World Tourism Day and Other Important News Events, Significance of This Day
September 27th is the 270th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are days 95 remaining until the end of the year. Several notable events happened on September 27 throughout history, making it an important day in Indian and world history. Check important things that happened all around the world on September 27.
On September 27, World Tourism Day, National Chocolate milk day and Save the Koala day is celebrated annually.
September 27: History of the day
1760: Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
1777: Lancaster became the capital of the United States for one day only.
1821: Mexico gained independence from Spain.
1825: The Stockton via Darlington Railway introduced the world’s first passenger train.
1905: Einstein first proposed the equation E = mc².
1908: Production of the Ford Model T began.
1925: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS founded by Dr. Keshav Hedgewar.
1940: A typhoon on the island of Honshu killed 5,000 people in Germany, Italy, and Japan.
1958: Mihir Sen became the first Asian swimmer to swim across the English Channel.
1990: Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games.
1993: Daily newspaper of Marathi Language “Samna” started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).
1995: Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi.
1996: Taliban conquered Kabul. Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured the capital and former leader Najibullah was hanged in the street.
2000: The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
2003: The SMART-1 satellite is launched.
2008: CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
2012: In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots seven citizens, killing five and then himself.
2014: The eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan occurs.
2019: Over 2 million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.
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