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September 27th


- Christian Feast Days:
- End of Independence War (Mexico)
- Feast of Mashíyyat (Will); the first day of the eleventh month of the Bahá'í calendar. (Bahá'í Faith)
- French Community Holiday (French community of Belgium)
- Meskel (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church, following Julian calendar)
- World Tourism Day (International)

September 27th


- 2008 - CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
- 2003 - Smart 1 satellite is launched.
- 2002 - Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.
- 1997 - Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
- 1996 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
- 1996 - The Julie N. tanker ship crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
- 1995 - The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
- 1993 - The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
- 1983 - Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
- 1979 - The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
- 1977 - The 300 metre tall CKVR-TV transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
- 1968 - The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July .
- 1964 - The Warren Commission releases its report, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
- 1964 - The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
- 1961 - Sierra Leone joins the United Nations.
- 1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honsh? as the result of a typhoon.
- 1956 - USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
- 1954 - The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
- 1949 - The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
- 1944 - The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
- 1942 - Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
- 1941 - The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
- 1940 - World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
- 1938 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
- 1937 - Balinese Tiger declared extinct.
- 1930 - Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur.
- 1928 - The Republic of China is recognised by the United States.
- 1922 - King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II.
- 1916 - Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
- 1908 - The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1905 - The physics journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
- 1903 - Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.
- 1854 - The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1825 - The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
- 1822 - Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
- 1821 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
- 1777 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
- 1669 - The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year long Siege of Candia.
- 1605 - The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
- 1590 - Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
- 1540 - The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
- 1529 - The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
- 1422 - after the brief Gollub War the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- 1331 - The Battle of P?owce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought.
- 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.

September 27th


- 1995 - Lina Leandersson, Swedish actress
- 1992 - Jake Burbage, American actor
- 1989 - Park Tae-Hwan, South Korean swimmer
- 1987 - Francesco Indirli, Italian footballer
- 1986 - Vin Mazzaro, American baseball player
- 1986 - Ricardo Risatti, Argentine racing driver
- 1985 - Massimo Bertocchi, Canadian decathlete
- 1984 - Paul Bevan, Australian rules footballer
- 1984 - Davide Capello, Italian footballer
- 1984 - John Lannan, American baseball player
- 1984 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1983 - Travis MacRae, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1983 - Shermon Tang, Hong Kong actress
- 1983 - Jeon Hye Bin, Korean actress
- 1982 - Anna Camp, American actress
- 1982 - Zero Kazama, Japanese-American game show host
- 1982 - Lil Wayne, American rapper
- 1982 - Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
- 1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
- 1981 - Sophie Crumb, American comics artist
- 1981 - Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
- 1981 - Cytherea, American adult actress
- 1980 - Asash?ry? Akinori, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 68th Yokozuna
- 1980 - Ehron VonAllen, American singer
- 1979 - Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model
- 1979 - Christian Jones, Australian racing driver
- 1979 - Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1979 - Jon Garland, American baseball player
- 1979 - La'Myia Good, American singer and actress
- 1978 - Jon Rauch, American baseball player
- 1978 - Ani Lorak, Ukrainian singer and actress
- 1977 - Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
- 1976 - Dean Butterworth, English musician
- 1976 - Matt Harding, American video game developer
- 1976 - Jason Phillips, American baseball player
- 1976 - Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
- 1975 - Thanos Petrelis, Greek singer
- 1972 - Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player
- 1972 - Lhasa de Sela, American singer and songwriter (d. 2010)
- 1972 - Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
- 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
- 1972 - Craig L. Rice, American politician
- 1971 - Li Yapeng, Chinese actor
- 1971 - Amanda Detmer, American actress
- 1970 - Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese professional shogi player
- 1970 - Tamara Taylor, American actress
- 1969 - Sofia Milos, American actress
- 1968 - Mari Kiviniemi, Finnish politician
- 1968 - Patrick Muldoon, American actor
- 1966 - Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer
- 1966 - Stephanie Wilson, American engineer and astronaut
- 1965 - Ricky Fuji, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1965 - Steve Kerr, American basketball player
- 1965 - Peter MacKay, Canadian politician
- 1965 - Alexis Stewart, American radio personality
- 1965 - Bernard Lord, Canadian politician
- 1964 - Stephan Jenkins, American singer (Third Eye Blind)
- 1961 - Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer
- 1961 - Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1960 - Barron Lerner, American physician and historian
- 1960 - Jean-Marc Barr, French-American actor and director
- 1959 - Beth Heiden, American speed skater
- 1958 - Shaun Cassidy, American singer
- 1954 - Ray Hadley, Australian radio broadcaster
- 1953 - Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
- 1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader
- 1953 - Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer
- 1953 - Greg Ham, Australian musician and songwriter (Men at Work)
- 1952 - Didier Dubois, French mathematician
- 1952 - Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut
- 1952 - André Viger, French Canadian marathoner
- 1951 - Jim Shooter, American comic book writer
- 1951 - Paul Craig, British law professor
- 1951 - Michel Rivard, Québécois singer and composer (Beau Dommage)
- 1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese actor
- 1949 - Graham Richardson, Australian politician
- 1949 - Mike Schmidt, American baseball player
- 1949 - Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer
- 1948 - Michele Dotrice, English actress
- 1948 - Duncan Fletcher, Rhodesian-born Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
- 1948 - A Martinez, American actor
- 1948 - Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor
- 1948 - Les Chapman, English footballer and football manager
- 1947 - Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer
- 1947 - Denis Lawson, Scottish actor
- 1947 - Meat Loaf, American singer
- 1947 - Liz Torres, American actress and singer
- 1946 - Robin Nedwell, English comedy actor (d. 1999)
- 1946 - T.C. Cannon, American artist (d. 1978)
- 1945 - Kay Ryan, American poet
- 1945 - Bob Spiers, British television director (d. 2008)
- 1945 - Max Boyce, Welsh comedian
- 1945 - Jack Goldstein, Canadian artist (d. 2003)
- 1944 - Gary Sutherland, American baseball player
- 1943 - Randy Bachman, Canadian musician
- 1943 - Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat
- 1942 - Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist (d. 2008)
- 1942 - Alvin Stardust, English singer
- 1941 - Serge Ménard, Québécois politician
- 1941 - Peter Bonetti, English footballer
- 1941 - Gay Kayler, Australian country music singer
- 1940 - Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
- 1939 - Ioannis Banias, Greek politician
- 1939 - Carol Lynn Pearson, American poet and writer
- 1939 - Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
- 1938 - Jean-Loup Dabadie, French lyricist and screenwriter
- 1936 - Don Cornelius, American television host
- 1936 - Gordon Honeycombe, British playwright
- 1935 - Al MacNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1934 - Wilford Brimley, American actor
- 1934 - Claude Jarman Jr., American actor
- 1934 - Dick Schaap, American sports reporter (d. 2001)
- 1933 - Will Sampson, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1933 - Greg Morris, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1933 - Rodney Cotterill, Danish-born English physicist (d. 2007)
- 1932 - Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1932 - Roger C. Carmel, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1932 - Yash Chopra, Indian director
- 1932 - Michael Colvin, British politician
- 1932 - Gabriel Loubier, Canadian politician
- 1932 - Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
- 1931 - Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer
- 1929 - Barbara Murray, English actress
- 1927 - Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist (d. 2005)
- 1927 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Bernard Waber, American author
- 1924 - Fred Singer, American scientist
- 1924 - Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (d. 1966)
- 1924 - Josef Škvorecký, Czech writer and publisher
- 1922 - Carl Ballantine, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1922 - Arthur Penn, American director (d. 2010)
- 1921 - Milton Subotsky, American TV and film producer (d. 1991)
- 1920 - William Conrad, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1920 - Jayne Meadows, American actress
- 1919 - James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician (d. 1986)
- 1919 - Johnny Pesky, American baseball player
- 1919 - Charles H. Percy, American politician
- 1918 - Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, Nobel laureate (d. 1984)
- 1917 - Louis Auchincloss, American novelist (d. 2010)
- 1917 - William T. Orr, American television producer (d. 2002)
- 1917 - Carl Ballantine, American magician and entertainer (d. 2009)
- 1916 - Frank Handlen, American artist
- 1916 - S. Yizhar, Israeli author (d. 2006)
- 1913 - Albert Ellis, American psychologist (d. 2007)
- 1911 - John Harvey, actor (d. 1982)
- 1911 - Marcey Jacobson, American photographer (d. 2009)
- 1907 - Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher (d. 2003)
- 1907 - Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
- 1906 - William Empson, British poet (d. 1984)
- 1906 - Jim Thompson, American author (d. 1977)
- 1904 - Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981)
- 1898 - Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946)
- 1896 - Sam Ervin, American politician (d. 1985)
- 1895 - Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (d. 1948)
- 1894 - Lothar von Richthofen German pilot (d. 1922)
- 1894 - Olive Tell, American actress (d. 1951)
- 1885 - Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)
- 1885 - Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian industrialist and politician (d. 1964)
- 1879 - Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician (d. 1934)
- 1879 - Cyril Scott, English composer (d. 1970)
- 1871 - Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
- 1866 - Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic Blessed (d. 1932)
- 1864 - Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and Catholic Priest (d. 1938)
- 1861 - Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, sister of Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1933)
- 1843 - Gaston Tarry, French mathematician (d. 1913)
- 1842 - Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist (d. 1903)
- 1840 - Thomas Nast, German-born American political cartoonist (d. 1902)
- 1830 - William Babcock Hazen, American Civil War general (d. 1887)
- 1824 - William "Bull" Nelson, American Civil War general (d. 1862)
- 1821 - Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss writer (d. 1881)
- 1818 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. 1884)
- 1805 - George Müller, Prussian orphanage builder (d. 1898)
- 1803 - Samuel Francis du Pont, American admiral (d. 1865)
- 1772 - Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1836)
- 1765 - Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French counterrevolutionary (d. 1794)
- 1729 - Michael Denis, Austrian poet (d. 1800)
- 1722 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d. 1803)
- 1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (d. 1800)
- 1696 - Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Italian Catholic bishop (d. 1787)
- 1643 - Solomon Stoddard, American Puritan clergyman
- 1627 - Jacques Benigne Bossuet, French bishop (d. 1704)
- 1601 - King Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
- 1544 - Takenaka Shigeharu, Japanese samurai (d. 1579)
- 1389 - Cosimo de Medici, Italian art patron (d. 1464)
- 1275 - John II of Brabant (d. 1312)
- 823 - Ermentrude of Orléans, consort of Charles the Bald (d. 869)