January 27

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Lead Story
National Geographic Society founded, 1888
American Revolution
Georgia incorporates the first state university, 1785
Automotive
Shelby GT 350 debuts, 1965
Civil War
President Lincoln orders armies to advance, 1862
Cold War
U.S. officially ends participation in a Cold War conflict, 1973
Crime
The so-called Dracula killer, 1978
Disaster
Explosions trigger deadly panic in Nigeria, 2002
General Interest
Baird demonstrates TV, 1926
Astronauts die in launch pad fire, 1967
Senate investigation of FBI and CIA activities begins, 1975
Somali dictator flees, 1991
Hollywood
Thirteen-year-old Keisha Castle-Hughes nominated for Best Actress Oscar, 2004
Literary
Dante is exiled from Florence, 1302
"The Catcher in the Rye" author J.D. Salinger dies, 2010
Music
John Lennon writes and records "Instant Karma" in a single day, 1970
Old West
First atomic detonation at the Nevada test site, 1951
Presidential
Reagan serves in film unit, 1943
Sports
Monica Seles wins first Grand Slam title since being attacked, 1996
Vietnam War
Donald Evans earns Medal of Honor, 1967
Paris Peace Accords signed, 1973
World War I
Workers prepare to strike in Germany, 1918
World War II
Americans bomb Germans for first time, 1943
Siege of Leningrad is lifted, 1944

General Interest

Jan 27, 1975:

Senate investigation of FBI and CIA activities begins

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A bipartisan Senate investigation of activities by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is launched by a special congressional committee headed by Senator Frank Church of Idaho. On November 20, the committee released its report, charging both U.S. government agencies with illegal activities. The committee reported that the FBI and the CIA had conducted illegal surveillance of several hundred thousand U.S. citizens. The CIA was also charged with illegally plotting to assassinate foreign leaders, such as Salvador Allende, the democratically elected socialist president of Chile. In 1973, Allende was killed in a coup that the CIA secretly helped organize. The Senate committee also reported that the CIA had maintained a secret stockpile of poisons despite a specific presidential order to destroy the substances.

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This Week in History, Jan 27 - Feb 2

Jan 27, 1926
Baird demonstrates TV
Jan 27, 1967
Astronauts die in launch pad fire
Jan 27, 1975
Senate investigation of FBI and CIA activities begins
Jan 27, 1991
Somali dictator flees
Jan 28, 1917
U.S. ends search for Pancho Villa
Jan 28, 1997
Afrikaner police admit to killing Stephen Biko
Jan 29, 1820
King George III dies
Jan 29, 1861
Divided Kansas enters the Union
Jan 29, 1891
Liliuokalani proclaimed queen of Hawaii
Jan 29, 1979
Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter sign accords
Jan 30, 1649
King Charles I executed for treason
Jan 30, 1835
Shots fired in the House of Representatives
Jan 30, 1945
Burma supply route cleared
Jan 30, 1972
Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland
Jan 31, 1606
The death of Guy Fawkes
Jan 31, 1917
Germany resumes submarine warfare
Jan 31, 1968
Viet Cong attack U.S. Embassy
Jan 31, 1971
Apollo 14 departs for the moon
Feb 01, 1790
First session of the U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 01, 1908
Portuguese king and heir assassinated
Feb 01, 1979
Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran
Feb 02, 1943
Battle of Stalingrad ends
Feb 02, 1971
Idi Amin takes power in Uganda
Feb 02, 1980
ABSCAM operation revealed

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