Page 7: Historical Events In December - 27

1982  On this day in history john Leonard Swigert Jr, astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51   

1983  Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo on this day in history.   

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

1985  Terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports. President Reagan blamed Libyan leader Momar Qadhafi on December - 27.   

1985  Dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda on this day in history.   

1986  Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, composer, dies at 78 on December - 27.   

1987  On this day in history priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91   

1988  Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades on this day in history.   

1988  Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid & Nancy), dies on December - 27.   

1989  Egypt resumes full diplomatic relations with Syria, after a ten year break on December - 27.   

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

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

1991  Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43 on this day in history.   

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

1993  Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history hans Berghuis, author/poet (Kleitabletten), dies at 70   

1995  On December - 27 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 December - 27.   

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

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.   

2024  On December - 27 acting President of South Korea Han Duck-soo is impeached by MPs for failing to promulgate two bills related to president Yoon's legal proceedings. He is succeeded by deputy prime minister Choi Sang-mok.   

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1390  Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411) was born on December - 27.   

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

1571  Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630) was born on December - 27.   

1645  Giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized was born on December - 27.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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