Notable Historical Events on December 27th
December 27th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
418 |
[Etalius] begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
537 |
The Hagia Sophia is inaugurated by the Emperor Justinian |
1437 |
Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Bohemia |
1503 |
Battle at Garigliano] Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France |
1512 |
The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World. |
1521 |
The "Zwickau Prophets" appear in Wittenberg |
1657 |
Flushing Remonstrance petition is signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland protesting ban on Quaker worship |
1679 |
Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java |
1703 |
England & Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement |
1741 |
Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia |
1814 |
Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans. |
1825 |
1st public railway using steam locomotive completed in England between Stockton and Darlington |
1831 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs England for South America |
1836 |
Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex) |
1845 |
Ether 1st used in childbirth in US, Jefferson, Ga |
1850 |
Hawaiian Fire Dept established |
1862 |
Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou) |
1862 |
Battle of Elizabethtown, KY |
1867 |
Ontario & Quebec legislatures hold 1st meeting |
1871 |
World's 1st cat show (Crystal Palace, London) |
1884 |
Netherlands recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State |
1887 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blue Carbuncle" (BG) |
1892 |
Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St John laid (NYC) |
1892 |
N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game |
1897 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2 |
1900 |
Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS) |
1903 |
"Sweet Adaline," a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung |
1904 |
Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan) |
1904 |
W B Yeats/Lady Gregory's "On Baile's Strand," premieres in Dublin |
1905 |
M A Noble scores 281 (369 mins, 21 fours) NSW v Victoria |
1906 |
1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI |
1915 |
US Iron and Steel workers begin a 3-week strike in Ohio for a eight-hour-day; they are successful as the US needs steel for armaments |
1918 |
The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins. |
1919 |
Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season |
1923 |
Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan |
1926 |
Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square |
1926 |
Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st US Jewish soldier to die in WW I |
1927 |
Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat" premieres in NYC |
1927 |
Philip Barry's "Paris Bound" premieres in NYC |
1927 |
Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled |
1932 |
Radio City Music Hall opens (NYC) |
1934 |
1st youth hostel in US opens (Northfield, Mass) |
1934 |
Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran |
1934 |
Vernon Duke & James Hanley's musical premieres in NYC |
1937 |
Bradman scores 246 SA v Queensland, 364 mins, 20 fours |
1937 |
German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany |
1937 |
Mae West performs Adam & Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio |
1939 |
1st American skimobiles (North Conway, NH) |
1939 |
Between 20,000 & 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake in Erzincam Turkey |
1941 |
Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an "open city" |
1941 |
Siberia: Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 7th Symphony |
1942 |
1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use |
1942 |
NFL Pro Bowl: NFL All-Stars beats Washington 17-14 |
1942 |
The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded. |
1943 |
France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government |
1943 |
German warship "Scharnhorst" sinks in Barents Sea |
1943 |
Montgomery discusses Overlord with Eisenhower & Bedell Smith |
1944 |
Greece: British premier Winston Churchill flies back to London |
1945 |
Arthur Laurent's "Home of the Brave" premieres in NYC |
1945 |
International Monetary Fund formally established by 29 member countries |
1945 |
The World Bank was created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations. |
1947 |
1st "Howdy Doody Show" (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC |
1949 |
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants independence to Indonesia |
1951 |
40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2) |
1953 |
Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game |
1954 |
"Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 perfs |
1954 |
Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Saint," premieres in NYC |
1956 |
45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0) |
1956 |
Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games |
1959 |
Balt Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game |
1960 |
France performs nuclear test |
1961 |
Belgium & Congo resume diplomatic relations |
1961 |
Styne/Comden/Green's musical "Subways are for Sleeping" premieres at St James Theater NYC for 205 perfs |
1962 |
28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB) |
1964 |
Cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game |
1966 |
"At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 105 perfs |
1968 |
Apollo 8 returns to Earth |
1968 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1970 |
"Hello, Dolly!" closes at St James Theater NYC after 2844 performances |
1972 |
"Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 14 performances |
1972 |
Belgium recognizes German DR |
1972 |
LA Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak |
1972 |
New North Korean constitution comes into effect |
1973 |
LA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8 |
1974 |
40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) |
1974 |
Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years |
1974 |
FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party |
1974 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1975 |
Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India) |
1976 |
Albania constitution goes into effect |
1978 |
King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution |
1978 |
Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship. |
1979 |
"Knots Landing" premieres on CBS-TV |
1979 |
Red Army beats NY Rangers 5-2 at Madison Square Garden |
1979 |
Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, Pres Hafizullah Amin overthrown |
1980 |
Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78 |
1981 |
Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in Test Crickets with 310 |
1981 |
Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game) |
1981 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1982 |
Imran Khan 8-60 to bring innings victory v India at Karachi |
1983 |
Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca) |
1983 |
Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo |
1984 |
Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with NY Yankees |
1985 |
Terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi |
1986 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Kennedy Center, Wash DC |
1986 |
10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins |
1987 |
Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass |
1987 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1988 |
Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades |
1989 |
Oregon begins taking bids on NBA games |
1991 |
"Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV |
1991 |
Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32) |
1991 |
Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawk coach |
1992 |
"3 From Brooklyn" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 45 perfs |
1992 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Ostregaswerks, Copenhagen |
1992 |
"Tommy Tune Tonite! Song & Dance Act" opens at Gershwin NYC for 10 per |
1992 |
13th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000 |
1992 |
Harry Connick Jr is caught with 9mm gun in NY's JFK airport |
1992 |
Nancy Sheehan wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tournament |
1993 |
"Candles, Snow, & Mistletoe" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 7 perfs |
1993 |
Dow-Jones hits record 3792.93 |
1995 |
Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 v SL, MCG) |
1996 |
Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21 |
1996 |
Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul. |
1997 |
Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland. |
1999 |
Joe Sakic records his 1,000th career point, an assist against the St. Louis Blues |
2001 |
The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States. |
2002 |
Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya. |
2002 |
"Chicago", starring Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere, and Catherine Zeta Jones, is released (2002 Best Picture winner) |
2004 |
Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet. |
2007 |
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated by a suicide bomber. |
2012 |
NASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2025 |
2013 |
29 people are killed after a bus plunged off the Huay Tong Bridge, Thailand |
2015 |
Floods displace more than 150000 in South America |
2015 |
8 people killed when severe storms, tornadoes hit Dallas area |
2015 |
Tourist destination Siargao island hit by 5.2 magnitude earthquake |
2015 |
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher donate $1 million to support Syria victims |
2016 |
Philippines Searches for 18 Crewmen of Ship Sunk by Typhoon |
2016 |
Chelsea Wins Its 12th Straight Premier League Game |
2016 |
South Korean Ruling Party Splits Over Impeached President |
2016 |
Defying UN, Israel Prepares to Build More Settlements |
2016 |
Japan PM Shinzo Abe in Hawaii for landmark Pearl Harbor visit |
2016 |
New York to Paris flight diverts to Republic of Ireland to use toilets |
2017 |
Apple faces lawsuits after saying it slows down aging iPhones |
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