Historical Events In December - 27

1982  On December - 27 john Leonard Swigert Jr, astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51  

1983  On this day in history propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo  

1983  On this day in history walter Scott, rocker, dies  

1985  On this day in history terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports. President Reagan blamed Libyan leader Momar Qadhafi  

1985  Dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda on December - 27.  

1986  On December - 27 lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, composer, dies at 78  

1987  Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91 on this day in history.  

1988  On this day in history bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades  

1988  Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid & Nancy), dies on this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history egypt resumes full diplomatic relations with Syria, after a ten year break  

1990  On December - 27 barbara McDougall announces a five-year $332 million agreement to give Quebec control of cultural integration of immigrants to the province.  

1990  On this day in history san Francisco became the first city to adopt regulations regarding video display terminals in the workplace  

1991  On this day in history edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43  

1992  Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, Engl comedian (Alfie), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1993  On December - 27 youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50  

1994  Hans Berghuis, author/poet (Kleitabletten), dies at 70 on December - 27.  

1995  Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster, dies at 39 on December - 27.  

1997  On this day in history brendan Gill, journalist, dies at 83  

2007  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 on December - 27.  

2007  Presidential and parliamentary elections took place in Kenya on December - 27.  

2012  On this day in history nASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2025  

2019  Corporate defaults on corporate bonds in China reach a new record on this day in history.  

2019  At least 12 die in a plane crash in Kazakhstan on this day in history.  

2020  On this day in history [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 80 million worldwide.  

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1390  On December - 27 birth of anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)  

1555  Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist was born on December - 27.  

1571  On December - 27 birth of johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)  

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  On December - 27 birth of conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750)  

1709  On this day in history birth of pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague)  

1715  On this day in history birth of philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794)  

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

0975  On December - 27 balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies  

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

1076  Death of Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1590  Emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

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