It happenned on a… 27 January

Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Caroline Wozniacki beats Simona Halep 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 to win her first Grand Slam title.

Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPad.

Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial.

LA Kings end Wayne Gretzky’s NHL-record 51-game scoring streak.

A fire in the Apollo 1 Command Module kills astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee during a launch rehearsal.

Montreal starts to build subway, at estimated cost of $300 million; Quebec agrees to help with financing.

« Heartbreak Hotel » single released by Elvis Presley, his first million-selling single.

Siege of Leningrad lifted by the Wehrmacht after 880 days and more than 2 million Russians killed.

John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television.

« Tarzan of the Apes », 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater.

Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp.

First regular mail coach service starts between Quebec and Montreal.