- 98 Trajan becomes Emperor of Rome; one of Gibbon's Five Good Emperors.
- 1593 Trial of Giordano Bruno by Vatican begins; he was publicly burned at the stake at Rome in 1600.
- 1880 Thomas Edison patents his electric incandescent lamp.
- 1998 First Lady Hillary Clinton coins the phrase "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy" on the Today Show, defending her husband in the Monica Lewinsky Scandal.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Today in History: January 27
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