1606: The trial of Guy Fawkes and seven other conspirators implicated in the failed Gunpowder Plot against King James I begins at Westminster Hall. Found guilty the same day, all are sentenced to a traitors death – to be hanged, drawn and quartered.
1825 – The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is today Oklahoma), thereby setting the stage for the forced relocation of Native American tribes on the “Trail of Tears”
On 27th January 1884, 18 men were killed in a gas explosion at the Naval Collieries, Penygraig in the Rhondda Valley. It was reported that a white column shot up from the pit's mouth followed by clouds of sparks and showers of fiery dust. Ironically, the explosion occurred during a safety inspection and those who lost their lives were company officials, firemen and the attendants of the pit horses. Source-The History of Wales.
Strumble Head Lighthouse was first operational on 27th January 1908. The lighthouse stands imposingly on Ynysmeicl (St. Michael's Island), an islet to the west of Fishguard, it is connected to the mainland by a by a footbridge across the narrow sound. The station was built by Trinity House for the greater safety of sea traffic between Ireland and the new Fishguard Harbour. The new light formed a link with the existing South Bishop light, 18 miles to the south-west, guarding what is a very dangerous stretch of coast. Some 60 vessels are known to have been lost along it in the 19th Century alone. Source-The History of Wales
On 27th January 1940, Wales was engulfed by a freak ice storm.
It had been an extremely cold January in Wales, with a temperature of -23 being recorded in Rhayader a few days earlier. The precipitation of 27th January was of the supercooled nature, so when the rain hit the surface it would freeze instantly. This is a rare event in the UK and the 1940 ice storm is reckoned to be the severest that has struck the UK in recorded history.
The storm lasted for 48 hours in places, causing telegraph poles and wires to snapped, unable to cope with the weight of the ice. Tree branches were snapped off and birds were grounded. Travel was nearly impossible as roads iced over and inclines were impossible to climb. Source The History of Wales IMG_1607.jpeg
1945 The Nazis' biggest concentration camp at Auschwitz in south-western Poland was liberated. The millions killed during the Holocaust are remembered each year in services across the UK, as part of Holocaust Memorial Day.
1967: American astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a non-flight test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. An electrical fault in their capsule had ignited its high-pressure oxygen atmosphere.
Music1970: John Lennon writes, records and mixes his song "Instant Karma!" all in one day. Written in the morning and recorded at Abbey Road Studios the same evening, backed by George Harrison, Klass Voormann Alan White and Billy Preston, the song ranks as one of the fastest-released songs in music history being released to record stores only ten days later.
1606: Mae achos llys Guy Fawkes a saith cynllwynwr arall a oedd ynghlwm â Chynllwyn y Powdwr Gwn aflwyddiannus yn erbyn y Brenin Iago I yn dechrau yn Neuadd Westminster. Wedi'u cael yn euog yr un diwrnod, mae pob un yn cael ei ddedfrydu i farwolaeth bradwr - i'w crogi, eu tynnu a'u chwarteru.
1825 - Mae Cyngres yr Unol Daleithiau yn cymeradwyo Tiriogaeth Indiaidd (yn yr hyn sydd heddiw yn Oklahoma), gan osod y llwyfan ar gyfer adleoli gorfodol llwythau Brodorol America ar "Lwybr y Dagrau"
Ar 27 Ionawr 1884, lladdwyd 18 o ddynion mewn ffrwydrad nwy ym Mhyllau Glo'r Llynges, Pen-y-graig yng Nghwm Rhondda. Adroddwyd bod colofn wen wedi saethu i fyny o geg y pwll ac yna cymylau o wreichion a chawodydd o lwch tanllyd. Yn eironig, digwyddodd y ffrwydrad yn ystod archwiliad diogelwch a'r rhai a gollodd eu bywydau oedd swyddogion y cwmni, diffoddwyr tân a gweision ceffylau'r pwll.
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Dechreuodd Goleudy Pen Caer weithredu am y tro cyntaf ar 27 Ionawr 1908. Mae'r goleudy yn sefyll yn drawiadol ar Ynysmeicl (Ynys Sant Mihangel), ynys fach i'r gorllewin o Abergwaun, ac mae wedi'i gysylltu â'r tir mawr gan bont droed ar draws y swnt cul. Adeiladwyd yr orsaf gan Dŷ'r Drindod er mwyn sicrhau mwy o ddiogelwch i draffig môr rhwng Iwerddon a Harbwr newydd Abergwaun. Ffurfiodd y goleudy newydd gysylltiad â goleudy presennol De Esgob, 18 milltir i'r de-orllewin, gan warchod darn peryglus iawn o arfordir. Gwyddys bod tua 60 o longau wedi mynd ar ei hyd yn y 19eg Ganrif yn unig.
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Ar 27 Ionawr 1940, cafodd Cymru ei hamgylchynu gan storm iâ ryfedd.
Roedd wedi bod yn Ionawr oer iawn yng Nghymru, gyda thymheredd o -23 wedi'i gofnodi yn Rhaeadr ychydig ddyddiau ynghynt. Roedd glawiad 27 Ionawr o natur oer iawn, felly pan darodd y glaw yr wyneb byddai'n rhewi ar unwaith. Mae hwn yn ddigwyddiad prin yn y DU ac mae storm iâ 1940 yn cael ei hystyried fel y mwyaf difrifol i daro'r DU mewn hanes cofnodedig.
Parhaodd y storm am 48 awr mewn mannau, gan achosi i bolion a gwifrau telegraff dorri, gan fethu â ymdopi â phwysau'r iâ. Torrwyd canghennau coed i ffwrdd a chafodd adar eu seilio. Roedd teithio bron yn amhosibl gan fod ffyrdd wedi rhewi ac roedd llethrau'n amhosibl i'w dringo.
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1945 Rhyddhawyd gwersyll crynhoi mwyaf y Natsïaid yn Auschwitz yn ne-orllewin Gwlad Pwyl. Cofir y miliynau a laddwyd yn ystod yr Holocost bob blwyddyn mewn gwasanaethau ledled y DU, fel rhan o Ddiwrnod Coffa'r Holocost.
1967: Lladdwyd y gofodwyr Americanaidd Gus Grissom, Edward White a Roger Chaffee mewn tân yn ystod prawf di-hedfan o'u llong ofod Apollo 1 yng Nghanolfan Ofod Kennedy, Florida. Roedd nam trydanol yn eu capsiwl wedi tanio ei awyrgylch ocsigen pwysedd uchel.
Cerddoriaeth 1970: Mae John Lennon yn ysgrifennu, recordio a chymysgu ei gân "Instant Karma!" i gyd mewn un diwrnod. Wedi'i hysgrifennu yn y bore a'i recordio yn Abbey Road Studios yr un noson, gyda George Harrison, Klass Voormann Alan White a Billy Preston yn gefnogol, mae'r gân yn un o'r caneuon a ryddhawyd gyflymaf yn hanes cerddoriaeth gan gael ei rhyddhau i siopau recordiau dim ond deg diwrnod yn ddiweddarach.
Fawkes got the last laugh. I'm glad to see his masks have gone out of favor with the dirthead anarchist class. He was a genuine badass - the antithesis of those posers.
