12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for September 27, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1777 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania, serves as the U.S. capital for one day after Congress flees Philadelphia.
- 1822 – Jean-François Champollion announces he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
- 1825 – The Stockton & Darlington Railway, the world’s first public steam railway, officially opens.
- 1905 – Einstein’s paper introducing E=mc2E=mc^2E=mc2 (“Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy-Content?”) is published.
- 1939 – Warsaw surrenders to German forces during WWII.
- 1940 – Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact in Berlin.
- 1954 – NBC’s Tonight! (The Tonight Show) premieres with Steve Allen.
- 1962 – Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is published, galvanizing the environmental movement.
- 1991 – President George H.W. Bush announces unilateral U.S. nuclear arms cuts.
- 1996 – Taliban forces seize Kabul, executing former President Najibullah.
- 2018 – Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
- 2023 – NASA astronaut Frank Rubio sets a U.S. record with 371 days in space.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow, actor & entrepreneur (53).
- 1982 – Lil Wayne, rapper (43).
- 1984 – Avril Lavigne, singer-songwriter (41).
- 2002 – Jenna Ortega, actress (23).
- 1949 – Mike Schmidt, Hall of Fame baseball third baseman (76).
- 1961 – Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor-singer (64).
- 1976 – Francesco Totti, Italian football legend (49).
Today’s Deaths:
- 1590 – Pope Urban VII, head of the Catholic Church (shortest papacy), malaria (69).
- 1917 – Edgar Degas, French Impressionist painter (83).
- 1956 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Olympian & golf champion (45).
- 1965 – Clara Bow, “It Girl” of silent-era Hollywood (60).
- 1986 – Cliff Burton, Metallica bassist (24).
- 1993 – Jimmy Doolittle, U.S. general & Medal of Honor recipient (96).
- 2017 – Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy (91).
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