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  On December - 27 detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game  

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 December - 27 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 December - 27.  

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

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

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

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

1968  On this day in history apollo 8 returns to Earth  

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

1970  "Hello, Dolly!" closes at St James Theater NYC after 2844 performances on this day in history.  

1972  On December - 27 former Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lester B. 'Mike' Pearson 1897-1972 dies at age 75;  

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

1555  Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist was born on December - 27.  

1571  Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630) was born on this day in history.  

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  Conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750) was born on December - 27.  

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 this day in history zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies  

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

1065  On this day in history 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  Death of Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502) on this day in history.  

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

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