September 27

Monday 27, 2004:

2004 - Virgin Group announces a joint venture with Mojave Aerospace Ventures to build VSS Enterprise for commercial space flights and a new company called Virgin Galactic.

Saturday 27, 2003:

The Uniterran Church was founded in Victor, NY

Friday 27, 2002:

Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.

Thursday 27, 2001:

Boyband 5ive announced their disbandment.

Sunday 27, 1998:

Google is first established

Saturday 27, 1997:

Communications are lost with the Mars Pathfinder for unknown reasons.

Friday 27, 1996:

In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.

Wednesday 27, 1995:

The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.

Tuesday 27, 1988:

The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.

Saturday 27, 1986:

Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica, dies after being crushed by the band's tour bus during their European tour.

Tuesday 27, 1983:

Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.

Saturday 27, 1980:

Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.

Thursday 27, 1979:

The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.

Friday 27, 1968:

The stage musical, "Hair", opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July, 1973.

Sunday 27, 1964:

The Warren Commission releases its report, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.

Sunday 27, 1959:

Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon.

Monday 27, 1954:

The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.

Tuesday 27, 1949:

The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.

Sunday 27, 1942:

Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform for the last time before Miller enters the US Army.

Saturday 27, 1941:

The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more that 2,700 Liberty ships.

Friday 27, 1940:

The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.

Tuesday 27, 1938:

Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.

Thursday 27, 1928:

The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.

Wednesday 27, 1905:

Albert Einstein publishes the paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" in Annalen der Physik. This paper revealed the relationship between energy and mass.

Sunday 27, 1903:

Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.

Wednesday 27, 1854:

The steamship Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.

Tuesday 27, 1825:

The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.

Friday 27, 1822:

Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.

Thursday 27, 1821:

Mexico gains its independence from Spain.

Thursday 27, 1787:

The United States Constitution is delivered to the states for ratification.

Tuesday 27, 1605:

The armies of Sweden are utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm

Thursday 27, 1590:

Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.

Friday 27, 1540:

The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.

Tuesday 27, 489:

Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.

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