September 27 in history: • 1422 – The Treaty of Melno was signed, establishing the Prussian–Lithuanian border, which afterwards remained unchanged for about 500 years. → go there • 1875 – The merchant ship Ellen Southard was wrecked in a storm at Liverpool, England; the U.S. Congress subsequently awarded 27 Gold Lifesaving Medals to the men who rescued her crew. → go there • 1940 – World War II: Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Empire of Japan signed the Tripartite Pact in Berlin, officially forming a military alliance known as the Axis. → go there • 1949 – Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference unanimously selected Zeng Liansong's design for the flag of China (pictured). → go there • 2014 – Mount Ontake in central Japan unexpectedly erupted, killing 63 people in the nation's deadliest eruption in more than 100 years. → go there Born 1507: Guillaume Rondelet Wiki link Died 1891: Ivan Goncharov Wiki link Born 1941: Joel Shapiro Wiki link Died 2021: Madeleine Tchicaya Wiki link Pictured: Flag of China.