Designing Brilliance: 27th Of January

27th Of January

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In this post we will be discussing a few events make January the 27th special.

Nigeria 2002 - Nigeria Stampede 1,000 die 27th January, 2002 : Explosions at a munitions store cause a huge explosion. in Lagos, Nigeria, which starts a stampede of fleeing people, during which more than 1,000 people are killed.

U.S. 1993 - Andre the giant (wrestler) died of a heart attack after attending his fathers funeral in France.

Russia 1985 - Coca cola began distribution of their product 12 years after pepsi started distributing in the soviet union.

Poland 1945 - The Red Army liberates the Nazi's largest concentration camp at Auschwitz in Southern Poland . It is said that up to 1 million Jews were murdered, 75,000 Poles, 21,000 Gypsies and 15,000 soviet POWs.

Canada 1938 - The honeymoon bridge which goes across Niagara Falls in Ontario collapsed after severe ice storms .

UK 1926 - The birth of television by John Logie Baird who gave a first public demonstration of a television system in London.

U.S. 1888 - The national geographic society was founded in Washington D.C. The national geographic society has become to being known as the largest scientific and geographical distribution organisation.