Page 7: Historical Events In December - 27
Saturday, 05 July 2025
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 December - 27.
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 this day in history.
1987 On December - 27 priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91
1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades on December - 27.
1988 Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid & Nancy), dies on this day in history.
1989 Egypt resumes full diplomatic relations with Syria, after a ten year break on December - 27.
1990 On this day in history barbara McDougall announces a five-year $332 million agreement to give Quebec control of cultural integration of immigrants to the province.
1990 On December - 27 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 December - 27.
1992 On this day in history cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, Engl comedian (Alfie), dies at 75
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 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 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 this day in history presidential and parliamentary elections took place in Kenya.
2012 NASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2025 on this day in history.
2019 Corporate defaults on corporate bonds in China reach a new record on this day in history.
2019 On this day in history 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 on December - 27.
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 on this day in history.