Historical Events In December - 27

1951  40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2) on this day in history.  

1952  Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

1957  Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

1959  Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70 on December - 27.  

1960  France performs nuclear test on December - 27.  

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

1962  On December - 27 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  "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 105 perfs on December - 27.  

1968  On December - 27 apollo 8 returns to Earth  

1970  "Hello, Dolly!" closes on Broadway after a record 2,844 performances on December - 27.  

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

1972  Former Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lester B. 'Mike' Pearson 1897-1972 dies at age 75; on this day in history.  

1972  New North Korean constitution comes into effect on this day in history.  

1972  On December - 27 "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 this day in history lA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8  

1974  On December - 27 fSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party  

1974  On December - 27 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)  

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 December - 27.  

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  Bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at 62 on December - 27.  

1979  On this day in history "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  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 December - 27 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  On this day in history birth of johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)  

1645  Giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1654  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history death of prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)  

1381  On this day in history death of edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician  

1548  Death of Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502) on this day in history.  

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

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