Daily Archives: January 27, 2013

First U.S. air raid hits Nazi Germany 70 years ago today (1943)

1940s, World War II


Image: U.S. bombs Wilhelmshaven, Germany (Jan. 27, 1943)

(Wednesday, January 27, 1943; during World War II) — 91 bombers from the U.S. Eighth Air Force, a combination of B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators, mounted the first American airstrike inside Germany today.

55 of the B-17s made a daylight raid on the submarine bases at Wilhelmshaven. All of the aircraft were able to return to base.

‘She Done Him Wrong’ premieres in U.S. 80 years ago today (1933)

1930s, movies 1930s


Video: '**** She ** Done ** Him ** Wrong ** (1933) ****'

(Friday, January 27, 1933) — She Done Him Wrong, a romantic comedy film about a saloon singer who fights off smugglers, an escaped con and a Salvation Army officer out to reform her, premiered today in the U.S.

Directed by Lowell Sherman, the film stars Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland and Noah Beery, Sr.