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Today in History Highlights From January 27 1976
Key events noted include Edison patenting the electric light in 1880 Mozart born in 1756 the National Geographic Society formed in 1808 Leningrad’s liberation celebrated in 1944 France recognizing Communist China in 1964 Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial recital in 1939 the Grissom White and Chaffee space capsule fire in 1967 Uganda accusing Tanzania 5 years earlier and the U S Senate vote in 1970 to create a watchdog committee on intelligence agencies
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Mozart
Salzburg
Austria
National Geographic Society
Washington
Leningrad
France
China
Marion Anderson
Lincoln Memorial
Constitution Hall
U. S
Virgil Grissom
Edward White
Roger Chaffee
Cape Canaveral
United States
Uganda
Tanzania
Ganda
U. S. Senate
F.B.I., C.sa