Today is January 27 2015

National Chocolate Cake Day: More

• Thomas Crapper Day: More
  
• Punch the Clock Day: More
• International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust: More
  A U.N. resolution.

• In 1785, The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
  From Wikipedia: 'The University of Georgia, founded in 1785, and commonly referred to as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American public land-grant and sea grant research university.'
  
  'The University of Georgia was incorporated on January 27, 1785, by the Georgia General Assembly, which had given its trustees, the Senatus Academicus of the University of Georgia, 40,000 acres (160 km²) for the purposes of founding a "college or seminary of learning "'. More
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• In 1825, The U.S. Congress approves the 'Indian Territory', in what is in present-day Oklahoma, clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the 'Trail of Tears'.
  
  From Wikipedia: 'As generic terms, Indian Territory, the Indian Territories, or Indian country describe an evolving land area set aside by the United States Government for the relocation of the indigenous peoples of the Americas who held aboriginal title to their land. In general, the tribes ceded land they occupied in exchange for land grants in an area purchased by the United States federal government from Napoleon, the Louisiana Purchase. The concept of an Indian Territory was an outcome of the 18th- and 19th-century policy of Indian removal. After the Civil War, the policy of the government was one of assimilation'.
  
  From Wikipedia: 'The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native American nations in the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The relocated people suffered from exposure, disease, and starvation while en route, and more than ten thousand died before reaching their various destinations. The removal included members of the Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations, from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory. The phrase "Trail of Tears" originated from a description of the removal of the Choctaw Nation in 1831'.
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• In 1918, The silent movie 'Tarzan of the Apes', the first Tarzan film, premieres at the Broadway Theater.
  From Wikipedia: 'Tarzan of the Apes is a 1918 American action/adventure silent film directed by Scott Sidney starring Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, George B. French and Gordon Griffith. It was the first Tarzan movie ever made and is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' original novel Tarzan of the Apes. The movie adapts only the first part of the novel, the remainder becoming the basis for the sequel, The Romance of Tarzan'. More
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• In 1927, United Independent Broadcasters Inc. started a radio network with contracts with 16 stations. The company later became Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).
  From Wikipedia: 'The origins of CBS date back to January 27, 1927, with the creation of the "United Independent Broadcasters" network in Chicago by New York City talent-agent Arthur Judson. The fledgling network soon needed additional investors though, and the Columbia Phonograph Company, manufacturers of Columbia Records, rescued it in April 1927; as a result, the network was renamed the "Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System" on September 18 of that year. Columbia Phonographic went on the air on September 18, 1927, with a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from flagship station WOR in Newark, New Jersey, and fifteen affiliates'. More
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• In 1939, First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
  From Wikipedia: 'The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American propeller driven fighter aircraft. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Named "fork-tailed devil" (der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" (Ni hikoki, by the Japanese, the P-38 was used in a number of roles, including interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground-attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers, and evacuation missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings'. More
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• In 1945, The Auschwitz concentration camp is liberated by Soviet forces.
  From Wikipedia: 'Auschwitz concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, also KZ Auschwitz was a network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II. It consisted of Auschwitz I (the original camp), Auschwitz II–Birkenau (a combination concentration/extermination camp), Auschwitz III–Monowitz (a labor camp to staff an IG Farben factory), and 45 satellite camps'. More
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• In 1948, Consumer magnetic tape recorders are sold for the first time. They replace wire recorders.
  From Wikipedia: 'Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film. It was developed in Germany, based on magnetic wire recording. '
  
  'Over years, magnetic tape can suffer from deterioration called sticky-shed syndrome. Caused by absorption of moisture into the binder of the tape, it can render the tape unusable.'
  
  'Magnetic tape was invented for recording sound by Fritz Pfleumer in 1928 in Germany, based on the invention of magnetic wire recording by Oberlin Smith in 1888 and Valdemar Poulsen in 1898. Pfleumer's invention used a ferric oxide (Fe2O3) powder coating on a long strip of paper. This invention was further developed by the German electronics company AEG, which manufactured the recording machines and BASF, which manufactured the tape.'
  
  'Wire recording or magnetic wire recording is an analog type of audio storage in which a magnetic recording is made on thin steel or stainless steel wire' More
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• In 1951, Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
  From Wikipedia: 'Operation Ranger was the fourth American nuclear test series. It was conducted in 1951 and was the first series to be carried out at the Nevada Test Site. All the bombs were dropped by B-50D bombers and exploded in the open air over Frenchman Flat (Area 5)'. More
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• In 1957, The radio show, CBS Radio Workshop, was heard for the first time.
  From Wikipedia: 'The CBS Radio Workshop was an experimental dramatic radio anthology series that aired on CBS from January 27, 1956, until September 22, 1957. Subtitled “radio’s distinguished series to man’s imagination,” it was a revival of the earlier Columbia Experimental Laboratory (1931), Columbia Experimental Dramatic Laboratory (1932) and Columbia Workshop broadcasts by CBS from 1936 to 1943, and used some of the same writers and directors employed on the earlier series'. The CBS Radio Workshop was one of American network radio's last attempts to hold on to, and perhaps recapture, some of the demographics they had lost to television in the post-World War Two era'. More
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• In 1961, The TV show, Sing Along with Mitch, premieres.
  From Wikipedia: 'Mitchell William "Mitch" Miller (July 4, 1911 – July 31, 2010) was an American oboist, conductor, recording producer and recording industry executive.'
  
  'In the early 1960s, Miller became a household name with his NBC television show Sing Along with Mitch, a community-sing program featuring him and a male chorus: an extension of his highly successful series of Columbia record albums of the same name. In keeping with the show's title, viewers were presented with lyrics at the bottom of the television screen, and while many insist there was a bouncing ball to keep time, Miller correctly said this was something they remember from movie theater sing-alongs and cartoons'. More
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• In 1967, Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
  From Wikipedia: 'Apollo 1 (initially designated AS-204) was the first manned mission of the U.S. Apollo manned lunar landing program. The planned low Earth orbital test of the Apollo Command/Service Module never made its target launch date of February 21, 1967, because a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test on January 27 at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 killed all three crew members—Command Pilot Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White II, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee—and destroyed the Command Module (CM). The name Apollo 1, chosen by the crew, was officially retired by NASA in commemoration of them on April 24, 1967.'
  
  ' The ignition source for the fire was determined to be electrical, fed by combustible nylon material and the high pressure pure oxygen cabin atmosphere. The astronauts's rescue was prevented by the plug door hatch which could not be opened against the internal pressure, and hampered by poor emergency preparedness caused by a failure to identify the test as hazardous, based on the fact that the rocket was unfueled'. More
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• In 1973, The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty. More
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• In 1976, The TV comedy, Laverne and Shirley, a spinoff of 'Happy Days' premieres.
  From Wikipedia: 'Laverne and Shirley is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from January 27, 1976, to May 10, 1983. It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, single roommates who worked as bottlecappers in a fictitious Milwaukee brewery called Shotz Brewery'. More
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• In 2003, The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
  From Wikipedia: 'The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board...'. More
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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Chocolate Cake Day'.
[The Hankster says] Yes.

Tomorrow will be 'Thomas Crapper Day'.
[The Hankster says] Thomas did not invent the flush toilet, that was in 1596 by John Harrington, He did manufacture them and bathroom fittings. He popularized indoor sanitary plumbing. He died on Jan. 27 1910.

Tomorrow is 'Punch the Clock Day'.
[The Hankster says] The first time clock was invented in Nov. of 1888, so I'm not sure if this is a real holiday or just some webmaster, who is paid hourly, letting off steam.

An awareness day tomorrow. 'International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust'. A U.N. resolution. Other names concerning this day are 'Auschwitz Liberation Day' (see 1945 below) and 'Holocaust Memorial Day'.

Daniel J. Boorsti once said 'Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.'
[The Hankster says] What deeds will stand the test of time. Let us look back to January 27 in the past and see what they are and if their author has stood that test of time.

In 1825, The U.S. Congress approves the 'Indian Territory', in what is present-day Oklahoma, clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the 'Trail of Tears'.

In 1888, The National Geographic Society is founded.

In 1918, The silent movie 'Tarzan of the Apes', the first Tarzan film, premieres at the Broadway Theater.

In 1945, The Auschwitz concentration camp is liberated by Soviet forces.

In 1948, Consumer magnetic tape recorders are sold for the first time. They replace wire recorders.

In 1951, The first atomic detonation is made at the Nevada test site.

In 1956, Elvis Presley releases the single 'Heartbreak Hotel'.

In 1961, 'Sing Along with Mitch' premieres.

In 1973, The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.

In 1976, The TV comedy 'Laverne and Shirley', a spinoff of 'Happy Days' premieres.

No. 1 song

• Downtown - Petula Clark: More
  'I Feel Fine' has been displaced by 'Downtown', which will hold the no. 1 spot until February 6 1965, when 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'', takes over.

Top movie

• My Fair Lady More
  Having displaced 'Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlott', it will be there until the weekend box office of January 31 1965 when, '36 Hours', takes over.

• FamousBirthdays.com: January 27 Birthdays More
• FamousDaily.com: January 27 History More
• History.com: Historical Events on 27th January More
• HistoryOrb.com: Famous Deaths on 27th January More
• On-This-day.com history 27th January More
• On-This-day.com music history 27th January More
• Wikipedia.com: History January 27 More

Food holidays
Apple and Apricots Month Artichoke and Asparagus Month California Dried Plum Digestive Month Natiionl Candy Month National Egg Month National Hot Tea Month National Soup Month Oatmeal Month
Other holidays and awareness days
Adopt A Rescued Bird Month Bath Safety Month Be Kind to Food Servers Month Birth Defects Month Book Blitz Month Celebration of Life Month Cervical Health Awareness Month Financial Wellness Month Get Organized Month International Brain Teaser Month International Creativity Month National Braille Literacy Month National Clean Up Your Computer Month National Glaucoma Awareness Month National Polka Music Month National Poverty in America Awareness Month National Skating Month National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month National Stalking Awareness Month National Volunteer Blood Donor Month Self-help Group Awareness Month Teen Driving Awareness Month Train Your Dog Month Thyroid Awareness Month Walk Your Dog Month

January is:

January origin (from Wikipedia): 'January is named after Janus, the God of beginnings and transitions; the name has its beginnings in Roman mythology, coming from the Latin word for door since January is the door to the year.'

'January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer). In the Southern hemisphere, January is the seasonal equivalent of July in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.'

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If you couldn't afford 90 cents for a movie ticket, 50 years ago, or your 45 RPM record player was broke, you might watch one of these shows on TV.
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Best selling books of 1965 More

• Astronomy Picture of the Day: More
• NOAA: - National Hurricane Center - Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook: More
• Listen to Old Radio Shows: (streaming mp3 with schedule) More
• NASA TV: (video feed) More
  NASA TV schedule: More
• Public Domain eBook Links

  Sites for downloading or reading free Public Domain eBooks. Available in various formats. More

• Podcast: A Moment of Science. Approximately 1 minute general science facts.
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• Podcast: The Naked Scientists. Current science, medicine, space and other science
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• Podcast: Quirks & Quarks. Current science news.
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• Articles and videos: Universe Today. Current space and astronomy news.
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• Old Picture of the Day - "Each day we bring you one stunning little glimpse of history in the form of a historical photograph."
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Below, are listed several holiday sites that I reference in addition to other holiday researches.

US Government Holidays

• 2015 Postal Holidays More
• 2015 Official Federal Holidays More

Holidays Worldwide

• List of holidays by country More
• Holidays and Observances around the World More