September 27: Banned Books Week begins (2015); World Tourism Day; Sukkot begins at sunset (Judaism, 2015); Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese calendar, 2015); Meskel in Eritrea and Ethiopia
Ford Model T
- 1422 – The Treaty of Melno was signed, establishing the Prussian–Lithuanian border, which afterwards remained unchanged for about 500 years.
- 1822 – In a letter to the Paris Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Jean-François Champollion announced his initial successes in deciphering the Rosetta Stone.
- 1875 – The Ellen Southard wrecked in a storm at Liverpool, England; the United States Congress subsequently awarded 27 gold Lifesaving Medals to the lifeboat men who rescued her crew.
- 1908 – The first production of the Ford Model T (pictured) automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan, US.
- 1983 – Software developer Richard Stallman announced plans for the Unix-like GNU operating system, the first free software developed by the GNU Project.
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