January 27 Events

2011 The United Nations Human Rights Council criticizes Burma for its human rights record
2011 Japan experiences its fifth outbreak of bird flu, forcing the slaughter of 150,000 chickens
2010 Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, unveils a new invention, a tablet PC called the iPad, at a press conference in San Francisco
1998 Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (New York City) Tram, injuring 10
1998 WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics and Detroit Shock
1998 First Lady Hilary Clinton blames charges that President Clinton had affairs part of a vast right-wing conspiracy
1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City
1997 24th American Music Award: Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette win
1996 15 day old siamese twins separated - Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies
1996 70th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61)
1996 Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st New York female Episcopal bishop
1996 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1996 Germany celebrates it's 1st Holocaust Rememberance Day
1996 Monica Seles beats Anke Huber to win Australian Open
1996 Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303* for Guyana vs. Jamaica at Kingston
1995 69th Australian Womens Tennis: Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62)
1994 "No Man's Land" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 61 performances
1994 Carlos Reina succeeds President Callejas in Honduras
1994 Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites
1993 DC-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12
1992 "Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 7 performances
1992 19th American Music Award: C and C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win
1992 Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee
1992 President candidate Bill Clinton (D) and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair
1991 79th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats I Lendl (16 64 64 64)
1991 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, disbands
1991 Nadine Strossen is 1st female president of the ACLU
1991 Superbowl XXV: New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19 in Tampa Superbowl MVP: Ottis Anderson, New York Giants, RB
1990 64th Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats MJ Fernandez (63 64)
1989 German war criminals Fischer and Aus der Funten freed
1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1989 Okla's linebacker, Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Ok grad student
1988 Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court
1987 Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose and Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team
1986 13th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis and C Gayle
1985 "Doug Henning and His World..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York after 60 perf
1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth
1985 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
1985 Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25)
1985 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 22-14