Jan 27 2003 Jack Paar, first of the great late night television hosts, dies at age 85 # TV, tonight showJan 27 1973 Vietnam War cease-fire signed in Paris, ending the US military presence in Vietnam Jan 27 1967 Three members of an Apollo crew are killed by fire in their spacecraft during a simulated launch Jan 27 1880 Thomas Edison receives patent number 223,898 for the electric lamp
Birthdays
Jan 27 1964 Bridget Fonda, actress Jan 27 1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer Jan 27 1942 Kate Wolf, American singer Jan 27 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer of 'The Marriage of Figaro', 'Don Giovanni' and 'The Magic Flute', is born in Salzburg , is born