Page 6: Historical Events In December - 27

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

1952  On this day in history henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76   

1953  On this day in history detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game   

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

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

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

1959  Balt Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game on this day in history.   

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.   

1962  28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB) on December - 27.   

1964  On this day in history cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game   

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

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  New North Korean constitution comes into effect on December - 27.   

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

1972  On December - 27 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 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 December - 27 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  On this day in history king Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution   

1978  On December - 27 bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at 62   

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 this day in history russia invades Afghanistan   

1979  On this day in history 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  On December - 27 birth of anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)   

1555  Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0975  Balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies on this day in history.   

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  On December - 27 death of edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician   

1548  Death of Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502) on December - 27.   

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

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