Reuters historical calendar - September 27

London, Sep 26 (Reuters) Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 27 since 1900: 1917 - Hilaire-Germaine-Edgar Degas, French artist, died.

Known as one of the greatest 19th century French artists.

1922 - King Constantine I of Greece abdicated. He was king from 1913-17 and from 1920-22. A military revolt cost him his throne for the second time when Greece failed to defeat Turkey after World War One.

1939 - In World War Two, Warsaw surrendered to the invading German army after three days and nights of constant bombardment.

1940 - The Tripartite Pact between Germany, Italy and Japan was signed in Berlin, a 10-year military and economic agreement strengthening the Axis alliance.

1964 - After a 10-month investigation, the Warren Commission issued a report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald alone had been responsible for the assassination of US President John F Kennedy.

1968 - Antonio Salazar retired as prime minister of Portugal after suffering a stroke. He had been in office for 36 years. In 1932 he drafted a new constitution that established Portugal as an authoritarian state.

1970 - Jordan's King Hussein and Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Movement, signed an agreement in Cairo to end Jordan's civil war.

1979 - Gracie Fields, popular English music hall entertainer, died aged 81.

1995 - The Israeli cabinet overwhelmingly agreed to hand over to Palestinians control of much of the West Bank occupied by Israel for 28 years.

1996 - Afghanistan's Taliban movement captured the capital Kabul and hanged the former president Najibullah.

2002 - Tiny East Timor, the world's newest nation since breaking away from Indonesia after a bloody conflict, joined the United Nations as its 191st member.

2005 - Lynndie England, the US soldier pictured holding a leash to a naked Iraqi inmate at Abu Ghraib prison, was sentenced to three years in prison and given a dishonourable discharge.

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