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Birthday December 27, 1571 Johannes Kepler, at Weil-der-Stadt, Germany, Astronomer |
Birthday December 27, 1773 George Cayley, founder of the science of aerodynamics |
Birthday December 27, 1822 Louis Pasteur, French bacteriologist |
Birthday December 27, 1895 The legend of Stagger Lee is born |
Birthday December 27, 1901 Marlene Dietrich, in Berlin Germany (Blue Angel) |
Birthday December 27, 1927 Agnes Nixon, “Queen of Modern Soap Opera,†born |
Birthday December 27, 1939 John Amos, Actor |
Birthday December 27, 1952 Tovah Feldsuh, in NYC |
Birthday December 27, 1957 Caroline Kennedy |
History December 27, 1741 Prussian forces took Olmutz Czechoslovakia |
History December 27, 1780 Americans raid Hammonds Store |
History December 27, 1825 1st public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England |
History December 27, 1831 HMS Beagle departs England |
History December 27, 1831 Darwin begins his voyage onboard HMS Beagle |
History December 27, 1846 Doniphan's Thousand takes El Paso |
History December 27, 1850 Hawaiian Fire Department established |
History December 27, 1864 Hood's army crosses the Tennessee River |
History December 27, 1867 Ontario & Quebec legislatures held 1st meeting |
History December 27, 1900 Carry Nation smashes bar |
History December 27, 1903 Sweet Adaline a barbershop quartet favorite is 1st sung |
History December 27, 1904 Peter Pan, by James Barrie, opens in London |
History December 27, 1918 Poles take up arms against German troops in Poznan |
History December 27, 1927 Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR Trotsky expelled |
History December 27, 1927 Show Boat opens in NYC |
History December 27, 1932 Radio City Music Hall opens in NY |
History December 27, 1934 1st youth hostel opened Northfield Mass |
History December 27, 1941 Office of Price Administration begins to ration automobile tires |
History December 27, 1941 Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an `open city' |
History December 27, 1942 Germans form the Smolensk Committee to enlist Soviet soldiers |
History December 27, 1944 FDR seizes control of Montgomery Ward |
History December 27, 1945 International Monetary Fund established-World Bank founded |
History December 27, 1947 1st `Howdy Doody' show (Puppet Playhouse) telecast on NBC |
History December 27, 1966 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops attack Viet Cong stronghold |
History December 27, 1968 Apollo 8 returns to Earth |
History December 27, 1968 Apollo 8 returns to Earth |
History December 27, 1969 U.S. and North Vietnamese forces battle near Loc Ninh. |
History December 27, 1972 Lester Pearson Canadian PM (Nobel-1956) |
History December 27, 1972 LA Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak |
History December 27, 1975 Coal mine explodes in India |
History December 27, 1978 Spanish king ratifies democratic constitution |
History December 27, 1979 Soviets take over in Afghanistan |
History December 27, 1979 Soviet troops invade Afghanistan |
History December 27, 1983 Propane gas fire devastated 16 square blocks of Buffalo |
History December 27, 1985 Terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports. President Reagan blamed Libyaner Moammar Gadhafi |
History December 27, 2004 Peyton Manning breaks single-season touchdown pass record |
History December 27, 2007 Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto assassinated |