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Historical Events on September 27th
- Lead Story
- John Adams appointed to negotiate peace terms with British,1779
- American Revolution
- John Jay is appointed minister to Spain,1779
- Automotive
- "My Mother, The Car" exported to France,1967
- Civil War
- Unarmed Yankees are massacred in Centralia,1864
- Cold War
- Khrushchev ends trip to the United States,1959
- Crime
- Zsa Zsa Gabor storms out of the courtroom,1989
- Disaster
- Ships collide off Newfoundland,1854
- General Interest
- Jesuit order established,1540
- Sylvia Pankhurst dies,1960
- Hollywood
- Reeves and Phoenix star in My Own Private Idaho,1991
- Literary
- F. Scott Fitzgerald stamp is issued,1996
- Music
- Placido Domingo breaks Caruso's opening-night record at the Metropolitan Opera,1999
- Old West
- Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok proves too wild for Kansas,1869
- Presidential
- Franklin Roosevelt appeals to Hitler for peace,1938
- Sports
- Bobby Jones wins U.S. Amateur title,1930
- Vietnam War
- Antiwar sentiment increases,1967
- Thieu comments on Nixon's Vietnamization policy,1969
- World War I
- John Kipling killed at the Battle of Loos ,1915
- World War II
- Poland surrenders,1939
- The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan,1940
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