December 27
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December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. (362nd in a leap year). There are 4 days remaining.
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Events
- 1703 - Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
- 1831 - Charles Darwin embarks on his historic journey aboard the HMS Beagle, where he will formulate the theory of evolution.
- 1836 - The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
- 1845 - Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time (Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia).
- 1904 - James Barrie's play Peter Pan premieres in London.
- 1904 - The Abbey Theatre opens.
- 1918 - Beginning of Great Poland Uprising, the Poles in Greater Poland (or Grand Duchy of Poznań) rise against the Germans
- 1932 - Radio City Music Hall opens
- 1945 - The World Bank is created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.
- 1945 - Korea is divided
- 1947 - Howdy Doody, a children's television program, makes its debut (NBC).
- 1949 - Indonesian National Revolution: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants Indonesia sovereignty.
- 1968 - The long-running radio program The Breakfast Club signs off for the last time (ABC radio).
- 1978 - Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
- 1979 - The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan and Babrak Karmal replaces overthrown and executed President Hafizullah Amin.
- 1985 - Palestinian guerrillas kill twenty people inside Rome and Vienna airports.
- 1985 - American naturalist Dian Fossey is found murdered in Rwanda.
- 1996 - Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
- 1997 - Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland.
- 2001 - The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.
- 2002 - Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.
Births
- 1390 - Anne Mortimer
- 1571 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)
- 1654 - Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
- 1717 - Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)
- 1773 - George Cayley, naturalist, physical scientist, engineer, inventor, politician (d. 1857)
- 1822 - Louis Pasteur, French scientist d. 1895)
- 1823 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1896)
- 1851 - Percy Gilchrist, metallurgist (d. 1935)
- 1860 - David Hendricks Bergey, bacteriologist (d. 1937)
- 1879 - Sydney Greenstreet, actor (d. 1954)
- 1888 - Thea von Harbou, author and actress (d. 1954)
- 1896 - Carl Zuckmayer, author and dramatist (d. 1977)
- 1896 - Louis Bromfield, writer (d. 1956)
- 1900 - Hans Stuck, automobile racer (d. 1978)
- 1901 - Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer (d. 1992)
- 1906 - Oscar Levant, composer, actor (d. 1972)
- 1907 - Sebastian Haffner, publicist (d. 1999)
- 1915 - William Masters, sexologist (d. 2001)
- 1925 - Michel Piccoli, actor
- 1927 - Agnes Nixon, soap opera producer, director, writer
- 1934 - Larisa Latynina, Soviet gymnast
- 1939 - John Amos, actor
- 1943 - Cokie Roberts, journalist
- 1948 - Gérard Depardieu, French actor
- 1959 - Gerina Dunwich, occult author
- 1960 - Maryam d'Abo, actress
- 1965 - Salman Khan, actor, India
- 1966 - Bill Goldberg, professional wrestler, NFL player
- 1969 - Sarah Vowell, author and journalist
- 1971 - Chyna Doll, professional wrestler
- 1973 - Wilson Cruz, actor
- 1975 - Heather O'Rourke, child actress (Poltergeist) (d. 1988)
- 1979 - Carson Palmer, American football quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner
- 1981 - Emilie de Ravin, actress
Deaths
- 1782 - Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish advocate and philosopher (b. 1697)
- 1812 - Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of the Chabad Hasidic movement (b. 1745)
- 1836 - Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (b. 1793)
- 1896 - John Brown, manufacturer
- 1900 - William George Armstrong, inventor, industrialist and engineer (b. 1810)
- 1914 - Charles Martin Hall, chemist, inventor
- 1938 - Calvin Bridges, geneticist (b. 1889)
- 1950 - Max Beckmann, painter (b. 1884)
- 1953 - Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (b. 1894)
- 1968 - Victor Ernest Shelford, zoologist
- 1972 - Lester B. Pearson, fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1897)
- 1981 - Hoagy Carmichael, composer, singer (b. 1899)
- 1985 - Dian Fossey, American biologist (b. 1932)
- 1988 - Hal Ashby, film director (b. 1929)
- 1997 - Billy Wright, Protestant paramilitary leader (b. 1960)
- 1997 - Brendan Gill, columnist, humorist
- 2002 - George Roy Hill, film director (b. 1922)
- 2002 - Carla Henius, singer
- 2003 - Ivan Calderon, baseball player (b. 1962) (murdered)
- 2003 - Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host
Holidays and Observances
- The second day of Christmas in Western Christianity.
- Feast of the Holy Innocents, Eastern Orthodox.
External links
- BBC: On This Day (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/27)
- Today in History: December 27 (http://www.tnl.net/when/12/27)
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