Louis XIII is bornThe first son of Henry IV was born at Fontainebleau. As king, he and Cardinal Richelieu laid the foundations of absolute monarchy in France.September 27 in history
A future king of France, the last tiger of Bali, a teenage pop debut, and the date a tech giant picked as its own birthday all share this day.
September 27 stretches from the palaces of 17th-century France to the search box on every screen. In 1601, Marie de’ Medici gave birth at Fontainebleau to the boy who became Louis XIII, the king who, with Cardinal Richelieu, bent the French nobility to the crown. More than three centuries later, in 1937, hunters in western Bali shot a female tiger often recorded as the island’s last, closing the story of a population that colonial sport and spreading farmland had pushed to the edge.
The modern half of the day is about reinvention and image. Google, legally founded on September 4, 1998, wandered across several September dates before it settled on this one as its birthday. In 2013, a New Zealand teenager named Lorde released Pure Heroine, a quiet, bass-heavy album that changed how pop could sound. And in 2017, Hugh Hefner, who started Playboy with a $600 loan and turned it into a worldwide brand, died at his mansion at 91, leaving a legacy that is still fiercely debated.
Louis XIII is bornThe first son of Henry IV was born at Fontainebleau. As king, he and Cardinal Richelieu laid the foundations of absolute monarchy in France.
The last Bali tiger is killedHunters in western Bali shot what is often recorded as the island's last confirmed tiger, a female, ending a population hunted for sport for decades.
Google marks its birthdayGoogle was incorporated on September 4, 1998, but after years of shifting dates it settled on September 27 as the day it celebrates its birthday.
Lorde releases Pure HeroineA New Zealand teenager released a spare, bass-heavy debut album about suburban boredom and fame, and it went on to reshape the sound of mainstream pop.
Hugh Hefner diesThe founder of Playboy died at his Los Angeles mansion at 91, closing a career that pushed sex into the mainstream and drew fierce criticism.