This Day in History Jan. 27

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Jan. 27

1785 The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the
United States
1870 After accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is readmitted to Union
1880 Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp
1967 Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a
fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Fl

Birthdays:

1795 Eli Whitney Blake, American engineer, invented the Mortise lock

Deaths:

1910 Thomas Crapper, English plumber and businessman

Thought for the day:

" A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. "
 
1/27/43
The Camillus Cutlery Company of New York ships its first batch of the newly designed 1219C2 "Ka-Bar" fighting knives to the Marine Corps.
Over a million examples of this simple, durable knife will be produced during the war.
A close variant of this famous knife is still in use by our armed forces today.
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