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What Happened On September 27

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1942: World War II: Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces. 1825: Locomotion No. 1 hauled the train on the opening day of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public railway in the world to use steam locomotives. 1825: The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened with the engine Locomotion pulling wagons with coal and passengers from Shildon to Darlington to Stockton. 1810: The French army under André Masséna fails to break British forces under the Arthur Wellesley in the battle of Bussaco. 1540: The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III. 1331: The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order. The Poles are defeated but their leaders escape capture. 1983: American software developer Richard Stallman announced plans for the Unix-like operating system GNU, the first free software developed by the GNU Project. 1975: Two members of ETA political-military and three members of the Revolutionary Antifascist Patriotic Front, sentenced to death for murder, became the last people to be executed in Spain. 1941: SS Patrick Henry, the first of 2,710 Liberty ships built during World War II by the United States, was launched. 1908: The first production Ford Model T, the car credited with initiating the mass use of automobiles in the United States, was completed at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan.

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1942 Oddly true
World War II: Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
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1825 First ever
Locomotion No. 1 hauled the train on the opening day of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public railway in the world to use steam locomotives.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1825 First ever
The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened with the engine Locomotion pulling wagons with coal and passengers from Shildon to Darlington to Stockton.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1810 Weird
The French army under André Masséna fails to break British forces under the Arthur Wellesley in the battle of Bussaco.
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1540 Oddly true
The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1331 Oddly true
The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order. The Poles are defeated but their leaders escape capture.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1983 First ever
American software developer Richard Stallman announced plans for the Unix-like operating system GNU, the first free software developed by the GNU Project.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1975 Oddly true
Two members of ETA political-military and three members of the Revolutionary Antifascist Patriotic Front, sentenced to death for murder, became the last people to be executed in Spain.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1941 First ever
SS Patrick Henry, the first of 2,710 Liberty ships built during World War II by the United States, was launched.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1908 First ever
The first production Ford Model T, the car credited with initiating the mass use of automobiles in the United States, was completed at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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2020Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan launches an offensive against the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, inhabited predominantly by ethnic Armenians. Wikipedia →
2019Over two million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide. Wikipedia →
201463 people are killed in an eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan. Wikipedia →
2012In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots eight people, killing six and injuring 2 and then kills himself. Wikipedia →
2008CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk. Wikipedia →
2007NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt. Wikipedia →
2003The SMART-1 satellite is launched. Wikipedia →
2001In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself. Wikipedia →
1998The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday. Wikipedia →
1996The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory; an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is established. Wikipedia →
1996Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N oil spill in Portland, Maine. Wikipedia →
1993The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia. Wikipedia →
1992Palestinian prisoners went on a 15-day hunger strike. Wikipedia →
1988The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar. Wikipedia →
1977Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board. Wikipedia →
1975The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests. Wikipedia →
1973Texas International Airlines Flight 655 crashes into the Black Fork Mountain Wilderness near Mena, Arkansas, killing all 11 people on board. Wikipedia →
1964The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight. Wikipedia →
1962The Yemen Arab Republic is established. Wikipedia →
1962Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Wikipedia →
1959Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan. Wikipedia →
1956USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed. Wikipedia →
1949Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China. Wikipedia →
1944World War II: The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission during the war. Wikipedia →
1942World War II: Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces. Wikipedia →
1941World War II: The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader. Wikipedia →
1941The SS Patrick Henry is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships. Wikipedia →
1940World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy. Wikipedia →
1938The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow. Wikipedia →
1930Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf. Wikipedia →
1928The Republic of China is recognized by the United States. Wikipedia →
1922King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II. Wikipedia →
1916Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu. Wikipedia →
1908Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit. Wikipedia →
1903"Wreck of the Old 97": an American rail disaster, in which 11 people are killed; it later becomes the subject of a popular ballad. Wikipedia →
1875The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool. Wikipedia →
1854The paddle steamer SS Arctic, owned by the Collins Line of New York, sinks off the coast of Newfoundland, following a collision with a smaller vessel, the SS Vesta. Only 88 of over 300 people on board survive. About a dozen of the occupants of the Vesta are killed when their lifeboat is hit by the Arctic. Wikipedia →
1825The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened with the engine Locomotion pulling wagons with coal and passengers from Shildon to Darlington to Stockton. Wikipedia →
1822Jean-François Champollion officially informs the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres in France that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone. Wikipedia →
1821The Army of the Three Guarantees triumphantly enters Mexico City, led by Agustín de Iturbide. The following day Mexico is declared independent. Wikipedia →
1810The French army under André Masséna fails to break British forces under the Arthur Wellesley in the battle of Bussaco. Wikipedia →
1791The National Assembly of France votes to award full citizenship to Jews. Wikipedia →
1777American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia. Wikipedia →
1669The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia. Crete would remain under Ottoman occupation until 1913. Wikipedia →
1605The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm. Wikipedia →
1540The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III. Wikipedia →
1529The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city. Wikipedia →
1422After the brief Gollub War, the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with Poland and Lithuania. Wikipedia →
1331The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order. The Poles are defeated but their leaders escape capture. Wikipedia →
1066William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England. Wikipedia →

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