Page 6: Historical Events In December - 27

1951  On December - 27 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  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 December - 27.   

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 December - 27.   

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

1960  France performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

1961  "Subways Are for Sleeping" opens at St James Theater NYC for 205 perfs on December - 27.   

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

1964  On December - 27 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  On this day in history apollo 8 returns to Earth   

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

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

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 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  LA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8 on this day in history.   

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

1974  On this day in history 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  On December - 27 albania constitution goes into effect   

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

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

1555  On December - 27 birth of johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist   

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  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 this day in history.   

1065  On this day in history ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies   

1076  Death of Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027) on this day in history.   

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

1595  On December - 27 pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63