WHAT HAPPENED ON 27. SEPTEMBER
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Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur. (27. September 1930)

Balinese Tiger declared extinct. (27. September 1937)

Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow. (27. September 1938)

World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy. (27. September 1940)

The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships. (27. September 1941)

Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River. (27. September 1942)

The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II. (27. September 1944)

The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China. (27. September 1949)

The nationwide debut of Tonight Starring Steve Allen (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC. (27. September 1954)

USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed. (27. September 1956)

Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon. (27. September 1959)

Sierra Leone joins the United Nations. (27. September 1961)

The Yemen Arab Republic is established. (27. September 1962)

The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire. (27. September 1964)

The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973. (27. September 1968)

A United States Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes into a residential neighborhood in Yokohama, Japan, killing two children on the ground and injuring seven other people. (27. September 1977)

The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency. (27. September 1979)

Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system. (27. September 1983)

National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar. (27. September 1988)

The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia. (27. September 1993)