Sept. 27  French Scientist Champollion publishes the first translation of the Rosetta Stone hieroglyphs

1822 –  French Scientist Jean–François Champollion publishes the first translation of the Rosetta Stone hieroglyphs.

1825 – First use of railways as a means of public transport.

1955 – UN General Assembly holds a session on Algeria and the French delegation withdraws.

1959 – A  typhoon strikes Japanese Island of Honshu, leaving over  5000 persons dead.

1997 – Egyptian Mohammad el-Baradei was elected as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

1998 – Opening of Google Company.

1925 – British biologist and Nobel-Laureate Sir Robert Edwards was born.

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