Today is Thursday, September 27, the 271st day of 2012. There are 95 days left in the year.
1290 ― Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000
1540 ― Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola
1905 ― First published blues composition goes on sale, W.C. Handy Memphis Blues
1928 ― U.S. recognizes nationalist Chinese government
1930 ― Bobby Jones completes the Grand Slam of Golf
1937 ― First Santa Claus school opens (Albion, N.Y.)
1959 ― Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000
1964 ― Warren Commission released, finding Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
1988 ― Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth
1989 ― Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4-billion cash