27 January
27 January
January 27 1142 – Fabled General Yue Fei is Wrongfully Executed
Long a defender of the Southern Song Dynasty, the loyal — and frequently successful — General Yue Fei met an untimely end at the age of 39 when his government…
January 27 2006 – Western Union discontinues its 155-year-old telegraph service
On January 27, 2006, Western Union discontinued its 155 year-old telegraph service. Telegrams became a very important mode of communication through the 20th century and became the standard conveyor of…
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