by Associated Press
history today
Today is Friday January 27th, 2022 is the 27th day. There are 338 days left in the year.
Today’s historical highlights:
On January 27, 1967, astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee were killed in a flash fire during testing on the Apollo spacecraft.
This date:
In 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.
In 1880, Thomas Edison patented the incandescent light bulb.
In 1888, the National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, DC.
In 1944, during World War II, the Soviet Union announced a complete end to the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which lasted more than two years.
In 1945, during World War II, Soviet forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
In 1973, the Vietnam Peace Accord was signed in Paris.
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy welcomed 52 former American hostages released from Iran at the White House.
In 1984, singer Michael Jackson suffered severe scalp burns when fireworks set fire to his hair while filming a Pepsi-Cola television commercial at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
In 2006, Western Union delivered its last telegram.
In 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPad tablet computer at a presentation in San Francisco. His J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, died in Cornish, New Hampshire at the age of 91.
In 2013, Flames ran through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil, killing 242 people.
In 2017, President Donald Trump banned all refugees from entering the United States for four months, barred refugees from war-torn Syria from entering the country indefinitely, and banned “radical Islamic terrorists” from entering the country. Declared a necessary ban to prevent.
In 2020, China confirmed more than 2,700 new coronavirus cases and more than 80 people died in the country. Authorities have postponed the end of the Lunar New Year holiday to keep the public at home. US health officials believe the risk to Americans remains low and said there was no evidence the new virus was spreading in the United States. They advised Americans to avoid non-essential travel to any part of China.
10 years ago: 242 people died as flames raced through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil. Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray 6-7 (2) 7-6 (3) 6-3 6-2 to become the first man to win three consecutive Australian Open titles in the Open era. The CIA thriller ‘Argo’ earned the Cast of the Screen Actors Guild Awards top honors for his overall performance. Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress for “Silver Lining Playbook” and Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for “Lincoln.”
Five years ago: More than 100 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The attackers said they were driving ambulances full of explosives and were transporting patients to hospitals as they drove through a security checkpoint. Mort Walker, a World War II veteran and cartoonist who satirized the Army with the antics of lazy privateer “Beetle Bailey,” died in Connecticut at the age of 94. She defeated top-seeded Simona Halep in a Grand Slam tournament after 43 tries.
A year ago: Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer confirmed he would be leaving the court later this year. President Joe Biden has vowed to nominate the first black woman to the Supreme Court to replace Brayer, declaring such a historic representative “long awaited.” (Biden’s candidate, Ketanji Brown-Jackson, is set to be confirmed in April.) As mandates from the Biden administration take effect in about half the states, millions of health care workers across the country are facing COVID-19. I had to get the -19 vaccination. Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has announced his retirement after 18 seasons and two Super Bowl wins.
Birthday today: Actor James Cromwell is 83 years old. Rock musician Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) is 79 years old. R&B singer Nedra Tully (The Ronettes) is 77 years old. Ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov is 75 years old. Latin singer-songwriter Javan is 74 years old. Roberts is 68 years old. Country singer Cheryl White is 68.
Country singer and musician Richard Young (The Kentucky Headhunters) is 68 years old. Actor Mimi Rogers is 67 years old. Rock musician Janick Garz (Iron Maiden) is 66 years old. Actor Susannah Thompson is 65 years old. Political and sports commentator Keith Olberman is 64. Actor Tamlyn Tomita is 60 years old. Actor Bridget Fonda is 59 years old. Actor Alan Cumming is 58 years old. Country singer Tracy Lawrence is 55 years old. Rock singer Mike Patton is 55 years old. Rapper Tricky is 55 years old. Patton Oswalt is 54, actor Josh Randall is 51, country singer Kevin Denny is 45, tennis player Marat Safin is 43, and rock musician Matt Sanchez (American Authors) is 37. Actor Braden Lemasters is 27 years old.
