Page 7: Historical Events In December - 27

1983  Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo   

1983  Walter Scott, rocker, dies.   

1985  Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports. President Reagan blamed Libyan leader Momar Qadhafi.   

1985  Dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), are discovered dead in Rwanda.   

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

1987  Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91.   

1988  Bulgaria formally ends jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades   

1988  Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid and Nancy), dies.   

1989  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.   

1990  San Francisco became the inaugural city to adopt regulations regarding video display terminals in the workplace.   

1991  Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43   

1992  Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, Engl comedian (Alfie), dies at 75.   

1993  Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50.   

1994  Hans Berghuis, author/poet (Kleitabletten), dies at 70.   

1995  Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster, dies at 39.   

1997  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.   

2007  Presidential and parliamentary elections took place in Kenya.   

2012  NASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2025   

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

2019  At least 12 die in a plane crash in Kazakhstan.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 80 million worldwide   

2024  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   

1555  Johann arndt: German lutherian theologist   

1571  Johannes kepler: German astronomer   

1645  Giovanni adb viscardi: Swiss architect, baptized   

1654  Jean/jacobus bernouilli: Swiss mathematician   

1683  Conyers middleton: English minister   

1709  Pieter de swart: Dutch architect (royal palace, hague)   

1715  Philippe de noailles: Duc de mouchy, french soldier   

0418  Zosimus: Greek pope (417-8),   

0975  Balderik: Bishop of utrecht (918-75),   

1065  Ferdinand i: The great, king of castile,   

1076  Prince svyatoslav ii of kiev: Prince svyatoslav ii of kiev (b. 1027)   

1381  Edmund mortimer: 3rd earl of march, english politician   

1548  Francesco spiera: Italian protestant jurist (b. 1502)   

1590  Emmanuel-philibert of lalaing: Marquis of renty,   

1595  Pietro pontio: Composer,