Historical Events - September 27

1672: A new British company had been given a monopoly on the African slave trade.

1777: Lancaster became the capital of the United States for one day only.

1821: Mexico gained independence from Spain.

1825: The Stockton via Darlington Railway introduced the world’s first passenger train.

1905: Einstein first proposed the equation E = mc².

1908 : Production of the Ford Model T began.

1925 : Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS founded by Dr. Keshav Hedgewar.

1940 : A typhoon on the island of Honshu killed 5,000 people in Germany, Italy, and Japan.

1958 : Mihir Sen became the first Asian swimmer to swim across the English Channel.

1996 : Taliban conquered Kabul. President Burhanuddin Rabbani fled, while Najibullah was hanged in the street.

1998 : The Google internet search engine retroactively claimed this date as its birthday.

2003 : The SMART-1 satellite is launched. 

2008 : CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.

2019 : Over 2 million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide. 

Famous Birthdays – September 27

1601: King Louis XIII of France.

1722: Samuel Adams, American revolutionary.

1792: George Cruikshank, British cartoonist who illustrated more than 850 books, such as Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist.

1862: Louis Botha, African Prime Minister, the first of the union of South Africa, who encouraged reconciliation between the British and the Boers.

1907: Wamanrao Deshpande, Indian music critic.

1933: Yash Chopra, Indian filmmaker, and director.

1953: Mata Amritanandamayi, an Indian religious leader.

1981: Brandon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer.

Death Anniversaries  – September 27

1833: Raja Rammohan Roy, Indian social reformer and father of the Brahmo community.

1917: Edgar Degas, French painter.

1921: Engelbert Humperdinck, German Composer.

1972: S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician.

1975: Tiruvenkat Rajendra Seshadri, Indian chemist.

1979: Dame Gracie Fields, English actor, singer, and comedian.

1992: Anutai Wagh, Padma Shri award-winning Indian social worker and educationist.

1999: Dr. Mabel Arole, Ramon Magsaysay Award-winning multipurpose rural health project director from India.

2004: Shobha Gurtu, India classical singer.

2008: Mahendra Kapoor, Indian playback singer.

2015: Syed Ahmed, Indian writer, and politician. 

2015: Colin Pokkudan, Indian activist and writer.

2017: Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises.  

2018: Kavita Mahajan, Indian author and translator. 

2018: Manoharsinghji Pradyumansinghji, Indian nobleman and politician.