September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining.

Events

• 489 - Odoacer attacks Theoderic at the Battle of Verona , and is defeated again.
• 1540 - Jesuit Order receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
• 1590 - Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
• 1605 - Armies of Sweden utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm
• 1787 - United States Constitution delivered to the states for ratification.
• 1821 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
• 1825 - The Stockton and Darlington Railway was opened. First locomotive pulling a passenger train operated on the line by George Stephenson.
• 1854 - The steamship Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1905 - Albert Einstein published the paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" on Annalen der Physik. This paper revealed the relationship between energy and mass.
• 1928 - The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
• 1938 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
• 1940 - The Tripartite Pact signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
• 1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform at the in Passaic County, New Jersey for the last time before Miller enters the US Army.
• 1949 - First Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves design for the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
• 1954 - The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
• 1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon.
• 1964 - Warren Commission report issued, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
• 1979 - United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
• 1980 - Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.
• 1983 - Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
• 1986 - Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica, dies after being crushed by the band's tour bus during their European tour.
• 1995 - The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bills with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
• 1996 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
• 1997 - Communications are lost with the Mars Pathfinder for unknown reasons.
• 2002 - Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.
• 2003 - Smart 1 is launched.
• 2004 - Virgin Group announced a joint venture with Mojave Aerospace Ventures to build VSS Enterprise for commercial space flights and a new company called Virgin Galactic.

Births

• 1275 - John II of Brabant (d. 1312)
• 1389 - Cosimo de Medici, Florentine ruler (d. 1464)
• 1601 - Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
• 1627 - Jacques Benigne Bossuet, French bishop and author
• 1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (d. 1800)
• 1722 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d. 1803)
• 1803 - Samuel Francis du Pont, American admiral (d. 1865)
• 1804 - Anna McNeill Whistler, Whistler's mother (d. 1881)
• 1818 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. 1884)
• 1821 - Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss writer
• 1823 - James Streshly Jackson , American Civil War general
• 1824 - William Nelson, American Civil War general
• 1830 - William Babcock Hazen, American Civil War general
• 1840 - Thomas Nast, political cartoonist (d. 1902)
• 1843 - Gaston Tarry, French mathematician (d. 1913)
• 1849 - Emile Claus , Belgian painter (d. 1924)
• 1855 - Paul Appell , French mathematician (d. 1930)
• 1871 - Grazia Deledda, Sardinian (Italy) writer, Nobel prize winner for literature (d. 1926)
• 1874 - Koopman Bertha Frensel Wegener , composer
• 1876 - Earle Raymond Hedrick , mathematician
• 1879 - Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician
• 1879 - Cyril Scott, composer
• 1885 - Harry Blackstone, magician (d. 1965)
• 1892 - Mykhailo Krawtchouk , Ukraininan mathematician
• 1895 - George Raft, actor (d. 1980)
• 1896 - Sam Ervin, US Senator from North Carolina, Watergate scandal figure (d. 1985)
• 1898 - Clementine Paddleford , American journalist
• 1902 - Margaret Herrick, credited with naming the Oscar (d. 1976)
• 1906 - William Empson, British poet and critic
• 1907 - Sardar Bhagat Singh , Indian freedom fighter
• 1913 - Albert Ellis, psychologist
• 1916 - Vittorio Mussolini , Italian film producer, fascist historian (d. 1997)
• 1916 - John Robert Chaisson , Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps
• 1919 - James H. Wilkinson, mathematician (d. 1986)
• 1920 - William Conrad, actor (d. 1994)
• 1920 - Jayne Meadows, actress
• 1922 - Carl Ballantine , actor
• 1922 - Arthur Penn, director
• 1923 - Mary McCarty , actress
• 1924 - Fred Singer, American environmental scientist
• 1927 - Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist
• 1929 - Sada Thompson , actress
• 1932 - Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
• 1932 - Michael Colvin, Canadian tenor
• 1933 - Greg Morris , actor
• 1934 - Wilford Brimley, actor
• 1934 - Claude Jarman Jr., actor
• 1934 - Dick Schapp , sports reporter (d. 2001)
• 1936 - Gordon Honeycombe, British author, playwright, and stage actor
• 1936 - Don Cornelius, television host
• 1939 - Kathy Whitworth, professional golfer
• 1940 - Patrick Font
• 1942 - Dith Pran, photojournalist
• 1945 - Jack Goldstein, artist
• 1947 - Randy Bachman, Canadian musician
• 1947 - Cheryl Tiegs, fashion model
• 1947 - Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer
• 1948 - A. Martinez, actor
• 1949 - Mike Schmidt, Baseball Hall of Famer
• 1949 - Robb Weller , reporter
• 1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , actor
• 1951 - Meat Loaf, American singer and actor
• 1952 - Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut
• 1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader
• 1953 - Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
• 1958 - Shaun Cassidy, singer, actor
• 1961 - Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor, singer
• 1965 - Peter MacKay, Canadian political leader
• 1965 - Steve Kerr, NBA basketball player
• 1967 - Jason Dungjen , figure skater
• 1972 - Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
• 1976 - Francesco Totti, Italian football player
• 1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
• 1984 - Avril Lavigne, singer, songwriter

Deaths

• 1249 - Raymond VII of Toulouse
• 1590 - Pope Urban VII
• 1651 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
• 1700 - Pope Innocent XII
• 1722 - Grace; killed by a Dobhar-chu
• 1832 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher
• 1876 - Braxton Bragg
• 1917 - Edgar Degas, painter
• 1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck, composer
• 1933 - Ring Lardner, writer
• 1956 - Gerald Finzi, composer
• 1956 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer
• 1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst, suffragette, social activist
• 1967 - Prince Felix Yussupov, assassin of Rasputin (b. 1887)
• 1972 - S. R. Ranganathan, Indian Librarian, invented Colon Classification system
• 1975 - Jack Lang, Australian politician
• 1986 - Cliff Burton, musician
• 1993 - Jimmy Doolittle, United States General, World War II hero
• 1998 - Doak Walker, football player
• 1998 - Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse(b. 1991)

2000-2099

• 2003 - Donald O'Connor, actor, dancer and singer

Holidays and observances

• Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Mashíyyat (Will) - First day of the eleventh month of the Bahá'í Calendar
• French Community Day, Belgium

Recorded this date

• 1891 "Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep "(w. Mrs Emma Hart Willard m. Joseph Phillip Knight )
  - Manhansett Quartette
  
• 1891 "I'se Gwine Back To Dixie"(w.m. C. A. White )
  - Manhansett Quartette
  
• 1891 "Emmet's Lullaby"(w.m. J. K. Emmet )
  - Manhansett Quartette
  
• 1891 "The Picture That's Turned To The Wall"(w.m. Charles Graham )
  - Manhansett Quartette
  
• 1891 "Comrades"(Felix McGlennon & Costello)
  - Manhansett Quartette
  
• 1891 "Sally In Our Alley "(w. Henry Carey m. trad)
  - Manhansett Quartette
  
• 1911 "Alexander's Ragtime Band"(w.m. Irving Berlin)
  - Victor Military Band
  
• 1912 "Come Back To Me, My Melody"(Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder )
  - Walter Van Brunt
  
• 1924 "Doodle Doo Doo"(w.m. Art Kassel & Mel Stitzel)
  - Ray Miller & his Orchestra
  
• 1927 "Black Eyes"( alternate title "Dark Eyes")
  - Feodor Chaliapin & choir with Aristov Balalaika Orchestra cond. A. A. Scriabin
  
• 1928 "Dusky Stevedore"(w. Andy Razaf m. J.C. Johnson )
  - Joe Davis with Thelma Terry & her Playboys
  
• 1929 "Sensation"(Eddie Edwards)
  - Rube Bloom with Joe Venuti's Blue Four
  
• 1929 "Gay Love"(w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant)
  - Bing Crosby with small group from Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
  
• 1929 "Can't We Be Friends?"(w. Paul James m. Kay Swift)
  - Bing Crosby with small group from Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
  
• 1929 "He's A Good Man To Have Around"(w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager)
  - Billy Murray with Dick Cherwin 's Orchestra
  
• 1930 "Siboney"(w. Dolly Morse m. Ernesto Lecuona)
  - Nick Lucas with Anglo-Persians
  
• 1932 "I'll Never Have To Dream Again"(w. Charles Newman m. Isham Jones)
  - Connie Boswell with O/Dorsey Brothers
  
• 1932 "Me Minus You"(w. Paul Francis Webster m. Abel Baer )
  - Connie Boswell with O/Dorsey Brothers
  
• 1932 "Nothing But A Lie"( Sievier, Rotter, Fred Markush)
  - Gertrude Lawrence with p. Claude Ivy
  
• 1932 "Why Waste Your Tears?"( Val Holstius)
  - Gertrude Lawrence with p. Claude Ivy
  
• 1933 "Beautiful Girl"(w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown)
  - Bing Crosby with O/Lenny Hayton
  
• 1933 "After Sundown"(w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown)
  - Bing Crosby with O/Lennie Hayton
  
• 1933 "Home On The Range"(w. poss. Brewster Higley m. poss Dan E. Kelly)
  - Bing Crosby with O/Lennie Hayton
  
• 1933 "The Last Round-Up"(w.m. Billy Hill )
  - Bing Crosby with O/Lennie Hayton
  
• 1933 "Annie Doesn't Live Here Any More"(w. Joe Young & Johnny Burke m. Harold Spina )
  - Carmen Lombardo with Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians
  
• 1933 "Night And Day"(w.m. Cole Porter)
  - Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
  
• 1933 "Tick-Tock"(w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
  
• 1933 "In The Valley Of The Moon"(w.m. Joe Burke & Charles Tobias )
  - Gladys Moncrieff with String octet cond. Gil Dech
  
• 1933 "I Wake Up Smiling"(w. Edgar Leslie m. Fred E. Ahlert )
  - Gladys Moncrieff with String octet cond. Gil Dech
  
• 1933 "By A Waterfall"(w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain)
  - Dick Powell
  
• 1935 "Madhouse"(Earl Hines, Jimmy Mundy)
  - Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
  
• 1935 "Santa Claus Came In The Spring"(w.m. Johnny Mercer)
  - Joe Harris with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
  
• 1935 "Goodbye"(w.m. Gordon Jenkins)
  - Benny Goodman
  
• 1936 "Rainbow On The River"(w. Paul Francis Webster m. Louis Alter )
  - Perry Como with Ted Weems
  
• 1936 "Picture Me Without You"(w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy McHugh)
  - Perry Como with Ted Weems
  
• 1936 "Trouble Ends Out Where The Blue Begins"(w.m. Cliff Friend )
  - Ted Weems & his Orchestra
  
• 1938 "Now It Can Be Told"(w.m. Irving Berlin)
  - Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & his Band
  
• 1938 "On The Sentimental Side"(w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco)
  - Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & his Band
  
• 1938 "The Holy City"(w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams )
  - Peter Dawson
  
• 1938 "Bless This House"(w. Helen Taylor m. May Brahe )
  - Peter Dawson
  
• 1938 "The Lost Chord "(w. Adelaide A. Proctor m. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
  - Peter Dawson
  
• 1938 "The Lord Is King"(Dawson)
  - Peter Dawson with organ Herbert Dawson
  
• 1938 "Poor Man's Garden"( Barrie & Russell)
  - Peter Dawson
  
• 1938 "There Is No Death"(Geoffrey O'Hara)
  - Peter Dawson
  
• 1938 "Down South"(Myddleton)
  - Sam Browne with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
  
• 1938 "Colonel Bogey - March"( m. Kenneth J. Alford )
  - Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
  
• 1938 "The Whistler And His Dog "( m. Arthur Pryor )
  - Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
  
• 1938 "King Porter Stomp"(m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton)
  - Glenn Miller's Orchestra
  
• 1938 "Nightmare"(m. Artie Shaw)
  - Artie Shaw
  
• 1938 "Yesterdays"(w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern)
  - Artie Shaw
  
• 1938 "I Have Eyes"(w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger)
  - Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra
  
• 1938 "You're A Sweet Little Headache"(w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger)
  - Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra
  
• 1939 "So Many Times"(w. Don DeVito m. Jimmy Dorsey)
  - Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
  
• 1939 "Indian Summer"(w. Al Dubin m. Victor Herbert)
  - Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey
  
• 1939 "Baby, What Else Can I Do?"(w. Walter Hirsch m. Gerald Marks)
  - Anita Boyer with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
  
• 1939 "A Lover Is Blue"(w.m. Charles Carpenter, James R. Mundy & Trummy Young )
  - Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey
  
• 1939 "Adolf"(Mills)
  - Arthur Askey with O/Ronnie Munro
  
• 1939 "The Washing On The Siegfried Line"(w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr )
  - Arthur Askey with O/Ronnie Munro
  - Flanagan & Allen
  
• 1939 "Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant-Major"(Noel, Pelosi)
  - Arthur Askey with O/Ronnie Munro
  
• 1939 "Run, Rabbit, Run"(w. Noel Gay & Ralph T. Butler m. Noel Gay)
  - Flanagan & Allen
  
• 1940 "All The Things You Are"(w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern)
  - Leslie A. Hutchinson
  
• 1941 "No Lika Da War"(Nesham, Stanley Holloway)
  - Stanley Holloway
  
• 1943 "Vict'ry Polka"(w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne)
  - Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen
  
• 1943 "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"(w.m. Haven Gillespie & J. Fred Coots )
  - Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen
  
• 1943 "Jingle Bells"(w.m. James S. Pierpont )
  - Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen
  
• 1943 "Pistol Packin' Mama"(w.m. Al Dexter)
  - Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen
  
• 1946 "A Gal In Calico"(w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz)
  - Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers with O/Paul Weston
  
• 1947 "Bread And Butter Woman"(w.m. Lester Lee & Allan Roberts )
  - Danny Kaye & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen
  
• 1947 "Civilization"(w.m. Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman)
  - Danny Kaye & Andrews Sisters with O/Vic Schoen
  
• 1950 "Time Out For Tears"(w.m. Abe Schiff & Irving Berman)
  - Ink Spots
  
• 1954 "Make Yourself Comfortable"(w.m. Bob Merrill)
  - Peggy King with O/Percy Faith
  
• 1955 "All At Once You Love Her"(w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Perry Como with O/Mitchell Ayres
  
• 1955 "The Rose Tattoo"(w.m. Jack Brooks and Harry Warren)
  - Perry Como and The Ray Charles Singers with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
  
• 1955 "Pepper-Hot Baby"(w.m. Alicia Evelyn)
  - Jaye P. Morgan with O/Joe Thomas
  
• 1955 "Bonnie Blue Gal"(w. William Engvick m. adapt. Jessie Cavanaugh)
  - Lawrence Welk & his Orchestra
  
• 1963 "Angry At The Big Oak Tree"(Hampton)
  - Frank Ifield with O/Norrie Paramor
  
• 1976 "Dry Your Eyes"(Neil Diamond, Robbie Robertson)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Bill Miller
  
• 1976 "Like A Sad Song"(w.m. John Denver)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Bill Miller
  

External links

• BBC: On This Day

September 26 - September 28 - August 27 - October 27 - more historical anniversaries