September 27 in American history, placed on the globe.

From the battlefield to the launch pad — the day's stories, pinned where they happened. Spin the earth; not every story stays inside the fifty states.

• 1940Berlin ceremony formalizes Germany, Italy, and Japan into the Axis allianceBerlin, Germany
• 1908First production Model T leaves the Piquette Avenue Plant in DetroitFord Piquette Avenue Plant, Detroit, Michigan
• 1941Fourteen freighters hit the water at once; Roosevelt calls them Liberty shipsBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland

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