Wednesday January 27, 2010: Zodiac, Events, Birthdays and Holidays

US date format: 1/27/2010, UK date format: 27/1/2010

January 27th, 2010 was the 27th day of the year 2010 in the Gregorian calendar, under the sign of Aquarius. The day of the week was Wednesday.

The number one song in US was TiK ToK by Ke$ha.

Avatar, directed by James Cameron, was one of the most viewed movie released in 2010 while The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande was one of the best selling book.

On TV people were watching Rosario Tijeras. If you liked videogames you were probably playing Dive: The Medes Islands Secret or Pac-Man Championship Edition.

The US president was Barack Obama (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Gordon Brown (Labour), Pope Benedict XVI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened that day: find out below.

You can also have a look at January 27 across the years or at January 2010 calendar.

January 27, 2010 Events

What happened on January 27, 2010?

Historical Events

Porfirio Lobo Sasa, the new President of Honduras, ends the 2009 Honduran Constitution Crisis.
After a gas explosion in Liege (Belgium), a five-storey apartment block collapsed, at least 20 people were injured.
Machu Picchu mudslides:
New Zealanders, Britons and Chinese tourists are among those trapped in the Incan capital Machu Picchu after the mudslides.
Wealthier tourists may pay $500 to escape the destruction that has claimed at least 10 lives.
Haiti earthquake aftermath:
Gordon Brown, the UK Prime Minister, said that Charlie Simpson, seven years old, rode five miles to raise more than PS200,000 for Haiti's earthquake fund in 2010. Sarah Brown, his wife, met him at Downing Street.
After disturbing an intruder at her home in Scotland, Susan Boyle, pop star, is unharmed but shocked after she returned from recording her part in Simon Cowell's charity single to Haiti.
The incumbent President of Sri Lanka Mahindarajapaksa was declared the winner of Sunday’s presidential election. He defeated Sarath Fonseka.
North Korea fires artillery into the sea near the dispute North Limit Line maritime boundary, with South Korea responding.
WMO ratified the highest recorded surface wind gust of 220 kt, which was measured at Barrow Island in Australia in 1996. (Arizona State University) (WMO).
Ireland is hit by two earthquakes over a 24-hour period, described as ampquotunusualampquot by experts.
Two Orders in Council, which frozen assets of suspects in terrorist cases unconvicted, were overturned by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Timothy Geithner is the Secretary of Treasury of the U.S. He appears before a committee of Congress to discuss his 2008 actions as President of Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the rescue of AIG, the troubled insurance company giant.
Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPad at a San Francisco press conference.
Machu Picchu mudslides -: New Zealanders and Britons, Chinese, Chinese, and Irish tourists were among the thousands of people who became trapped in the Incan capital Machu Picchu's mudslides. (The New Zealand Herald), (Sky News), (China Daily)(RTE) Some wealthy tourists pay $500 to escape the destruction that has claimed at least 10 lives.
Susan Boyle, pop star, is "shocked but not hurt" after an intruder broke into her home in Scotland. She was returning from recording her part in Simon Cowell's charity single Haiti.
After three days of discussions about the future, Prime Minister Gordon Brown (and Taoiseach Brian cowen) have left Northern Ireland.
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January 27, 2010 Famous Birthdays

Other January 27th famous birthdays

Mike Patton
Metal Singer.
Rosamund Pike
British actress.
Marat Safin
Russian tennis player and politician.
Bridget Fonda
American actress, member of the famed theatrical Fonda family.

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How old am I?

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January 27, 2010 Famous Deaths

Who died on January 27, 2010?

Zelda Rubinstein
American activist and actress (d. 2010).
J D Salinger
American novelist (Born 1919).
Howard Zinn
American activist and historian (d. 2010).
Joel Atilio Cazal

Other January 27th famous deaths

Mahalia Jackson
New Orleans, Louisiana -- Gospel singer ("Whole World in His Hands").
John Updike
American author, prolific novelist, and perfectionist.
Jean Tardieu
French TV Director for the Study Channel and other Channels.
Lilli Palmer
German actress with many awards and two nominations for the Golden Globes.

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January 27, 2010 Zodiac

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Aquarius

Aquarius personality

Who should a Aquarius marry?

Babies born in January are either Capricorn or Aquarius. People born before January 19th are Capricorn, while people born from January 20th have the sign of Aquarius

Personality of January born

Chinese Zodiac

Sign: Tiger

Element: Metal

Tiger personality

Find out your Moon Sign

Can the numbers in January 27, 2010 reveal something about your future ? Find out

January 27, 2010 Day of the Week and Calendar

What day of the week was January 27, 2010?

The day of the week was Wednesday.

January 27th marks the 26th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2010.

There are 338 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

January 2010 calendar

January	2010
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

January 27, 2010 Holidays and Observances

What is special on January 27, 2010?

Holidays

UN ? International Holocaust Memorial Day
Germany ? Gedenktag fnr die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus (Commemoration Day for the Victims of National Socialism).
Catholicism ? Catholic Schools Week.
Poland ? Dzie? Pami?ci Ofiar Nazizmu (Memorial Day for the Victims of Nazism).
Italy ? Giorno della Memoria (Memorial Day).
Denmark ? Auschwitzdag (Auschwitz Day; commemoration day for the victims of the Holocaust and other genocide).
Serbia ? St. Sava Day.
United Kingdom ? Holocaust Memorial Day.

Observances

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

Music charts

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