Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (born 1864)

Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and for an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She pioneered her field and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.

January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 338 days remain until the end of the year.