Today in History - History - January 27th

98Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.

197936th Golden Globes: Midnight Express, Jon Voight & Jane Fonda

1926Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his theory of wave mechanics and presents what becomes known as the Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics

199724th American Music Award: Toni Braxton & Alanis Morissette win

199064th Australian Womens Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats MJ Fernandez (6-3, 6-4)

1924Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow

1969Chuck Noll is named head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers (the youngest coach in NFL history at the time)

1880Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp

1992Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee

198613th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis & C Gayle

1936Samuel Ting, Ann Arbor, Michigan, American physicist, Nobel Laureate

1850Samuel Gompers, London England, American labor union leader (American Federation of Labor)

1832Lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], Halton, Cheshire, author (Alice in Wonderland), (d. 1898)

1775Friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity)

1972Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60

2010J. D. Salinger, American novelist (b. 1919)

1816Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies at 92

1901Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer, dies at 77

1993André the Giant, WWF wrestler, dies of congestive heart failure at 49

98Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies of a stroke at about 67