Historical Events In December - 27

1982  John Leonard Swigert Jr, astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51 on December - 27.  

1983  Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo on December - 27.  

1983  Walter Scott, rocker, dies on December - 27.  

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  Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1987  Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91 on December - 27.  

1988  On December - 27 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  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  San Francisco became the first city to adopt regulations regarding video display terminals in the workplace on December - 27.  

1991  On December - 27 edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43  

1992  Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, Engl comedian (Alfie), dies at 75 on December - 27.  

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  Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

1997  Brendan Gill, journalist, dies at 83 on December - 27.  

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  On December - 27 presidential and parliamentary elections took place in Kenya.  

2012  On December - 27 nASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2025  

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 this day in history.  

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1390  Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411) was born on this day in history.  

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

1571  On this day in history birth of johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)  

1645  On December - 27 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 December - 27.  

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  On this day in history zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies  

0975  Balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies on this day in history.  

1065  On this day in history 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  On December - 27 death of francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502)  

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

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