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

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  Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66 on December - 27.   

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

1959  On this day in history alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70   

1960  On December - 27 france performs nuclear test   

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

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

1964  On December - 27 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 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 December - 27 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  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  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 this day in history.   

1974  On December - 27 amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66   

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

1976  On this day in history 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  "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV on December - 27.   

1979  Red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG on December - 27.   

1979  Russia invades Afghanistan on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history hoagy Carmichael, US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82   

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1390  Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411) was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 27 birth of giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized   

1654  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician was born on December - 27.   

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

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  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 December - 27.   

1590  Emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33 on December - 27.   

1595  Pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63 on December - 27.