THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 27/01

This day in #history 27/01

JANUARY 27TH

1785 – 1 st US state university
chartered, Athens Georgia

1897 – British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)

1945 – Russia liberates Auschwitz & Birkenau
Concentration Camp ( Poland)

1996 – Germany celebrates it ‘s 1 st Holocaust
Rememberance Day

1996 – Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes
the first democratically elected president of Niger , Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup

2002- the armory of the Ikeja Cantonment exploded – many died in the process.”

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1621 – Thomas Willis , English physician (d . 1675

1832 – Lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], Halton, Cheshire, author (Alice in Wonderland), (d. 1898)

1834 – Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements)

1944 – Peter Akinola, Nigerian religious leader

FAMOUS DEATHS

2010 – Howard Zinn, American historian (b. 1922)

THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 1401

This day in #history 1414
JANUARY 14TH

1539 – Spain annexes Cuba .

1783 – Congress ratifies peace treaty between US
& Britain

1784 – Revolutionary War ends ; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris

2004 – The national flag of Georgia, the so -called
“five cross flag “, was restored to official use after
a hiatus of some 500 years.

2012 – Ma Ying -jeou wins re-election as
President of the Republic of China with 51% of the vote

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1941 – [Dorothy] Faye Dunaway , Bascom Fl , actress (Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde )

1968 – LL Cool J , [James Todd Smith], St Albans NY , rapper (Bigger & Deffer

1994 – Samir Patel, American spelling bee winner

FAMOUS DEATHS

1898 – Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65

1976 – Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of
Malaysia (1970 -77 ), dies at 53

1977 – Peter Finch, actor ( Network, Nun’s Story ,
Judith), dies at 60

1984 – Ray Kroc, founder of McDonalds / owner San Diego Padres, dies at 81

2008 – Judah Folkman, Surgeon that developed
Angiogenesis (b . 1933)

FAMOUS WEDDING

1954 – NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio weds actress
Marilyn Monroe ( 27) in her 2 nd marraige at San
Francisco City Hall

2006 – Rapper Eminem marries Kimberly Anne
Scott for the 2 nd time