Historical Events In December - 27
Monday, 11 December 2023
1982 On December - 27 john Leonard Swigert Jr, astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51
1983 On December - 27 propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo
1983 On this day in history walter Scott, rocker, dies
1985 On December - 27 terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports. President Reagan blamed Libyan leader Momar Qadhafi
1985 On this day in history dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda
1986 On this day in history lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, composer, dies at 78
1987 Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91 on December - 27.
1988 On this day in history bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades
1988 On December - 27 fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid & Nancy), dies
1989 On December - 27 egypt resumes full diplomatic relations with Syria, after a ten year break
1990 Barbara McDougall announces a five-year $332 million agreement to give Quebec control of cultural integration of immigrants to the province on this day in history.
1990 San Francisco became the first city to adopt regulations regarding video display terminals in the workplace on December - 27.
1991 Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43 on this day in history.
1992 On December - 27 cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, Engl comedian (Alfie), dies at 75
1993 On December - 27 youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50
1994 On December - 27 hans Berghuis, author/poet (Kleitabletten), dies at 70
1995 On this day in history jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster, dies at 39
1997 On this day in history brendan Gill, journalist, dies at 83
2007 On December - 27 former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated, and at least 20 others are killed by a bomb blast at an election rally in Rawalpindi.
2007 Presidential and parliamentary elections took place in Kenya on this day in history.
2012 NASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2025 on this day in history.
2019 On December - 27 corporate defaults on corporate bonds in China reach a new record.
2019 At least 12 die in a plane crash in Kazakhstan on December - 27.
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 80 million worldwide on December - 27.