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January 27th - Moment in World History

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Holocaust Memorial Day - 27th JanuaryHolocaust Memorial Day - and the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

Significant events

1595 - Sir Francis Drake, English explorer, died (b. c.1540)

1888 - The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.

1945 - World War II: The Red Army liberates the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland

Births

1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791)

1832 - Lewis Carroll, English author (d. 1898)

1933 - Mohammed Al Fayed, Egyptian businessman

1972 - Mark Owen, UK singer ( Take That)

 

 

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