JANUARY 27

1872 - Gov.-Gen. Rafael de Izquierdo bestows praise to the Catholic religious orders after the Spanish colonial forces quelled the Cavite mutiny staged by Filipino rebels in the province.

1944 - Leningrad is recaptured by the Soviet forces from the Germans soldiers who blocked the land link to the city some 2 1/2 years earlier; it is thought that hundreds of thousands of Soviets died from starvation, disease, exposure, or military action during the blockade.
 
1967 - Three American astronauts die when the Apollo 1 spacecraft caught fire; it is believed fire began from an electrical spark that  rapidly spread in the oxygen-filled capsule's atmosphere.

1973 - the Agreement on Ending the War and  Restoring Peace in Vietnam is signed by North Vietnam, South Vietnam and the United States, ending direct American involvement in the Vietnam Conflict; four years later on the same day in 1977, US  President Jimmy Carter will pardon Vietnam War draft dodgers in fulfillment of his campaign promise.