Summary of the Day ✨ 27 September (27/09)
Azerbaijan attacked ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh while millions protested climate change worldwide. Elsewhere, 63 people died in a Japanese volcanic eruption, a gunman killed six in Minneapolis before suicide, and Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
Historical Events 📜
- 2020: Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan launches an offensive against the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, inhabited predominantly by ethnic Armenians.
- 2019: Over two million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.
- 2014: 63 people are killed in an eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan.
- 2012: In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots eight people, killing six and injuring 2 and then kills himself.
- 2008: CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
- 2007: NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt.
- 2003: The SMART-1 satellite is launched.
- 2001: In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
- 1998: The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
- 1996: The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory; an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is established.
- 1996: Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N oil spill in Portland, Maine.
- 1993: The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
- 1992: Palestinian prisoners went on a 15-day hunger strike.
- 1988: The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
- 1977: Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
Famous Births 👶
- 2002: Jenna Ortega, American actress
- 2001: Caleb Love, American basketball player
- 2001: David Malukas, American race car driver
- 1998: Ioana Mincă, Romanian tennis player
- 1997: Jaiden Animations, American YouTuber and animator
- 1995: Kwon Eun-bi, South Korean singer and musical actress
- 1995: Christian Wood, American basketball player
- 1994: Dylan Walker, Australian rugby league player
- 1994: Sayak Chakraborty, Indian television actor
- 1993: Lisandro Magallán, Argentinian footballer
- 1993: Ryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1993: Monica Puig, Puerto Rican-American tennis player
- 1993: Vinnie Sunseri, American football player
- 1992: Lachlan Burr, Australian rugby league player
- 1992: Sam Lerner, American actor
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Russell M. Nelson, 17th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1924)
- 2024: Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah (born 1960)
- 2024: Maggie Smith, English actress (born 1934)
- 2023: Michael Gambon, Irish-English actor (born 1940)
- 2021: Madeleine Tchicaya, Ivorian politician (born 1930)
- 2018: Kavita Mahajan, Indian author and translator (born 1967)
- 2018: Michael Payton, American football quarterback (born 1970)
- 2018: Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji, Indian nobleman and politician (born 1935)
- 2018: Marty Balin, American singer, co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane (born 1942)
- 2017: Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises (born 1926)
- 2015: Syed Ahmed, Indian author and politician, 16th Governor of Manipur (born 1945)
- 2015: Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician (born 1915)
- 2015: Kallen Pokkudan, Indian activist and author (born 1937)
- 2015: Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist (born 1930)
- 2014: Gaby Aghion, French fashion designer, founded Chloé (born 1921)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast days:
Adheritus - Christian feast days:
Bonfilius - Christian feast days:
Caius of Milan - Christian feast days:
Vincent de Paul - Christian feast days:
Cosmas and Damian - Christian feast days:
September 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Consumación de la Independencia (Mexico)
- French Community Holiday (French community of Belgium)
- Independence Day (Turkmenistan), celebrates the independence of Turkmenistan from USSR in 1991.
- Meskel (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church, following Julian calendar, September 28 on leap years)
- National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
- Polish Underground State’s Day (Poland)
- World Tourism Day (International)