January 27th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsTable of Contents |
January 27th History Highlights |
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January 27th is… |
International Holocaust Remembrance Day National Chocolate Cake Day National Geographic Day |
International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
The Holocaust is one of the most tragic events in history. Over six million Jewish victims died at the hands of Nazi Germany and millions more were killed for reasons such as their race, sexuality, or disability. The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day to commemorate these lives lost and honor those who survived. Every year on this day, the UN urges every member state to take action in remembrance of the Holocaust. This can include anything from developing educational programs to spreading awareness about the importance of tolerance and diversity. It’s crucial that we remember the Holocaust not just as a dark chapter in history, but as a warning for future generations about the dangers of hate and bigotry |
January 27th Birthday Quotes |
When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart. I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, ‘The good outnumber you, and we always will.’ If you drink much from a bottle marked “poison” it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later. Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius The world doesn’t make sense until you force it to. No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. The fact that the theatre-going public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that the public doesn’t like. Everything’s got a moral if only you can find it. Every time I write a song I keep a mental picture of a housewife with her hands in soapy weather, listening to the radio. I try to figure out how to get her hands out of the dishwater to turn up the volume, to hear my song. |
January 27th Birthdays |
1756 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist, and composer (died in 1791) 1832 – Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), English novelist, poet, and mathematician (died in 1898) 1885 – Jerome Kern, American composer, and songwriter (died in 1945) 1908 – William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (died in 1993) 1919 – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (died in 1972) 1921 – Donna Reed, American actress (died in 1986) 1924 – Sabu, Indian-American actor (died in 1963) 1930 – Bobby “Blue” Bland, American blues singer-songwriter (died in 2013) 1936 – Troy Donahue, American actor (died in 2001) 1940 – Reynaldo Rey, American actor (died in 2015) 1942 – James Cromwell, American actor 1948 – Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor 1952 – G. E. Smith, American guitarist, and songwriter 1954 – Bridget Fonda, American actress 1955 – John Roberts, American jurist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court 1956 – Mimi Rogers, American actress 1957 – Frank Miller, American comic book illustrator, and writer 1959 – Keith Olbermann, American journalist, and author 1964 – Bridget Fonda, American actress 1965 – Alan Cumming, Scottish-American actor 1969 – Patton Oswalt, American comedian, and actor 1979 – Rosamund Pike, English actress |
January 27th History |
1606 – The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators began for the Gunpowder Plot, ending with their execution on January 31. 1880 – Thomas Edison received a patent (#223,898) for his incandescent lamp. 1888 – The National Geographic Society was established. 1945 – 60th Army First Ukrainian Front soldiers opened the gates of Auschwitz Concentration Camp, liberating the remaining 7,000 prisoners, mostly ill and dying. In 2005 the United Nations declared 27 January as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. 1951 – Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site began with Operation Ranger. 1962 – #1 Hit January 27, 1962 – February 16, 1962: Joey Dee and the Starliters – Peppermint Twist – Part 1 1967 – Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. January 27, 1970 Birthday (fictional) Dwight Schrute, The Office, TV 1970 – James M. Schlatter received a patent (#3492131) for ‘Peptide Sweetening Agents’ later marketed as NutraSweet. 1973 – #1 Hit January 27, 1973 – February 2, 1973: Stevie Wonder – Superstition 1976 – Lavern and Shirley debuted on ABC. 1977 – Roots mini-series began on ABC. 1984 – Michael Jackson’s hair caught fire while filming a Pepsi commercial. 1984 – The Lonely Guy & Broadway Danny Rose were released in theaters. 2006 – Big Momma’s House 2 & Nanny McPhee debuted in theaters. 2010 – Steve Jobs unveiled Apple’s latest product, a tablet PC called the iPad, at a press conference in San Francisco. #1 Hit January 27, 2018 – February 2, 2018: Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug – Havana |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
Spam stands for Shoulder Pork and hAM. I wonder what the odds are that I’ve never heard my favorite song… “He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.” #songlyrics The biggest film of 1946: Song of the South (Action/Adventure) earned ~ $65,000,000 The Scary Statistic: Tsunami 1-in-500,000 What to do: “Anti Tsunami” T-shirts are not effective. Living on or near a mountain, or even deep under the sea offers reasonable protection. -40 Celsius and -40 Fahrenheit are the same temperatures. #science TV Quotes… “God’ll get you for that” (Maude) on “Maude” A group of Coyotes is called a Band. Google Deepmind might be able to beat the world’s best Go and Chess players. But the real test is can it figure out why my SO is mad at me. We can buy stars as little gifts to people, so is there another similar planet to ours far far away in which someone owns our sun? I love Grape Nuts – except, lots of times, I forget to put milk on them the night before I want to eat them. |
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