On this day in history - Today, January, 27

Today in History

• 1944 Soviet forces liberate Leningrad

  Die Siege of Leningrad had lasted 872 days and left over 1 million people dead.

• 1945 Soviet forces liberate Auschwitz

  The German Nazi regime murdered over 1.1 million people in the extermination camps near Oświęcim, Po

• 1967 3 astronauts die in a cabin fire while preparing for the Apollo 1 mission

  The accident was a blow to NASA's Apollo manned lunar landing program.

• 1967 U.S., U.K. and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty

  The treaty bans the deployment of nuclear weapons in outer space and limits the use of the Moon to p

• 1983 The first shaft of the world's longest tunnel is completed

  The Seikan Tunnel, 53.85 km (33.46 mi) in length, connects the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkai