Historical Events In December - 27

1951  On December - 27 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2)  

1952  Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76 on December - 27.  

1953  Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game on December - 27.  

1954  "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 perfs on December - 27.  

1956  On December - 27 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)  

1957  On December - 27 alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66  

1959  On this day in history balt Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game  

1959  On this day in history alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70  

1960  France performs nuclear test on this day in history.  

1961  On this day in history "Subways Are for Sleeping" opens at St James Theater NYC for 205 perfs  

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1962  On this day in history 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)  

1964  Cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game on December - 27.  

1966  On this day in history "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 105 perfs  

1968  Apollo 8 returns to Earth on this day in history.  

1970  "Hello, Dolly!" closes on Broadway after a record 2,844 performances on this day in history.  

1970  "Hello, Dolly!" closes at St James Theater NYC after 2844 performances on December - 27.  

1972  Former Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lester B. 'Mike' Pearson 1897-1972 dies at age 75; on this day in history.  

1972  New North Korean constitution comes into effect on this day in history.  

1972  On this day in history "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 14 performances  

1972  Lester B Pearson (L), 14th Canadian PM (Nobel 1957), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history lA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8  

1974  FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party on this day in history.  

1974  On December - 27 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)  

1974  On this day in history amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66  

1975  Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India) on this day in history.  

1976  Albania constitution goes into effect on December - 27.  

1978  King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution on December - 27.  

1978  Bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1979  "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV on December - 27.  

1979  Red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG on this day in history.  

1979  Russia invades Afghanistan on this day in history.  

1979  On December - 27 soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown  

1979  On December - 27 hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered  

1981  Hoagy Carmichael, US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82 on December - 27.  

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1390  On December - 27 birth of anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)  

1555  On this day in history birth of johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist  

1571  On December - 27 birth of johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)  

1645  On this day in history birth of giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized  

1654  On this day in history birth of jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician  

1683  Conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.  

1709  On this day in history birth of pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague)  

1715  On December - 27 birth of philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794)  

0418  Zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies on December - 27.  

0975  On December - 27 balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies  

1065  On December - 27 ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies  

1076  On December - 27 death of prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)  

1381  Death of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician on this day in history.  

1548  On this day in history death of francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502)  

1590  On this day in history emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33  

1595  On this day in history pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63