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Movie events on the 27th January
Amid celebration of the Chinese New Year, the body of a young American is found face down in the muddy banks of the Saigon River along with that of his dog. His murderers are unknown. (Saigon, Vietnam) (The Quiet American (1958))
US astronauts Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffe, and Ed White are killed in a fire aboard the Apollo capsule during a ground test. (Apollo 1 capsule, Cape Canaveral) (Apollo 13)
Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed when a flash fire breaks out in their Apollo 1 spacecraft. (Cape Kennedy, Florida) (Apollo 13)
Muhammad Siyad Barre, the dictator of the Somali Democratic Republic since 1969, flees Mogadishu as rebels overrun his palace and capture the Somali capital. (Black Hawk Down)