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January 27, 2014

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 22, 2014, covering January 27, 2014.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Beyonce by Beyonce

    Beyonce

    Beyonce

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for My Own Lane by Kid Ink

    My Own Lane

    Kid Ink

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Marshall Mathers LP 2 by Eminem

    The Marshall Mathers LP 2

    Eminem

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  5. 5
    Album cover for Pure Heroine by Lorde

    Pure Heroine

    Lorde

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    15

Notable Deaths

Pete Seeger

2014Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist (born 1919)[†]

Peter Seeger was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 14 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, workers' rights, counterculture, environmental causes, and ending the Vietnam War.

Epimaco Velasco

2014Epimaco Velasco, Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (born 1935)[†]

Epimaco Ardina Velasco, popularly known as Epi, was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as DILG Secretary, governor of Cavite, and NBI Director. He was the first NBI Director who rose from the ranks and rose to prominence at the NBI with the killing of Number 1 Most Wanted Man in Cavite, Leonardo Manecio aka Nardong Putik.

Paul Zorner

2014Paul Zorner, German soldier and pilot (born 1920)[†]

Paul Anton Guido Zorner, born Paul Zloch, was a German night fighter pilot, who fought in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Zorner is credited with 59 night aerial victories claimed in 272 missions, including 110 night fighter missions. Zorner was the ninth most successful fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe and in the history of aerial warfare.

Historical Events

Rojava conflict

2014Rojava conflict: The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.[†]

The Rojava Conflict, also known as the Rojava Revolution, is a political upheaval and military conflict taking place in northern Syria, known among Kurds as Western Kurdistan or Rojava.

Historical Context for January 27, 2014

In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]