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27 January 2021
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
United Nations
International Holocaust Remembrance DaySelected anniversaries
No items available.
Historical events
History
2023 - Protests and public outrage spark across the U.S. after the release of multiple videos by the Memphis Police Department showing officers punching, kicking, and pepper spraying Tyre Nichols as a result of running away from a traffic stop, which resulted him dying in the hospital three days later after the incident.2023 protests following the death of Tyre Nichols
History
2023 - A shooting at a synagogue in Neve Yaakov, East Jerusalem, kills seven people and injures three others.Mass murder of Israelis in East Jerusalem
History
2023 - An attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Pasdaran, Tehran, kills one person and injures three others.2023 shooting in Iran
History
2017 - A naming ceremony for the chemical element tennessine takes place in the United States.Chemical element with atomic number 117 (Ts)
History
2014 - Rojava conflict: The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.Military and political conflict in northern Syria
History
2013 - Two hundred and forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the Brazilian city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul.2013 fire in Santa Maria, Brazil
History
2011 - Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sanaa.2010s protests and revolutions in the Arab world
History
2011 - Within Ursa Minor, H1504+65, a white dwarf with the hottest known surface temperature in the universe at 200,000 K, was documented.Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere
History
2010 - The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.Political crisis in Honduras
Notable births
Born
2003 - Park Seong-hoon, South Korean footballerSouth Korean footballer (born 2003)
Born
1996 - Braeden Lemasters, American actor, musician, and singerAmerican actor and musician (born 1996)
Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
Full Moon
98.9% illuminated
Lunar age: 13.8 days
Sun zodiac
Aquarius
7.77 degrees
Constellation: Capricornus
Moon zodiac
Cancer
21.85 degrees
Constellation: Gemini
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.