Here’s what happened on this date in history
January 27:
1302 – Dante is exiled from Florence
1862 – President Lincoln orders Union forces to advance
1888 – National Geographic Society Founded
1943 – Americans bomb Germans for first time
1943 – Future President Ronald Reagan serves in film unit
1944 – Siege of Leningrad is lifted
1945 – Auschwitz is liberated
1951 – First atomic detonation at the Nevada test site
1965 – Shelby GT 350 debuts
1967 – Astronauts die in launch pad fire
1970 – John Lennon writes and records “Instant Karma” in a single day
1973 – Paris Peace Accords signed
1978 – “Dracula Killer” murders four people
1993 – America becomes first non-Japanese to achieve highest rank in sumo wrestling
1996 – Monica Seles wins first Grand Slam title since being attacked
2002 – Armory explosions trigger deadly panic in Nigeria
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