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What happened on September 27 in American history
September 27 is the 270th day of the year (the 271st in leap years). Patriot Compass has published 6 stories from September 27 spanning 1777 to 1944. Among them: in 1777, Philadelphia fallen, Congress sits for a single day in Lancaster; and in 1908, First production Model T leaves the Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
1777Member story · 1776 Club
Philadelphia fallen, Congress sits for a single day in Lancaster
Delegates who fled with the government's records pick Benjamin Franklin for an executive post, then push on to York.
1908
First production Model T leaves the Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit
Twenty horsepower, vanadium steel, and a price aimed square at the middle class.
1928Member story · 1776 Club
Washington recognizes the Nanjing government as China's legitimate authority
The United States recognized Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists before they had even formally reorganized their own government.
1940
Berlin ceremony formalizes Germany, Italy, and Japan into the Axis alliance
The three powers pledge mutual support if any is attacked, carving the world into spheres of control.
1941
Fourteen freighters hit the water at once; Roosevelt calls them Liberty ships
At Baltimore's Bethlehem-Fairfield yard, the President borrows Patrick Henry's own words to name a fleet still unbuilt.
1944Member story · 1776 Club
A wrong turn over Germany; the 445th loses 25 bombers in minutes
Separated from its fighter escort near Göttingen, the group runs into 150 German fighters over the Seulingswald.
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