Today in History: September 27, Christine Blasey Ford accuses Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault

Today is Friday, Sept. 27, the 271st time of 2024. There are 95 days near successful the year.

Today successful history:

On Sept. 27, 2018, during a day-long proceeding by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Christine Blasey Ford said she was “100 percent” definite that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh erstwhile they were teenagers, and Kavanaugh past told senators that helium was “100 percent certain” helium had done nary specified thing.

Also connected this date:

In 1779, John Adams was named by Congress to negociate the Revolutionary War’s bid presumption with Britain.

In 1903, a Southern Railway message bid derailed adjacent Danville, Virginia, sidesplitting 11; the mishap inspired the celebrated ballad, “Wreck of the Old 97.”

In 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered aft weeks of absorption to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.

In 1940, Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, formally allying the World War II Axis powers.

In 1964, the authorities publically released the study of the Warren Commission, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted unsocial successful assassinating President John F. Kennedy.

In 1979, Congress gave its last support to forming the U.S. Department of Education.

In 1991, President George H.W. Bush announced successful a nationally broadcast code that helium was eliminating each U.S. battlefield atomic weapons and called connected the Soviet Union to lucifer the gesture.

In 1994, much than 350 Republican legislature candidates gathered connected the steps of the U.S. Capitol to motion the “Contract with America,” a 10-point level they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP bulk to the House.

In 1996, successful Afghanistan, the Taliban, a set of erstwhile seminary students, drove the authorities of President Burhanuddin Rabbani retired of Kabul, captured the superior and executed erstwhile person Najibullah.

In 2013, President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone, the archetypal speech betwixt American and Iranian leaders successful much than 30 years.

In 2021, R&B vocalist R. Kelly was convicted successful a enactment trafficking proceedings successful New York, aft decades of avoiding transgression work for galore allegations of misconduct with young women and children.

Today’s Birthdays:

• Musician Randy Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is 81.
• Actor Liz Torres is 77.
• Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt is 75.
• Singer and histrion Shaun Cassidy is 66.
• Comedian Marc Maron is 61.
• Actor Gwyneth Paltrow is 52.
• Actor Indira Varma is 51.
• Musician-actor Carrie Brownstein is 50.
• Actor Anna Camp is 42.
• Rapper Lil Wayne is 42.
• Musician Avril Lavigne (AV’-rihl la-VEEN’) is 40.
• Tennis subordinate Simona Halep is 33.
• Actor Jenna Ortega is 22.