It happened on a… January 27

2018

Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Caroline Wozniacki beats Simona Halep 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 to win her first Grand Slam title.

Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPad.

Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial.

LA Kings end Wayne Gretzky’s NHL-record 51-game scoring streak.

A fire in the Apollo 1 Command Module kills astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee during a launch rehearsal.

Montreal starts to build subway, at estimated cost of $300 million; Quebec agrees to help with financing.

“Heartbreak Hotel” single released by Elvis Presley, his first million-selling single.

Siege of Leningrad lifted by the Wehrmacht after 880 days and more than 2 million Russians killed.

John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television.

“Tarzan of the Apes”, 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater.

Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp.

First regular mail coach service starts between Quebec and Montreal.