So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

January 27th


- Christian Feast Day
- Holocaust Remembrance:
Holocaust Memorial Day (United Kingdom
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day (International)
- Memorial Day or Il Giorno della Memoria (Italy)

January 27th


- 2006 - Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services.
- 2003 - The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
- 1996 - In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maďnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
- 1996 - Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- 1984 - Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second and third degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium.
- 1983 - The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honsh? and Hokkaid?, breaks through.
- 1980 - Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian caper.
- 1974 - The Brisbane River breaches its banks causing the largest flood to affect the city of Brisbane in the 20th Century
- 1973 - The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
- 1967 - Apollo program: Apollo 1 – Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center.
- 1967 - More than sixty nations sign the Outer Space Treaty banning nuclear weapons in space.
- 1951 - Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat.
- 1945 - World War II: The Red Army liberates the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland.
- 1944 - World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
- 1943 - World War II: The VIII Bomber Command dispatched ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-Boat construction yards at Wilhemshafen, Germany. The first American bombing attack on Germany.
- 1939 - First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
- 1918 - The first hostilities occur in the Finnish Civil War.
- 1909 - The Young Left is founded in Norway.
- 1888 - The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C..
- 1870 - The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity is founded at DePauw University.
- 1825 - The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".
- 1785 - The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
- 1695 - Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in .
- 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
- 1593 - The Vatican opens seven year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno.
- 1343 - Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus.
- 1186 - Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily.
- 1142 - Execution, believed wrongful, of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei.
- 661 - The Rashidun Caliphate ends with death of Ali.
- 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.

January 27th


- 1988 - Kerlon, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 - Liu Wen, Chinese model
- 1987 - Lily Donaldson, British model
- 1987 - Katy Rose, American pop singer
- 1984 - Davetta Sherwood, American actress
- 1983 - Carlo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 - Paulo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 - Gavin Floyd, American baseball player
- 1983 - Tim Kasten, German rugby player
- 1983 - Mike Zagurski, American baseball player
- 1981 - Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player
- 1981 - Tony Woodcock, New Zealand rugby union player
- 1980 - Chanda Gunn, American ice hockey player
- 1980 - Marat Safin, Russian tennis player
- 1979 - Mario Fatafehi, American football player
- 1979 - Rosamund Pike, British actress
- 1979 - Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgian beach volleyball player
- 1979 - Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer
- 1978 - Pete Laforest, Canadian baseball player
- 1978 - Jake Pavelka, American reality TV star (The Bachelor)
- 1976 - Ahn Jung-Hwan, Korean football player
- 1976 - Clint Ford, American voice actor
- 1976 - Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
- 1976 - Todd MacCulloch, American basketball player
- 1976 - Zoriah Miller, American photojournalist
- 1976 - Fred Taylor, American football player
- 1974 - Ole Einar Bjřrndalen, Nordic biathlete
- 1974 - Andrei Pavel, Romanian tennis player
- 1974 - Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1972 - Wynne Evans, Welsh operatic tenor
- 1972 - Janine Ilitch, Australian netballer
- 1972 - Mark Owen, English pop singer
- 1972 - Josh Randall, American actor
- 1972 - Keith Wood, Irish rugby player
- 1971 - Patrice Brisebois, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1971 - Lil Jon, American rapper and producer
- 1971 - Fann Wong, Singaporean actress
- 1970 - Emmanuel Pahud, Swiss-born flautist
- 1969 - Cornelius, Japanese musician and producer (Flipper's Guitar)
- 1969 - Marc Forster, German-Swiss filmmaker
- 1969 - Michael Kulas, Canadian singer (James)
- 1969 - Patton Oswalt, American actor and writer
- 1968 - Patrick Blondeau, French footballer
- 1968 - Mike Patton, American singer (Faith No More)
- 1968 - Tricky, English rapper
- 1968 - Matt Stover, American football player
- 1967 - Bobby Deol, Indian actor
- 1967 - Byron Mann, Hong Kong actor
- 1967 - Dave Manson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 - Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
- 1965 - Mike Newell, English football manager
- 1964 - Bridget Fonda, American actress
- 1964 - Jack Haley, American basketball player
- 1962 - Roberto Paci Dalň, Italian director and composer
- 1961 - Dina Bonnevie, Filipino actress
- 1961 - Gillian Gilbert, British musician (New Order)
- 1961 - Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer
- 1961 - Margo Timmins, Canadian singer (Cowboy Junkies)
- 1961 - Karen Velez, American model
- 1959 - Keith Olbermann, American news anchor & commentator
- 1959 - Göran Hägglund, Swedish politician
- 1959 - Cris Collinsworth, American football player
- 1958 - James Grippando, American novelist
- 1958 - Kadri Mälk, Estonian artist and jewelry designer
- 1958 - Susanna Thompson, American actress
- 1957 - Janick Gers, British guitarist (Iron Maiden)
- 1957 - Frank Miller, American comic book author and film director
- 1957 - Frank Skinner, English writer and comedian
- 1956 - Mimi Rogers, American actress
- 1955 - Brian Engblom, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1955 - John G. Roberts, 17th Chief Justice of the United States
- 1955 - Alexander Stuart, British author
- 1955 - Koji Ushikubo, Japanese racing driver
- 1954 - Ed Schultz, American radio talk show host
- 1954 - Peter Laird, American comic book artist
- 1954 - J?k? Ninomiya, Japanese martial artist
- 1952 - "White Shoes" Johnson, American football player
- 1951 - Brian Downey, Irish musician (Thin Lizzy)
- 1950 - Derek Acorah, English spirit medium
- 1950 - Amos Grunebaum, Israeli-born physician
- 1949 - Ethan Mordden, American author
- 1948 - Valeri Brainin, Russian/German musicologist, music manager, composer, and poet
- 1948 - Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist
- 1947 - Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer (d. 1999)
- 1947 - Vyron Polydoras, Greek politician
- 1947 - Cal Schenkel, American artist
- 1946 - Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes)
- 1945 - Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader (d. 2005)
- 1944 - Peter Akinola, Nigerian religious leader
- 1944 - Mairéad Corrigan, Irish activist, Nobel laureate
- 1944 - Nick Mason, English drummer (Pink Floyd)
- 1942 - Stewart Raffill, American film director
- 1942 - John Witherspoon, American actor
- 1942 - Kate Wolf, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1941 - Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981)
- 1940 - James Cromwell, American actor
- 1940 - Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1940 - Petru Lucinschi, second President of Moldova
- 1937 - John Ogdon, English pianist (d. 1989)
- 1936 - Troy Donahue, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1936 - Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1934 - George Follmer, American racecar driver
- 1933 - Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian businessman
- 1932 - Boris Shakhlin, Soviet gymnast
- 1931 - Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (d. 2001)
- 1930 - Bobby Blue Bland, American singer
- 1929 - Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist (d. 1984)
- 1928 - Michael Craig, British actor
- 1928 - Hans Modrow, German politician, premier of East Germany
- 1926 - Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (d. 2004)
- 1926 - Fritz Spiegl, Austrian journalist (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Sabu Dastagir, Indian actor (d. 1963)
- 1921 - Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1920 - John Box, British film production designer and art director (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (d. 2002)
- 1919 - Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American musician (d. 1972)
- 1918 - Skitch Henderson, English bandleader (d. 2005)
- 1918 - Elmore James, American blues musician (d. 1963)
- 1918 - William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (d. 2005)
- 1915 - Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-born artist (d. 1985)
- 1912 - Arne Nćss, Norwegian philosopher (d. 2009)
- 1912 - Francis Rogallo, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2009)
- 1910 - Edvard Kardelj, Yugoslav Communist politician (d. 1979)
- 1908 - William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American newspaper magnate (d. 1993)
- 1908 - Oran Page, American musician (d. 1954)
- 1905 - Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969)
- 1904 - James J. Gibson, American ecological psychologist (d. 1973)
- 1903 - John Carew Eccles, Australian neuropsychologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
- 1903 - Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (d. 1979)
- 1901 - Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. 1973)
- 1901 - Art Rooney, Pittsburgh Steelers founder and owner (d. 1988)
- 1900 - Hyman Rickover, American admiral (d. 1986)
- 1895 - Joseph Rosenstock, Polish conductor (d. 1985)
- 1895 - Harry Ruby, American composer (d. 1974)
- 1893 - Soong Ching-ling, Chinese wife of Sun Yat-sen (d. 1981)
- 1891 - Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer (d. 1967)
- 1886 - Radhabinod Pal, Indian jurist (d. 1967)
- 1885 - Jerome Kern, American composer (d. 1945)
- 1885 - Eduard Künneke, German composer (d. 1953)
- 1885 - Maeda Seison, Japanese painter (d. 1977)
- 1875 - Elizabeth Israel, Purported world's oldest person (d. 2003)
- 1859 - Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (d. 1941)
- 1850 - John Collier, British writer and painter (d. 1934)
- 1850 - Samuel Gompers, American labor leader (d. 1924)
- 1850 - Edward J. Smith, English captain of the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)
- 1848 - Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (d. 1934)
- 1841 - Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (d. 1910)
- 1836 - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (d. 1895)
- 1832 - Lewis Carroll, English author (d. 1898)
- 1827 - Nakahama Manjir?, Japanese translator (d. 1898)
- 1826 - Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian writer (d. 1889)
- 1826 - Richard Taylor, American confederate general (d. 1879)
- 1823 - Edouard Lalo, French composer (d. 1892)
- 1821 - John Chivington, American officer (d. 1892)
- 1814 - Eugčne Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (d. 1879)
- 1807 - David Strauss, German theologian and writer (d. 1874)
- 1806 - Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (d. 1826)
- 1805 - Samuel Palmer, English artist (d. 1881)
- 1805 - Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1872)
- 1805 - Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1877)
- 1774 - Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, German philosopher (d. 1854)
- 1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791)
- 1741 - Hester Thrale, Welsh diarist (d. 1821)
- 1720 - Samuel Foote, English dramatist (d. 1777)
- 1708 - Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 1728)
- 1701 - Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian (d. 1790)
- 1687 - Balthasar Neumann, German architect (d. 1753)
- 1662 - Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (d. 1742)
- 1621 - Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)
- 1603 - Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)
- 1585 - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)
- 1546 - Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608)
- 1443 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)