Today in History
27 September
258 births · 102 deaths · 49 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1932
Oliver E. Williamson
American economist (1932–2020)
Notable Births
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Jenna Ortega
b. 2002
American actress (born 2002)
Caleb Love
b. 2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
David Malukas
b. 2001
American racing driver (born 2001)
Jaiden Animations
b. 1997
American YouTuber and animator (born 1997)
Mike Schmidt
b. 1949
American baseball player (born 1949)
Oliver E. Williamson
b. 1932
American economist (1932–2020)
Thomas Nast
b. 1840
American cartoonist (1840–1902)
Martha Jefferson Randolph
b. 1772
First Lady of the United States from 1801 to 1809
Notable Deaths
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Russell M. Nelson
d. 2025
LDS Church president (1924–2025)
Hassan Nasrallah
d. 2024
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
Maggie Smith
d. 2024
British actress (1934–2024)
Michael Gambon
d. 2023
Irish-English actor (1940–2023)
Marty Balin
d. 2018
American singer, songwriter, and musician (1942–2018)
Mary Lee Settle
d. 2005
American writer (1918–2005)
Jimmy Doolittle
d. 1993
American general and aviator (1896–1993)
William Stanier
d. 1965
English railway engineer (1876–1965)
On This Day in History
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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.
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
2019
Over two million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.
September 2019 climate strikes
2014
63 people are killed in an eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan.
2014 Mount Ontake eruption
2012
In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots eight people, killing six and injuring 2 and then kills himself.
Minneapolis firm shooting
2008
CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
Zhai Zhigang
2007
NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt.
Dawn (spacecraft)
2003
The SMART-1 satellite is launched.
SMART-1
2001
In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
Zug massacre