FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

1290-Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000

1540-Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola

1777-Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by the British

1821-Mexican Empire declares its independence

1854-Steamship Arctic sinks with 300 people aboard

1881-Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small “crowd” of 12

1910-First test flight of a twin-engine airplane (France)

1928-The U.S. recognizes Nationalist Chinese government

1939-Warsaw, Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance

1940-Black leaders protest discrimination in U.S. armed forces

1953-Typhoon destroys a third of Nagoya, Japan

1959-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his U.S. visit

1959-Typhoon Vera hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000

1961-Sierre Leone becomes the 100th member of the UN

1973-Soyuz 12 carries two cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days)

1989-Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash