What Happened on Jan 27

R. Venkataraman Dies

Ramaswamy Venkataraman(Tamil: ராமசுவாமி வெங்கட்ராமன்) (December 4, 1910 – January 27, 2009) was an Indian lawyer, freedom-fighter and politician... Read more

Blagojevich Impeachment Trial - Day 2

FBI tapes were played at Blagojevich's trial. No other Illinois governor has been impeached, let alone convicted in a Senate trial. It would... Read more

Milwaukee Bucks defeat Philadelphia 76ers, 91-88

  PLAYER OF THE GAME: Bucks guard Charlie Bell was 8 of 17 from the field, including 2 of 4 from three-point range while scoring 18 points and... Read more

Minnesota Wild defeat Detroit Red Wings, 5-2

Most of the first period Wednesday night was a duel between the Wild's Antti Miettinen and Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk. Miettinen scored. Datsyuk... Read more

North Korea Fires on South Korean Waters

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired artillery Wednesday again toward waters north of the disputed maritime border in the Yellow... Read more

Haiti is Hit by 4.9 Magnitude Earthquake Aftershock 40 Miles West of Port-au-Prince

Haiti has had at least 51 sizable aftershocks. Quakes of magnitude 4.9 and 4.8 followed in quick succession just before noon this past Thursday. ... Read more

A Florida Source Tells People Magazine that Tiger Woods Wife Wants to Save Marriage

"Elin wants a solid family life," a Florida source tells PEOPLE. "She was a child of divorce and felt her dad slighted her. She absolutely does... Read more

Apple Announces iPad

Apple's development of a tablet computer began with the Newton MessagePad 100, which was introduced in 1993. The effort led to the creation of the... Read more

Democrats Vow to Continue with Health Care Overhaul

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she thought Democrats in Congress would still produce healthcare legislation despite recent... Read more

Howard Zinn Dies

Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and whose books, such as... Read more

J. D. Salinger Dies

American novelist JD Salinger, author of classic 20th Century book The Catcher In The Rye, has died aged 91. The reclusive writer died of... Read more

Zelda Rubinstein Dies

On December 29, 2009, it was reported that, after a month-long stay at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, her close companion and her family made the... Read more

President Obama Gives 2010 State of the Union Address

Highlights of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress: ECONOMY/JOBS _Urged the... Read more

Egyptian Nobel Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei returns home to assume opposition leadership role

Egypt's most prominent democracy advocate took up a bullhorn Sunday and called for President Hosni Mubarak to resign, speaking to thousands of... Read more

Kiss Nightclub Fire in Brazil

The Kiss nightclub fire started between 2:00 and 2:30 (BRST) on 27 January 2013 in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, killing at least 242... Read more