January 27 - Mozart's Birthday

Mozart's Birthday

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