January 27: Facts & Historical Events On This Day

Nvidia stocks fell by $588.8 billion after the release of Chinese AI model DeepSeek.

DeepSeek surprised the world by announcing that they could perform at the level of ChatGPT but at a fraction of the cost, sending US tech stocks plummeting. Nvidia's loss was the largest loss of any stock in a single day in history, over double the previous record loss of $240 billion set by Meta in 2022.

Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, embarked on its maiden voyage from Miami.

With 20 decks and the ability to hold 7,600 passengers, the new supersized cruise ship was quickly christened the "Human Lasagne" by social media. At 1,198 feet (365 meters) long, it's longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall!

President Donald Trump banned citizens of seven countries from entering the US.

The "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States" has been open to many challenges as the countries banned were predominantly Muslim.

Steve Jobs announced the Apple iPad, the company’s most advanced piece of technology at the time.

Germany first observed the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Michael Jackson’s hair caught fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in front of 3,000 fans.

The accident happened when a firework display sent sparks flying behind him.

The Vietnam War officially ended, for the US at least, after the Paris Peace Accords were signed.

While this was the last day of fighting for US troops in Vietnam, the peace between North and South Vietnam lasted less than one day. It took another two years of fighting before North Vietnam conquered South Vietnam.

The Outer Space Treaty was signed to prevent the use of nuclear weapons being utilized in space.

The first of 126 nuclear tests started at the Nevada Test Site.

They called the first device "Able," and it was a one kiloton blast that landed on a dry lakebed at Frenchman Flat. It took over 100 tests at the site before people saw the terrible effects the experiments were having on the locals.

Leningrad’s siege by Germans ended in the wake of 650,000 perished citizens.

The siege lasted 872 days, making it one of the longest blockades in history. It was possibly one of the most destructive and costliest too.

Peruvian ambassador Ricardo Rivera-Schreiber gave a warning that Japan would attack Pearl Harbor.

The theory of Wave Mechanics by physicist Erwin Schrödinger was first taught in lectures.

Wave Mechanics is a method of analysis of the behavior of atomic phenomena with particles represented by wave equations.

The UK Parliament passed the Military Service Act of 1916, introducing conscription in the UK.

A patent for his electric lamp invention was given to Thomas Edison.

Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian who had “a pact with the devil,” was found guilty of witchcraft.

Upon his conviction, Fian was horrifically tortured, strangled to death then burned.