January 27
People born on this day are Aquarius.
- 1980
Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
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The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
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Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
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The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.
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Apple announces the iPad.
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Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sanaa.
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Within Ursa Minor, H1504+65, a white dwarf with the hottest known surface temperature in the universe at 200,000 K, was documented.
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Two hundred and forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the Brazilian city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul.
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Rojava conflict: The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
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Protests and public outrage spark across the U.S. after the release of multiple videos by the Memphis Police Department showing officers punching, kicking, and pepper spraying Tyre Nichols as a result of running away from a traffic stop, which resulted him dying in the hospital three days later after the incident.
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A shooting at a synagogue in Neve Yaakov, East Jerusalem, kills seven people and injures three others.
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2003Park Seong-hoon, South Korean footballer
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2000Morgan Gibbs-White, English footballer
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2000Aurélien Tchouaméni, French footballer
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1996Braeden Lemasters, American actor, musician, and singer
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1995Harrison Reed, English footballer
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1994Jack Stephens, English footballer
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1991Christian Bickel, German footballer
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1991Julio Teherán, Colombian baseball player
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1990Tim Beckham, American baseball player
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1989Alberto Botía, Spanish footballer
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1987Katy Rose, American singer-songwriter and producer
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1987Anton Shunin, Russian footballer
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