TODAY IN HISTORY, SEPTEMBER 27TH

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

A few of the great historical events that happened today in history, September 27th!

1540	Pope Paul III issued a papal bull establishing the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, as a religious order.
1669	The island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea falls to the Ottoman Turks after a 21-year siege.
1791	Jews in France are granted French citizenship.
1825	The first locomotive to haul a passenger train was operated by George Stephenson in England.
1864	Confederate guerrilla Bloody Bill Anderson and his henchmen, including a teenage Jesse James, massacre 20 unarmed Union soldiers at Centralia, Missouri. The event becomes known as the Centralia Massacre.
1869	Wild Bill Hickok, sheriff of Hays City, Kan., shoots down Samuel Strawhim, a drunken teamster causing trouble.
1916	Constance of Greece declares war on Bulgaria.
1918	President Woodrow Wilson opens his fourth Liberty Loan campaign to support men and machines for World War I.
1920	Eight Chicago White Sox players are charged with fixing the 1919 World Series.
1928	The United States recognized the Nationalist Chinese government.
1939	Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.
1942	Australian forces defeat the Japanese on New Guinea in the South Pacific.
1944	Thousands of British troops are killed as German forces rebuff their massive effort to capture the Arnhem Bridge across the Rhine River in Holland.
1950	U.S. Army and Marine troops liberate Seoul, South Korea.
1954	“Tonight!” hosted by Steve Allen, made its debut on NBC-TV.
1956	The U.S. Air Force Bell X-2, the world’s fastest and highest-flying plane, crashes, killing the test pilot.
1964	The Warren Commission, investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, issues its report, stating its conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole gunman.
1979	US Congress approves Department of Education as the 13th agency in the US Cabinet.
1983	Sukhumi massacre: Abkhaz separatist forces and their allies commit widespread atrocities against the civilian population in the USSR state of Georgia.