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  Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 perfs   

1956  On December - 27 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)   

1957  On this day in history 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 December - 27.   

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

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

1964  Cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game on December - 27.   

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

1968  On December - 27 apollo 8 returns to Earth   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 December - 27.   

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 December - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

1975  Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India) on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history albania constitution goes into effect   

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  "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV on this day in history.   

1979  On December - 27 red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG   

1979  On this day in history russia invades Afghanistan   

1979  On this day in history soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown   

1979  Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered on December - 27.   

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

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  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician was born on December - 27.   

1683  On December - 27 birth of conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750)   

1709  On this day in history 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  Zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies on December - 27.   

0975  On December - 27 balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies   

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  On this day in history death of edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician   

1548  On December - 27 death of francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502)   

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

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