Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 27
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September 27: Meskel in Ethiopia and Eritrea; World Tourism Day.
- 1825 - Locomotion No. 1 (pictured) hauled the first train on opening day of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first railway to use steam locomotives and carry passengers.
- 1905 - Albert Einstein published the article "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
- 1940 - World War II: The Tripartite Pact was signed in Berlin by the major Axis Powers — Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Empire of Japan.
- 1983 - Richard Stallman announced the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
- 1988 - Led by Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy was founded in Burma (now known as Myanmar).
Recent days: September 26 – September 25 – September 24
