Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 27

September 27: Meskel in Ethiopia and Eritrea; World Tourism Day.

Locomotion No. 1, now in a museum. Photo Courtesy of Darlington Railway Centre and Museum

• 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.
• 1988 - Led by Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy was founded in Burma (now known as Myanmar).
• 1996 - The Taliban drove President Burhanuddin Rabbani of Afghanistan out of Kabul, executed former President Mohammad Najibullah, and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Recent days: September 26 – September 25 – September 24

More anniversaries:

• August 31
• September 1
• September 2