"Today in history: On Jan. 27, 1984, singer Michael Jackson suffered serious burns to his scalp when pyrotechnics set his hair on fire during the filming of a Pepsi-Cola TV commercial at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Also on this date: In 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. In 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his incandescent electric lamp."
"In 1967, 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 Canaveral, Florida. In 1973, the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris, ending direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. In 1945, during World War II, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz and Birkenau Nazi concentration camps in Poland."
"In 2002, a series of explosions rocked an armory in Lagos, Nigeria, starting fires in nearby neighborhoods and killing hundreds of people. Many of those who died were area residents who drowned in a canal in darkness while fleeing the blasts. In 2013, a fire started by pyrotechnics in the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, killed 242 people and injured over 600."
Today is Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2026 with 338 days remaining. Notable events on this date include Michael Jackson suffering serious scalp burns in a 1984 Pepsi commercial accident; the 1756 birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Thomas Edison receiving a patent for the incandescent lamp in 1880; and the 1967 Apollo 1 flash fire that killed astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee. The Vietnam peace accords were signed in 1973. Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz and Birkenau in 1945. Major tragedies include the 2002 Lagos armory explosions and canal drownings and the 2013 Kiss nightclub fire. Other items include a 2017 U.S. refugee ban and a 2023 Jerusalem synagogue shooting. Listed birthdays include James Cromwell, Nick Mason, Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Roberts, Keith Olbermann, and Bridget Fonda.
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