This Day In History: 01/27/1888 - National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society was founded, the Soviet army freed the prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp, and Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee died in the Apollo 1 fire in This Day in History video. The date is January 27th.The National Geographic Society's goal was to distribute geographic knowledge. It was started by thirty-three world travelers.

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