January 27 in Firearms History

4 dates for gun owners on January 27

  • Birthday 2
  • Anniversary 1
  • Remembered 1
  1. Birthday1961 · 65 years ago

    Rob Leatham (born)

    Rob Leatham

    January 27, 1961

    • Professional shooter
    • 24-time USPSA National champion
    • 7-time International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) World Champion
    • 1970s started competition shooting
    • 1980s invented the Modern Isosceles shooting stance
  2. Anniversary1967 · 59 years ago

    Apollo 1 command module disaster

    Jan. 27, 1967

    NASA's Apollo program a flash fire swept through the Apollo 1 command module during a launch pad rehearsal test. It would have been launched on February 21, 1967

    a fire in the command module killed three astronauts

    • Lt. Col. Virgil “Gus” Grissom
    • Lt. Col. Edward H. White
    • Lt. Cdr. Roger Chafee
  3. Remembered

    Alexander Henry (Died)

    Alexander Henry

    June 4, 1818 – Jan 27, 1894

    Scotland

    1870 Martini - Henry

  4. Birthday

    Louis Awerbuck (born)

    Louis Awerbuck

    Jan 27, 1948 - June 24, 2014

    Firearm Instructor

    https://minutemanuniversity.com/louis-awerbuck/