Today In History – Sept. 27 – 1825 – Stephenson’s Becomes 1st Steam Locomotive To Carry Passengers On Public Rail Line

1066 William the Conqueror’s troops set sail from Normandy for conquest of England

1290 Earthquake in the Gulf of Chihli (Bohai Sea) near China, reportedly kills 100,000 people

1540 Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola confirmed by Pope Paul III in Rome

1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain

1821 Mexican revolutionary forces led by Agustín de Iturbide occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw, bringing an end to the Mexican War of Independence

1822 French scholar Jean-François Champollion announces he has deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics using the Rosetta Stone

1905 The physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”, introducing the equation E=mc².

1908 Henry Ford’s first Ford Model T automobile leaves the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan

Today in Film & TV
1993 British crime series “Cracker” created by Jimmy McGovern starring Robbie Coltrane debuts on ITV in the UK

Today in Music
1912 W. C. Handy publishes “Memphis Blues”, considered the 1st blues song

Today in Sport
1923 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs

Do you know this fact about today? Did You Know?
George Stephenson’s “Locomotion No. 1” becomes the 1st steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England, on this day in 1825

Would you believe this fact about today? Would You Believe?
Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history, on this day in 1590