiers fire into crowds of anti-government demonstrators in Yangon, Myanmar, killing at least nine people

Famous and Historical Birthdays - Say Happy Birthday to . . .

  • Meat Loaf (Singer)
  • Shaun Cassidy (Singer)
  • Stephan Jenkins (Singer)
  • Patrick Muldoon (Actor)
  • Lil’ Wayne (Rapper)
  • Avril Lavigne (Singer)