Jan 27 1343
A papal bull by Clement VI expresses the doctrine that indulgences gain their validity and power from the accumulation of merit in the manifestation of the Catholic Church.
Jan 27 1880
Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
Jan 27 1945
Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps in Nazi occupied Poland.
Jan 27 1951
In the U.S., atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flats.
Jan 27 1967
Astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chafee become the first Americans to die inside a spacecraft (Apollo 1). A faulty electric wire is later blamed as the cause of the launch pad fire that killed the three astronauts during launch simulation tests.
Jan 27 1992
Falsetto Mike Tyson on trial for rape.
Jan 27 1992
Candidate Bill Clinton and Gennifer Flowers mutually accuse each other of lying about whether or not they had a 12 year affair. Of course from Clinton's testimony in 1998 we know they did have such an affair, but that is the least of the President's problems. Can you say "sperm soaked dress"?
Jan 27 1992
Prostitute Aileen Wuornos found guilty after she killed seven "johns". She claimed self defense but is still sentenced to death. Oddly, prosecutors had arranged movie deals before an arrest had even been made.
Jan 27 1997
Pat Boone goes heavy metal.
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