January 27

Today in History
• 1343 - Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus
• 1591 - Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian burned for witchcraft at Castle Hill
• 1671 - Welsh pirate Henry Morgan lands at the gates of Panama City
• 1710 - Tsar Peter the Great sets first Russian state budget
• 1820 - Russian Antarctic expedition discover the continent of Antarctica
• 1825 - Congress approves Indian Territory to force relocation of Indian tribes
• 1880 - Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
• 1888 - National Geographic Society organizes in Washington D.C.


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Auschwitz Liberation Day
• National Chocolate Cake Day
• National Fun at Work Day
• National Big Wig Day
• National Geographic Day
• Punch the Clock Day
• Thomas Crapper Day
• Vietnam Peace Day

Birthdays
• 1556 - Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)
• 1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian musical prodigy and composer
• 1775 - Friedrich von Schelling, German philosopher (Views on Christianity)
• 1805 - Maria Anna of Bavaria, queen consort of Saxony
• 1832 - Lewis Carroll, English author (Alice in Wonderland)
• 1850 - Edward Smith, English naval captain of the RMS Titanic
• 1850 - Samuel Gompers, American labor union leader (AFL)
• 1859 - Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia (1888-1918)