January 27

January 27: This Day in History

• 1756— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.
• 1945— Soviet forces liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp, revealing the full horror of the Nazi genocide.
• 1967— Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died in a fire during a launch pad test of the Apollo 1 spacecraft.
• 1973— The Paris Peace Accords were signed, formally ending U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.

Famous Birthdays on January 27

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756) — prolific classical composer of over 600 works
• Lewis Carroll (1832) — author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Patton Oswalt (1969) — stand-up comedian and actor
• Bridget Fonda (1964) — actress known for Single White Female and Jackie Brown
• Mimi Rogers (1956) — actress and former wife of Tom Cruise

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Did You Know? January 27 Fun Facts

• International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 marks the 1945 liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp.
• Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, and composed his first piece of music at age five, and his first symphony at age eight.
• Lewis Carroll, born January 27, 1832, was actually a mathematician named Charles Dodgson who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for a real child named Alice Liddell.

Count Down to Events on January 27

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