January 27 Birthday
January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, chosen because on this date in 1945, Soviet troops entered Auschwitz and found what the Nazis had tried to destroy. The camp complex had killed over 1.1 million people. The liberation was not a planned rescue — Soviet troops were advancing westward and stumbled into the camp. What they found would become one of the most important pieces of evidence in human history. Also born this day: Mozart, who wrote his first symphony at eight and died at 35, having produced over 600 works. People born on January 27 fall under the zodiac sign of Aquarius. The birthstone is Garnet and the birth flower is Carnation. Historical events on January 27 include 1756: Mozart born in Salzburg, 1945: Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz, 1967: Apollo 1 fire kills three astronauts. Famous people born on January 27 include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756), Lewis Carroll (1832), Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948).