This Day In History
September 27

Year Month Start Date Event
1834 September 27 Born - September 27 - Charles Fleetford Sise, businessman (died 1918)
1850 September 27 Born - September 27 - William Pugsley, lawyer, politician and 10th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1925)
1865 September 27 Delegation to Montreal to form an Intercolonial Board of Trade.
1881 September 27 Born - September 27 - James Ralston, lawyer, soldier, politician and Minister (d.1948)
1884 September 27 Born - September 27 - Silby Barrett, labour leader
1926 September 27 Born - September 27 – Jack Duffy, actor and comedian (d.2008)
1927 September 27 Born - September 27 - Joseph Harris Harper, Father of Prime Minister Stephen Harper
1932 September 27 Born - September 27 - Gabriel Loubier, politician
1943 September 27 Born - September 27 - Randy Bachman, guitarist and songwriter
1944 September 27 Died - September 27 - Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist (b.1890)
1965 September 27 Born - September 27 - Bernard Lord, politician and 30th Premier of New Brunswick
1965 September 27 Born - September 27 - Peter MacKay, lawyer, politician and Minister
1966 September 27 Born - September 27 – Gerry Byrne, politician
1972 September 27 September 27 - The sale of fire crackers is banned in Canada
1972 September 27 Born -September 27 - Clara Hughes, cyclist, speed skater and Olympic medalist
1983 September 27 Born - September 27 - Jay Bouwmeester, ice hockey player
1984 September 27 Born - September 27 — Avril Lavigne, singer-songwriter, fashion designer and actress
1985 September 27 Born - September 27 – Massimo Bertocchi, decathlete
1988 September 27 Died - September 27 - George Grant, philosopher, teacher and political commentator (born 1918)
1990 September 27 September 27 – Brian Mulroney temporarily increases the size of the Senate to ensure passage of the GST
1992 September 27 Died - September 27 - Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside, diplomat, civil servant and 5th Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (born 1898)
1993 September 27 Died - September 27 - Fraser MacPherson, jazz musician (born 1928)
2004 September 27 September 27 - Calgary Health Region investigates E. coli outbreak affecting more than 600 people. Three local restaurants suspected.
2005 September 27 September 27 - Michaëlle Jean succeeds Adrienne Clarkson as Governor General.
2005 September 27 September 27 - Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections, 2005 occur.
2009 September 27 Died - September 27 - Alan Dick, principal of Canadian International School of Hong Kong (born 1954)
2010 September 27 September 27 – The New Brunswick general election, 2010 is won by David Alward's Conservative Party.
2011 September 27 Died - September 27 – Joseph Maraachli, 1, Leigh's disease infant (born 2010)