Page 6: Historical Events In December - 27

1951  40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2) on December - 27.   

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

1953  Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game on December - 27.   

1954  On this day in history "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  On December - 27 balt Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game   

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

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  Cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game on this day in history.   

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  "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 this day in history new North Korean constitution comes into effect   

1972  "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 14 performances on December - 27.   

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

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  King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution on this day in history.   

1978  On December - 27 bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at 62   

1979  On December - 27 "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  On December - 27 soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown   

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

1981  On December - 27 hoagy Carmichael, US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82   

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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  On December - 27 birth of johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)   

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

1654  On December - 27 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  On December - 27 birth of philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794)   

0418  On December - 27 zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies   

0975  Balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies on December - 27.   

1065  Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies on December - 27.   

1076  On December - 27 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  On December - 27 death of francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502)   

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

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