Important Events on January the 27th

1736 - Abdication of Stanislas King of Poland
1880 - Thomas Edison granted patent for an electric incandescent lamp
1888 - National Geographic Society founded in Washington DC
1894 - Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park

1915 - US Marines occupy Haiti
1926 - 1st public TV demonstration
1948 - 1st locomotive to carry 1 000 000 pounds operated
1948 - 1st Tape Recorder is sold
1964 - Introducing the Beatles" album released in US
1964 - Sen Margaret Chase Smith of Maine tried for Republican Pres bid
1965 - Groundbreaking for 'Dragon Gateway' at Grant Avenue
1967 - Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom White & Chaffee
1967 - Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space is signed
1971 - Montgomery St Station last link in BART 'holed thru'
1973 - US & Vietnam sign cease-fire ending longest US war & milt draft
1977 - Pres Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10 000)
1979 - Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8)
1985 - Fifteenth Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 3 returns to Earth