What happend on 27th January

26.01
28.01
2002

Several explosions at a military dump in Lagos, Nigeria kill more than 1,000.

1998

American First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton appears on the Today Show calling the attacks against her husband part of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."

1997

It is revealed that French museums have nearly 2,000 pieces of art that were stolen by Nazis.

1996

Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup.

1992

Mike Tyson goes on trial charged with raping a 1991 Miss Black America contestant.

1991

Super Bowl XXV: The New York Giants defeat the Buffalo Bills, 20-19.

1991

Muhammad Siyad Barre flees his compound in Mogadishu.

1984

Carl Lewis beats his own indoor world jumping record by 9-1/4 inches with a 28 feet, 10-1/4 inches jump.

1978

Lt Marilyn R. Koon, 161st Aerial Refueling Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard, becomes first female Air National Guard Pilot.

1973

Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War.