Today is Wednesday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2010. There are 338 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
On Jan. 27, 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
ON THIS DATE
In 1943, about 50 bombers struck Wilhelmshaven in the first all-American air raid against Germany during World War II.
In 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
In 1951, an era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flat.
In 1967, astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo spacecraft. More than 60 nations signed a treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons.
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan greeted the 52 former American hostages released by Iran at the White House.
In 2000, President Bill Clinton proposed a $350 billion tax cut, big spending increases for schools and health care and photo ID licenses for handgun purchases in his final State of the Union address.
In 2005, Condoleezza Rice, in her first day on the job as secretary of state, reached out to European allies and partners in the war on terrorism and echoed President George W. Bush’s inaugural charge to promote liberty across the globe.
Associated Press
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