Historical Events In December - 27

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

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

1956  On this day in history 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)  

1957  Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1959  Balt Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game on December - 27.  

1959  On December - 27 alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70  

1960  On this day in history france performs nuclear test  

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

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

1964  On this day in history 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  On this day in history apollo 8 returns to Earth  

1970  On December - 27 "Hello, Dolly!" closes on Broadway after a record 2,844 performances  

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

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

1972  On December - 27 new North Korean constitution comes into effect  

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

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

1973  LA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8 on December - 27.  

1974  On December - 27 fSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party  

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

1974  Amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66 on December - 27.  

1975  On December - 27 explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India)  

1976  Albania constitution goes into effect on December - 27.  

1978  King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution on this day in history.  

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  On December - 27 red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG  

1979  On December - 27 russia invades Afghanistan  

1979  Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown on this day in history.  

1979  Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered on this day in history.  

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  Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist was born on this day in history.  

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

1645  Giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized was born on December - 27.  

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

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

1709  On December - 27 birth of pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague)  

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

0418  On December - 27 zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies  

0975  Balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies on December - 27.  

1065  Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies on December - 27.  

1076  Death of Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027) on December - 27.  

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

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

1590  On December - 27 emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33  

1595  Pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.