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September 27 Historical Events

The following events took place on September 27. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 54 events. Showing 31 - 54.

  • 1959
    Nearly 5,000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.
  • 1961
    Sierra Leone joins the United Nations.
  • 1962
    The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
  • 1964
    The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
  • 1968
    The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973.
  • 1975
    The last use of capital punishment in Spain sees the executions of five members of militant organisations, sparking worldwide protests against the Spanish government and the withdrawal of numerous ambassadors.
  • 1977
    A U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes into a residential neighborhood in Yokohama, Japan, killing two children on the ground and injuring seven other people.
  • 1979
    The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
  • 1983
    Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
  • 1988
    National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
  • 1993
    The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
  • 1996
    In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
  • 1996
    Tanker ship Julie N. spills thousands of gallons of oil after crashing into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine .
  • 1997
    Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
  • 1998
    The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday.
  • 2000
    The first Olympic Gold Medal ever for taekwondo was won by Greek athlete Michail Mouroutsos in men’s -58 kg division in Sydney.
  • 2001
    Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
  • 2002
    Timor-Leste joins the United Nations.
  • 2003
    SMART-1 satellite is launched.
  • 2005
    After 162 episodes, Tom and Jerry airs its final episode, “The Karate Guard”.
  • 2007
    NASA launches the Dawn probe.
  • 2008
    CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
  • 2012
    A mass shooting takes place at Accent Signage Systems, in Minneapolis, killing 6 people, including the gunman who committed suicide, and wounding 2 others.
  • 2015
    A total lunar eclipse takes place during a supermoon visible across much of the world.

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