Major Events
- 1066 William the Conqueror's troops set sail from Normandy to conquer England
- 1290 Earthquake in the Gulf of Chihli (Bohai Sea) near China, reportedly kills 100,000 people
- 1779 John Adams appointed to negotiate Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain
- 1821 Mexican revolutionary forces led by Agustín de Iturbide occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw, bringing an end to the Mexican War of Independence
- 1822 French scholar Jean-François Champollion announces he has deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics using the Rosetta Stone
- 1905 The physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
- 1908 Henry Ford's first Ford Model T automobile leaves the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan
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Sep 27 in Film & TV
- 1993 British crime series "Cracker" created by Jimmy McGovern starring Robbie Coltrane debuts on ITV in the UK
- 2021 Netflix says Shonda Rhimes' "Bridgerton" is its most-watched series ever, with "Extraction", starring Chris Hemsworth, its No. 1 film [1]
Sep 27 in Music
- 1912 W. C. Handy publishes "Memphis Blues", considered the 1st blues song
Sep 27 in Sport
- 1923 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs
Did You Know?
George Stephenson's "Locomotion No. 1" becomes the 1st steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England
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Fun Fact About September 27
Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history
Famous Weddings
- 1759 Political activist Thomas Paine (22) weds household servant Mary Lambert (21)
- 1865 Physicist Johannes van der Waals (27) weds Anna Magdalena Smit (18)
- 1876 Poet Frederic Mistral (46) weds Marie Louise Aimee Rivière
Famous Divorces
- 2003 American actress Halle Berry announces her separation from second husband, R&B singer Eric Benet
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Michael GambonArticles, Photos and Quiz
Fear as First Passenger Train Reaches 15mph
The steam engine Locomotion No. 1 took passengers for a ride on this day – the first in the world to do so and, for at least one person, at frightening speed.
September 27, 1825
MacArthur Meets Hirohito
General Douglas MacArthur meets Japanese Emperor Hirohito on September 27, 1945
September 27, 1945
