On September 27 1779 John Adams was elected to negotiate with the British over the American Revolutionary War peace terms. 1840 Thomas Nast was born. He was a political cartoonist who created the Republican elephant and the Democrat donkey. 1939 After 19 days of resistance, Warsaw, Poland surrendered to the Germans after being invaded by the Nazis and the Soviet Union during World War II. 1979 The Department of Education became the 13th Cabinet in U.S. history after the final approval from Congress. 1983 Larry Bird signed a seven-year contract worth $15 million with the Boston Celtics. The contract made him the highest paid Celtic in history. 1986 The U.S. Senate approved federal tax code changes that were the most sweeping since World War II. 1991 U.S. President Bush eliminated all land-based tactical nuclear arms, and removed all short-range nuclear arms from ships and submarines around the world. Bush then called on the Soviet Union to do the same. 1993 U.S. Senator Kay Baily Hutchinson, Rep.-TX, was indicted on charges that she misused state facilities and employees while she was the Texas state treasurer. 1994 More than 350 Republican congressional candidates signed the Contract with America. It was a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the House. 1995 The U.S. government unveiled the redesigned $100 bill. The bill featured a larger, off-center portrait of Benjamin Franklin. 1996 The Taliban seized control of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and hanged the former president Najibullah. 1998 In Germany, Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder was elected chancellor. The election ended 16 years of conservative rule. 1998 Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals) set a major league baseball record when he hit his 70th home run of the season. 2001 In Zug, Switzerland, an armed man killed 14 people and himself after entering the local parliament. 2002 In Senegal, over 1,000 people were killed when the ocean ferry MS Joola capsized.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:06:49 +0000
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