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27 Club
The 27 Club is an informal list consisting mostly of popular musicians, often expanded by artists, actors, and other celebrities who died at age 27. Although the claim of a " statistical spike" for the death of musicians at that age has been refuted by scientific research, it remains a common cultural conception that the phenomenon exists, with many celebrities who die at 27 noted for their high-risk lifestyles. Cultural perception Beginning with the deaths of several 27-year-old popular musicians between 1969 and 1971 (such as Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison), dying at the age of 27 came to be, and remains, a perennial subject of popular culture, celebrity journalism, and entertainment industry lore. This perceived phenomenon, which came to be known as the "27 Club", attributes special significance to popular musicians, artists, actors, and other celebrities who died at age 27, often as a result of drug and alcohol abuse or violent means such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927
Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 ** The first transatlantic telephone call is made ''via radio'' from New York City, United States, to London, United Kingdom. ** The Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball team play their first ever road game in Hinckley, Illinois. * January 9 – The Laurier Palace Theatre fire at a movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children. * January 10 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film ''Metropolis (1927 film), Metropolis'' is released in Germany. * January 11 – Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California. * January 24 – U.S. Marines United States occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of , the country has Demographics of South Africa, a population of over 64 million people. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament of South Africa, Parliament, is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is regarded as the judicial capital. The largest, most populous city is Johannesburg, followed by Cape Town and Durban. Cradle of Humankind, Archaeological findings suggest that various hominid species existed in South Africa about 2.5 million years ago, and modern humans inhabited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27 Euterpe
27 Euterpe is a stony asteroid and parent body of the Euterpe family, located in the inner asteroid belt, approximately 100 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by English astronomer John Russell Hind at George Bishop's Observatory in London on 8 November 1853. The asteroid was named after Euterpe, the Muse of music in Greek mythology. ''Euterpe'' is one of the brightest asteroids in the night sky. It had an apparent magnitude of 8.5 during a perihelic opposition on 25 December 2015 when the asteroid was about 1 AU from Earth. At the end of November 2022 it passed about 1.5 degrees from Uranus while in the constellation of Aries. Based on the S-type spectra the composition appears stony. It has a cross-section size of around 100–120 km. 27 Euterpe is orbiting the Sun with a period of 3.59 years and is spinning on its axis once every 10.4 hours. It is the parent body of the Euterpe family (), a stony inner-belt asteroid family of nearly 400 known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27 (Falz Album)
''27'' is the third studio album by Nigerian rapper Falz. It was released as a surprise album on 27 October 2017, Falz's birthday, by Bahd Guys Records. The album features guest appearances from Burna Boy, Olamide, Terry Apala, Davido, Ycee, Wande Coal, Sir Dauda, and Medikal. Its production was mainly handled by Sess the Prblm Kid, along with additional production from Demsa, Studio Magic, Spax, Juls, and Maleek Berry. ''27'' serves as a follow-up to Falz's sophomore album '' Stories That Touch'' (2015). Background Following the success of ''Stories That Touch'' (2015), Falz began work on his third studio album, ''27'', which was released as a surprise on his 27th birthday, 27 October 2017. In an interview with ''Pulse Nigeria'', Falz said the album had different working titles, including ''The Polish Villager'', before he chose "27" to mark his 27th birthday. He called the surprise release a planned move to create excitement. As the album came together, it grew beyond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2027
Predicted and scheduled events * May – The 2027 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled; the location is typically determined by the previous year's winner. * May 15– August 15 – Expo 2027 is scheduled to be held in Belgrade, Serbia. * June – Istanbul, Turkey, will host the 2027 European Games. * June 24– July 25 – The 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be held in Brazil. * August 10 – The 2027 Kenyan general election will be held. Incumbent president William Ruto will be eligible for reelection. * August 22 – If not triggered earlier, the next Spanish general election will occur no later than this date. * August 27– September 12 – The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup is scheduled to be held in Qatar. *September 1 – a possible date the Autonomous Region of Bougainville will leave Papua New Guinea and become an independent state. * October 1–November 13 – The 2027 Rugby World Cup will take place in Australia. * November 7 – If not triggere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27 (film)
''27'' is a 2023 French- Hungarian animated short film directed by Flóra Anna Buda. Plot Alice seeks refuge in her dreams, using them as an escape from her stifling everyday existence. Today, she is turning 27 years old, and she still lives with her parents. After taking psychedelics at a party on a factory roof, she falls off her bike on her way home. Injured and hungover, she is forced to face the realities of her life in the city. Production Buda, the writer, director and production designer of the film, has spoken publicly about the autobiographical element in her film, and her intentions to open up conversations about the struggle of young people due to the housing crisis in her home country, Hungary. Reception Since its release, the film has been selected in various festivals around the world: Accolades The 11-minute short premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d'Or Award for Best Short Film. The film also won the Cristal Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27 (number)
27 (twenty-seven) is the natural number following 26 (number), 26 and preceding 28 (number), 28. Mathematics Including the null-motif, there are 27 distinct Network motif, hypergraph motifs. There are exactly 27 lines on a cubic surface, ''twenty-seven straight lines'' on a smooth cubic surface, which give a basis of the fundamental representation of E6 (mathematics), Lie algebra \mathrm . The unique simple formally real Jordan algebra, the exceptional Jordan algebra of self-adjoint Square matrix, 3 by 3 matrices of quaternions, is 27-dimensional; its automorphism group is the 52-dimensional exceptional Lie algebra \mathrm . There are twenty-seven sporadic groups, if the Tits group, ''non-strict'' group of Lie type \mathrm (with an Faithful representation, irreducible representation that is twice that of \mathrm in 104 dimensions) is included. In Robin's theorem for the Riemann hypothesis, twenty-seven integers fail to hold \sigma(n) < e^\gamma n \log \log n for va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folie à Deux (album)
''Folie à Deux'' (; French for "Folie à deux, A Madness Shared by Two") is the fourth studio album by American Rock music, rock band Fall Out Boy, released on December 10, 2008, by Island Records. As with their previous two albums ''From Under the Cork Tree'' (2005) and ''Infinity on High'' (2007), its music was composed by lead vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stump, with lyrics penned by bassist Pete Wentz. Regarding the writing process, the band considered ''Folie à Deux'' to be their most collaborative record. Unlike their prior releases, the album was recorded in relative secrecy with producer Neal Avron from July to September 2008. The recording sessions inspired lyricism relating to decaying relationships, moral dilemmas, and societal shortcomings, many with a political edge. The album's style moved away from early emo power chords and toward a wider variation in genres. Fall Out Boy recruited several guest artists for ''Folie à Deux'', as well as employing instruments a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
