History is a pretty big place, so it should not be surprising that any given day on the calendar will mark a variety of momentous occasions. Still, January 27 seems to cover more than its share of events of particularly historical note:
Mozart was born (1756).
Verdi died (1901).
Thomas Edison received a patent for the electric incandescent lamp (1880).
The siege of Leningrad ended (1944).
The concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau were liberated (1945).
Atomic bomb testing in Nevada began (1951).
Astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee died in the Apollo 1 launch pad fire (1967).
The Vietnam peace accords were signed (1973).
President Reagan greeted the former American hostages released by Iran at the White House (1981).
Finally, January 27th is the birthday of both Chief Justice John Roberts and TV talking head Keith Olbermann. I'm guessing that the chances they will text birthday greetings to each other are pretty slim.
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