Friday, January 27, 2012

January 27 - Mozart's Birthday

Mozart's Birthday

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Family Birthdays
Aunt Mary Parsons

This Day In History
1593
The Vatican opens seven year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno.
1606
Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
1785
The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
1888
The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
1939
First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
1945
The Red Army liberates the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp built by the Nazi Germans on the territory of Poland.
1967
The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
2006
Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services.

Famous Birthdays
1756
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791)
1832
Lewis Carroll, English author (d. 1898)
1850
Edward J. Smith, English captain of the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)
1859
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (d. 1941)
1885
Jerome Kern, American composer (d. 1945)
1900
Hyman Rickover, American admiral (d. 1986)
1921
Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)
1948
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian ballet dancer
1955
John G. Roberts, American jurist and the 17th Chief Justice of the United States
1957
Frank Miller, American comic book author and film director
1965
Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
1974
Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Nordic biathlete

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