27 List

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The 27 List

Births

• January 27, 1791 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer
• July 27, 1957 - Bill Engvall, American comedian
• December 17, 1966 - Bill Goldberg, American football player and professional wrestler
• July 27, 1975 - Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
• September 27, 1984 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter

Events

• September 27, 1777 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
• December 27, 1979 - The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan.
• August 27, 1993 - The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
• September 27, 1998 - Google is launched.

In Music

• The age in years at which many famous rock/blues musicians died, often referred to as the 27 Club.
• The punk rock band Lagwagon has a song entitled Twenty Seven on their album Double Plaidinum
• The punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder released a song entitled 27 on their album Shoot the Moon
• A number which American parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic hides somewhere in many of his songs and videos.
• The number of completed, numbered piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Other Places

• There are a total of 27 books in the New Testament.
• The code for international direct-dial phone calls to South Africa.
• The current number of Amendments to the United States Constitution.
• The total number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet (22 regular letters and 5 final consonants).
• The number of letters in the Spanish alphabet.