January 27Map of Indian Territory945 The brothers Stephen and Constantine Lekapenos, having deposed their father as Byzantine emperor a few weeks earlier, were themselves overthrown by ConstantineVII, their co-emperor.1825 On the advice of John C. Calhoun, President James Monroe asked Congress to organize Indian Territory (map pictured) west of the Mississippi River, laying the groundwork for Indian removal in the United States.1869 Former members of the overthrown Tokugawa shogunate proclaimed Japan's second-largest island, Hokkaido, to be the independent Republic of Ezo.1945 The Soviet Red Army liberated about 7,000 prisoners left behind by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp.2010 Porfirio Lobo Sosa became the new president of Honduras, ending a constitutional crisis that had begun in 2009 when Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from office.Angela Merici (d.1540)John Perkins (d.1812)Perfecto YasayJr. (b.1947)Zelda Rubinstein (d.2010)More anniversaries: January 26January 27January 28ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout