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 December - 27.  

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

1954  "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 perfs on December - 27.  

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

1960  France performs nuclear test on this day in history.  

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

1962  28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB) on December - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

1968  Apollo 8 returns to Earth on December - 27.  

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 December - 27.  

1972  On December - 27 former Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lester B. 'Mike' Pearson 1897-1972 dies at age 75;  

1972  New North Korean constitution comes into effect on December - 27.  

1972  On this day in history "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 14 performances  

1972  On December - 27 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  On December - 27 fSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party  

1974  40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) on this day in history.  

1974  Amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66 on December - 27.  

1975  Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India) on December - 27.  

1976  Albania constitution goes into effect on December - 27.  

1978  King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution on December - 27.  

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

1981  On this day in history hoagy Carmichael, US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82  

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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  Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630) was born on December - 27.  

1645  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  Zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies on December - 27.  

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

1065  On December - 27 ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies  

1076  Death of Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027) on December - 27.  

1381  Death of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician on December - 27.  

1548  Death of Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502) on December - 27.  

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

1595  On this day in history pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63