TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Tuesday, Sept. 27, the 271st day of 2016. There are 95 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History
On Sept. 27, 1964, the government publicly released the report of the Warren Commission, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
On this date
1540 — Pope Paul III issued a papal bull establishing the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, as a religious order. 1779 — John Adams was named by Congress to negotiate the Revolutionary War’s peace terms with Britain. 1854 — The first great disaster involving an Atlantic Ocean passenger vessel occurred when the steamship SS Arctic sank off Newfoundland; of the more than 400 people on board, only 86 survived. 1928 — The United States said it was recognizing the Nationalist Chinese government. 1939 — Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. 1941 — The United States launched the first 14 rapidly built “Liberty” military cargo vessels. 1991 — President George H.W. Bush announced in a nationally broadcast address that he was eliminating all U.S. battlefield nuclear weapons, and called on the Soviet Union to match the gesture. 2001 — An armed man went on a shooting rampage in the local parliament of Zug, Switzerland, killing 14 people before taking his own life.
One year ago
President Barack Obama committed the U.S. to a new blueprint to eliminate poverty and hunger around the world as he addressed a global summit at the United Nations.
Today’s Birthdays
Actress Kathleen Nolan is 83. Actor Wilford Brimley is 82. Actor Claude Jarman Jr. is 82. Author Barbara Howar is 82. World Golf Hall of Famer Kathy Whitworth is 77. Singer-musician Randy Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is 73. Rock singer Meat Loaf is 69. Actress Liz Torres is 69. Actor A Martinez is 68. Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt is 67. Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is 66. Brenda Johnson of Rome is 60. Singer Shaun Cassidy is 58. Comedian Marc Maron is 53. Rock singer Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind) is 52. Former Democratic National Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is 50. Actor Patrick Muldoon is 48. Singer Mark Calderon is 46. Actress Amanda Detmer is 45. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is 44.