THE DAY IN HISTORY · SEPTEMBER 27
September 27 in history
What happened on September 27: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1825, 1940 and 1993, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Stockton & Darlington Railway
27 Sep 1825 — George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 hauls coal wagons and a passenger coach from Shildon through Darlington to Stockton. It is a colliery line first, and the world’s first public steam railway second.
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— Tripartite Pact
27 Sep 1940 — Germany, Italy and Japan sign a mutual-defense pact in Berlin, aimed squarely at keeping America out of both oceans’ wars. The Axis is now a world system.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE ROAD TO WAR MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Fall of Sukhumi
27 Sep 1993 — Abkhaz forces, helped by volunteers from the North Caucasus and by Russian military units, capture Abkhazia’s capital. Most of the region’s Georgian population, more than 200,000 people, flee or are driven out.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE REMAKING THE STATE MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
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