UN
Day
International
Day of Commemoration in Memory of the
Victims of the Holocaust
Events
of the day
International
Holocause Remembrance Day
International
Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27,
is the first universal memorial day for
the victims of the Holocaust.
447
– The Walls of Constantinople are severely
damaged by an earthquake, destroying large
parts of the wall, including 57 towers.
1785 – The University of Georgia is founded,
the first public university in the United
States.
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.
1967 – The United States, United Kingdom,
and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space
Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment
of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting
use of the Moon and other celestial bodies
to peaceful purposes.
1996 – Germany first observes International
Holocaust Remembrance Day.
2002 – An explosion at a military storage
facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least
1,100 people and displaces over 20,000
others.
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