Today's Holidays in January 27

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2013 — Two hundred forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the Brazilian city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. ↗
• 2011 — Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a. ↗
• 2010 — The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras. ↗
• 2003 — The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress. ↗
• 2002 — An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1994 — Jack Stephens, English footballer
• 1993 — Joe Landolina, American engineer and businessman, founded Vetigel
• 1992 — Stefano Pettinari, Italian footballer
• 1991 — Christian Bickel, German footballer
• 1991 — Sebastine Ikahihifo, New Zealand rugby league player