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History, January 26 …
1302, Dante becomes a Florentine political exile
1556, born Abbas I "the Great", shah of Persia
1593, Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno
1756, born in Salzburg, Austria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer
1895, born Joseph Rosenstock Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra
1823 President Monroe appoints 1st US ambassadors to South America
1864 Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford VA
1864 Battle of Fair Gardens, Tennessee
1880, The electric light bulb is patented by Thomas Edison.
1888, The National Geographic Society is established for the purpose of increasing and diffusing geographical knowledge.
1914, born Anna Larina revolutionary
1940, born Brian T O'Leary Boston MA, astronaut
1973 the United States, South Vietnam, the Provisional Revolutionary Government, and North Vietnam signed the Treaty of Paris, signaling an end to the Vietnam War.
http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/
1945, born Mairead Corrigan-Maguire North Irish peace activist (Nobel 1976)
1945, The Soviet army marches into the Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz, liberating about 7600 prisoners abandoned there and Birkenau in Poland.
1948, born Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov, Soviet-born dancer, noted for his technical prowess and engaging stage personality.
1951, US begins 126 nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site; starting an era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a 1-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flats.
1957, born Karen Kondazian Boston MA, actress (Irene-Shannon, Mortal Sins)
1967, Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo 1 spacecraft at Cape Kennedy, Fla.
1967, more than 60 nations signed a treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons.
1969, 9 Jews publicly executed in Damascus Syria
1973, the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris, creating a US & Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest US war & military draft. Vietnam declared "Peace Day."
1977, President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000)
1977, 1st broadcast of "Roots" mini-series on ABC TV
1985, the secret three-day military- satellite mission of the space shuttle Discovery ended with a landing in Florida.
1994, Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites
2000, President Clinton proposed a $350 billion tax cut in his final State of the Union address.
2004, John Kerry won the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary.
2004, former "Tonight Show" host Jack Paar died at age 85.
The Moscow Times
Putin calls for fight against ethnic intolerance
Interfax. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, 2:55 PM Moscow Time
KRAKOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on world politicians to do whatever is necessary prevent a replay of the Holocaust tragedy and pledged that Russia will fight manifestations of ethnic intolerance.
"The Holocaust is not only a tragedy of the Jewish people, but also a universal tragedy of humankind. The Holocaust showed how easy it is to break the safety catches that defend us from aggression," Putin said in Krakow on Thursday, speaking at an international forum marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by Soviet troops.
Survivors, State Leaders Gather at Auschwitz
By David McHugh
The Associated Press
Herbert Knosowski / AP
Polish soldiers crossing railroad tracks at Auschwitz as they prepare for commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Thursday.
OSWIECIM, Poland -- A spate of vandalism on Jewish graves in western Europe. Far-right legislators walking out of an Auschwitz remembrance in Germany. Comments by France's main rightist leader downplaying the evils of the Nazi occupation.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/01/27/003.html
PACE, Ustinov Face Off on Yukos
By Guy Faulconbridge
Staff Writer
Europe's top human rights watchdog harshly criticized Moscow's handling of the Yukos affair, prompting Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov on Wednesday to issue a sharp rebuttal and suggest that Yukos executives might face new charges.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/01/27/001.html
Russia won't send observers to Iraq
Interfax. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, 1:45 PM Moscow Time
MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Russia is not planning to send observers to monitor the elections to the Iraqi Transitional National Assembly, because elementary security for foreign citizens cannot be guaranteed, the Foreign Ministry's press department told Interfax on Thursday.
"There are no conditions for Russian observers to take part in.
Tskhinvali, Tbilisi should discuss president's offer - Moscow
Interfax. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, 2:35 PM Moscow Time
MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Tbilisi's new initiative on settling the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict, which Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili voiced in Strasbourg on Wednesday, should first be discussed between the parties involved in existing settlement mechanisms, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
"It is obvious that, taking into account the continued tension in South Ossetia, where the situation dramatically worsened last summer following Tbilisi's attempt to solve the problem by force, it would be more efficient and correct to work out such far-reaching proposals together with the parties involved within the framework of the existing settlement mechanisms," it said
The Boston Globe
Two die in Braintree collapse
Crane structure falls on building at shipyard site
By and Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff January 27, 2005
BRAINTREE -- Two workers were killed and at least four others were injured yesterday when a portion of a 180-foot-tall craneway collapsed, sending tons of steel crashing onto an adjacent building that was being cleared of asbestos at the former Fore River Shipyard.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/01/27/two_die_in_braintree_collapse/
Fear clouding election in Sunni areas
By Anne Barnard, Globe Staff January 27, 2005
SAMARRA, Iraq -- Four months ago, insurgents operated with impunity in this ancient city along the Tigris, prompting US troops to storm it last October in a preview of the larger invasion of Fallujah in November.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/01/27/fear_clouding_election_in_sunni_areas/
1-month snowfall a 113-year high
$28m more asked to clear streets
By Glen Johnson and Michael Levenson, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent January 27, 2005
The dazzling oceanside setting that makes Cape Cod a tourist destination contributed yesterday to another furious onslaught of snow that fell from Falmouth to Provincetown, as Massachusetts endured a winter storm that helped set a record for the highest monthly snowfall in 113 years -- and left everyone from public-works crews to shop owners and motorists frazzled and fatigued.
http://www.boston.com/news/weather/articles/2005/01/27/1_month_snowfall_a_113_year_high/
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