On January 27, 1825 The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".
On January 27, 1785 The University of Georgia was founded, the first public university in the United States.
On January 27, 1945 the Red Army liberates the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp built by the Nazi Germans on the territory of Poland.
On January 27, 1967 - Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
On January 27, 1973 - The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
On January 27, 1984 - Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium.
On January 27, 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.
On January 27, 1921 Donna Reed was born
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January 26, 1978 began the Great Blizzard of 1978, a rare severe blizzard with the lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the US until October 2010, strikes the Ohio - Great Lakes region with heavy snow and winds up to 100 mph (161 km/h).
On January 26, 1863 Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew received permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
On January 26, 1924 Saint Petersburg, Russia, was renamed Leningrad.
On January 26, 1950 the Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
On January 26, 1961 John F. Kennedy appointed Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.
On January 26, 1998 U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
On January 26, 1880 Douglas MacArthur was born.
On January 26, 1925 Paul Newman was born.
On January 26,1955 Eddie Van Halen was born.
On January 26, 1961 Wayne Gretzky was born.
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Maybe this isn't my hat after all
Pat Faith with son Quinn who needs a few years to grow into that cap.
Actor David Hansen takes center stage, in Hercule Poirot fashion, as part of the Great Lakes Theater 2012 touring production of Agatha Christie's first mystery novel "The Mysterious Affair at Styles."
The play, also adapted by Hansen, will visit 21 community venues throughout northeast Ohio as an extraordinary precursor to the theater company's main stage production of Christie's most famous mystery, "The Mousetrap," at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare (March 9-25).
Do not spin your wheels. This will only dig you in deeper.
Turn your wheels from side to side a few times to push snow out of the way.
Use a light touch on the gas, to ease your car out.
Use a shovel to clear snow away from the wheels and the underside of the car.
Pour sand, kitty litter, gravel or salt in the path of the wheels, to help get traction.
Try rocking the vehicle. (Check your owner's manual first — it can damage the transmission on some vehicles.) Shift from forward to reverse, and back again. Each time you're in gear, give a light touch on the gas until the vehicle gets going.
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