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1944 : End of the siege of Leningrad


on January 27, 1944, after 872 days of siege by the German forces, the Red Army managed to break the blockade and expel the occupying forces from the city. This siege killed hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed a large number of buildings, houses, factories and monuments.

1945 : Liberation of Auschwitz


On 27 January 1945, the Red Army entered the camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in southern Poland.

1967 : Apollo I destroyed by fire at Cape Canaveral


January 27, 1967, the Apollo I Lunar Module is destroyed by fire during a pre-launch test on the basis of Cape Canaveral, killing all three crew members.

1973 : Paris Peace Accords


On 27 January 1973, the governments of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North), the Republic of Vietnam (South) and the U.S. government signed the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam.

Novità del giorno : 27 Gennaio

International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27 is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
This date is the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by Soviet troops in 1945.

Citazione del giorno : 27 Gennaio

Desmond Tutu
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Compositore austriaco (1756)
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Architetto francese (1814)
Edouard Lalo, Compositore francese (1823)
Lewis Carroll, Scrittore inglese (1832)
John Collier, Pittore (1850)
John Carew Eccles, Neuropsicologo australiano, premio Nobel (1903)
Donna Reed, Attrice (1921)
Ingrid Thulin, Attrice svedese (1926)
Mohamed Al-Fayed, Uomo d'affari egiziano (1933)
James Cromwell, Attore (1940)
Jean-Philippe Collard,, Pianista francese (1948)
Mimi Rogers, Attrice (1956)
Janick Gers, Chitarrista britannico (Iron Maiden) (1957)
Bridget Fonda, Attrice (1964)
Alan Cumming, Attore scozzese (1965)
Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Biathleta norvegese (1974)
Marat Safin, Tennista russa (1980)

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Sir Francis Drake, Esploratore inglese (1595)
Bartolomeo Cristofori, Inventore del piano (1731)
Alexandr Pushkin, Poeta russo (1837)
Giuseppe Verdi, Compositore italiano (1901)
Roger Chaffee, Astronauta americano (1967)
Virgil Grissom, Astronauta americano (1967)
Edward White, Astronauta americano (1967)
Alphonse Juin, Maresciallo di Francia (1967)
Louis de Funès, Attore (1983)
Lilli Palmer, Attrice (1986)
Massa Makan Diabaté, Scrittore del Mali (1988)
Louis Archambault, Scultore (2003)
Jean-Christophe Lafaille, Alpinista francese (2006)
Johannes Rau, Presidente della Germania (2006)
Suharto, Presidente dell'Indonesia (2008)
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Presidente dell'India (2009)
Vue mer : crédit photo Aseed