September 27 - This Day in History

September 27: General Interest
1779: John Adams appointed to negotiate peace terms with British

On this day in 1779, the Continental Congress appoints John Adams to travel to France as minister plenipotentiary in charge of negotiating treaties of peace and commerce with Great Britain during the Revolutionary War... read more


American Revolution
1779 : John Jay is appointed minister to Spain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-jay-is-appointed-minister-to-spain


Automotive
1967 : "My Mother, The Car" exported to France
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/my-mother-the-car-exported-to-france


Civil War
1864 : Confederate guerillas sack Centralia, Missouri
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/unarmed-yankees-are-massacred-in-centralia


Cold War
1959 : Khrushchev ends trip to the United States
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khrushchev-ends-trip-to-the-united-states


Crime
1989 : Zsa Zsa Gabor storms out of the courtroom
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/zsa-zsa-gabor-storms-out-of-the-courtroom


Disaster
1854 : Ships collide off Newfoundland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ships-collide-off-newfoundland


General Interest
1540 : Jesuit order established
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jesuit-order-established

1960 : Sylvia Pankhurst dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sylvia-pankhurst-dies


Hollywood
1991 : Reeves and Phoenix star in My Own Private Idaho
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reeves-and-phoenix-star-in-my-own-private-idaho


Literary
1996 : F. Scott Fitzgerald stamp is issued
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/f-scott-fitzgerald-stamp-is-issued


Music
1999 : Placido Domingo breaks Caruso's opening-night record at the Metropolitan Opera
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/placido-domingo-breaks-carusos-opening-night-record-at-the-metropolitan-opera


Old West
1869 : Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok proves too wild for Kansas
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sheriff-wild-bill-hickok-proves-too-wild-for-kansas


Presidential
1938 : Franklin Roosevelt appeals to Hitler for peace
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/franklin-roosevelt-appeals-to-hitler-for-peace


Sports
1930 : Bobby Jones wins U.S. Amateur title
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bobby-jones-wins-us-amateur-title


Vietnam War
1967 : Antiwar sentiment increases
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/antiwar-sentiment-increases

1969 : Thieu comments on Nixon's Vietnamization policy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thieu-comments-on-nixons-vietnamization-policy


World War I
1915 : John Kipling killed at the Battle of Loos
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-kipling-killed-at-the-battle-of-loos


World War II
1939 : Poland surrenders
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/poland-surrenders

1940 : The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tripartite-pact-is-signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan