Historical Events In December - 27

1951  40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2) on this day in history.  

1952  On December - 27 henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76  

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 this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history 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 December - 27 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 December - 27 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)  

1964  On December - 27 cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game  

1966  "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 105 perfs on December - 27.  

1968  Apollo 8 returns to Earth on December - 27.  

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 December - 27.  

1972  On this day in history new North Korean constitution comes into effect  

1972  On December - 27 "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 14 performances  

1972  On December - 27 lester B Pearson (L), 14th Canadian PM (Nobel 1957), dies at 75  

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

1974  On this day in history fSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party  

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

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 December - 27.  

1976  Albania constitution goes into effect on this day in history.  

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  On December - 27 "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV  

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

1979  On December - 27 russia invades Afghanistan  

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 this day in history.  

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1390  Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411) was born on December - 27.  

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

1571  Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630) was born on December - 27.  

1645  On December - 27 birth of giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized  

1654  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician was born on this day in history.  

1683  On this day in history birth of conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750)  

1709  Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague) was born on this day in history.  

1715  Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.  

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

0975  On this day in history balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies  

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

1076  On this day in history death of prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)  

1381  Death of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician on December - 27.  

1548  Death of Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502) on this day in history.  

1590  Emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

1595  Pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63 on December - 27.