^B{^#!16!27 January^N! Feast day of St Julian of Le Mans, St Marius or May, St Angela Merici, and St Vitalian, pope.
^B{1879^B} Thomas Edison patented the electric lamp. ^B{1926^B} The first public demonstration of television was given by John Logie Baird, at his workshop in London, UK. ^B{1943^B} The US Air Force carried out its first bombing raid on Germany. ^B{1967^B} Three US astronauts died in a fire which broke out aboard the spacecraft ^I{Apollo^I} during tests at Cape Kennedy. ^B{1973^B} The Vietnam cease-fire agreement was signed by North Vietnam and the US. ^B{1992^B} Former world boxing champion Mike Tyson went on trial for allegedly raping an 18-year-old contestant in the 1991 Miss Black America Contest.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer, ^B{1756^B}; Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, ^B{1859^B}; Jerome Kern, US composer, ^B{1891^B}; John Eccles, Australian physiologist, ^B{1903^B}; Mordecai Richler, Canadian novelist and dramatist, ^B{1931^B}; John Ogden, English pianist, ^B{1937^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}John Audubon, US artist and naturalist, ^B{1851^B}; Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer, ^B{1901^B}; Giovanni Verga, Italian novelist and dramatist, ^B{1922^B}; Carl Mannerheim, Finnish soldier and statesman, ^B{1951^B}; Mahalia Jackson, US gospel singer, ^B{1972^B}; Thomas Sopwith, British aircraft designer, ^B{1989^B}.
