January 27, 2012
Today is 27th day of the year
340 days remain until the new year
340 days remain until the new year
Births Today
- 1756 - "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer"
- 1832 - "Lewis Carrol, Author of 'Alice In Wonderland'"
- 1885 - "Jerome Kern, Songwriter"
- 1928 - "Michael Craig, Actor & stage star"
- 1945 - "Nick Mason, Of 'Pink Floyd'"
- 1961 - "Martin Degville, Of 'Sigue Sigue Sputnik'"
- 1973 - "Mark Owen, Of 'Take That'"
events today
- 1778 - The valve flush toilet was patented by Joseph Bramh
- 1926 - John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television
- 1943 - The United States Air Force made its first bombing raid on Germany
- 1967 - Three American astronauts were killed in an Apollo spacecraft ground test
- 1969 - Protestant leader Ian Paisley was jailed for three months
- 1989 - "In Brazil, three men were charged with stealing and melting down the World Cup"