January 27th (2006) was a Friday. It's the 26th day of the year (27th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 27th January, 2006
» Western Union discontinues its Telegraphy called Telegram and Commercial Messaging services.
January 27th Famous Deaths for 2006
» Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (b. 1965)
» Gene McFadden, American singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead) (b. 1948)
» Johannes Rau, German politician, 8th President of Germany (b. 1931)
January 27th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Saint Angela Merici
» Devota (Monaco)
» Saint Sava or Sava (Serbia)
» January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» John Chrysostom
» Auschwitz concentration camp named Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances:
» Holocaust Memorial Day (UK) e.g Holocaust Memorial Day (United Kingdom)
» International Holocaust Remembrance Day (International observances known as International)