January 27

Saturday 27, 1996:

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

Friday 27, 1978:

Lt Marilyn R. Koon, 161st Aerial Refueling Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard, becomes first female Air National Guard Pilot.

Saturday 27, 1945:

World War II: The Red Army arrives at Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland and find the Nazi concentration camp where 1.1-1.5 million people were murdered.

Wednesday 27, 1915:

United States Marines occupy Haiti.

Sunday 27, 1343:

Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus.

More on January, 27

• January, 27 in History
• People Born on January, 27
• They left us on January, 27