DAY IN HISTORY

Friday, JANUARY 27, 2023

Today is the 27th day of 2023 and the 38th day of winter.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1924, the body of Vladimir Lenin was placed in a tomb in Moscow’s Red Square.

In 1944, the German siege of Leningrad ended after 872 days.

In 1945, Soviet forces liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.

In 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee died in a cabin fire during a launchpad test of the Apollo 1 command module.

In 1973, the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris by delegations representing the United States, North Vietnam, South Vietnam and the Viet Cong.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), composer; Lewis Carroll (18321898), writer; Donna Reed (1921-1986), actress; Mordecai Richler (1931-2001), author; James Cromwell (1940- ), actor; Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948- ), dancer; John G. Roberts Jr. (1955- ), chief justice of the United States; Cris Collinsworth (1959- ), football player/sportscaster; Keith Olbermann (1959- ), TV personality; Bridget Fonda (1964- ), actress; Alan Cumming (1965- ), actor; Patton Oswalt (1969- ), actor/ comedian.

TODAY’S FACT: The U.S. Supreme Court decided 66 cases during the 2021-2022 term.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1991, the New York Giants won Super Bowl XXV, defeating the Buffalo Bills 20-19 when Bills kicker Scott Norwood’s 47-yard field goal attempt in the final seconds sailed wide right. The loss was the first of four consecutive Super Bowl losses for the Bills.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “If everybody minded their own business, the world would go round a deal faster than it does.” — Lewis Carroll, “Alice in Wonderland”

TODAY’S NUMBER: 103.8 million — estimated population of Vietnam in mid-2022.

TODAY’S MOON: Between new moon (Jan. 21) and first quarter moon (Jan. 28).