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100 years anniversary | ||||
27 Dec 1924 | James A McClure: (Sen-R-Idaho) | |||
27 Dec 1924 | Mokta Ould Daddah: President Mauritania (1961-78) | |||
27 Dec 1924 | Wouter Eijkelemboom: Dutch architect (Holy Hospital, Vlaardingen) | |||
27 Dec 1924 | William Archer: Scottish critic / playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68 | |||
27 Dec 1924 | Jean Bartik, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2011) | |||
27 Dec 1924 | James A. McClure, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2011) | |||
27 Dec 1924 | Hung Sin-nui, Chinese actress and singer (d. 2013) | |||
27 Dec 1924 | James A McClure (Senator-R-ID) | |||
27 Dec 1924 | Mokta Ould Daddah President of Mauritania (1961-78) | |||
27 Dec 1924 | Wouter Eijkelemboom Dutch architect (Holy-hospital, Vlaardingen) | |||
27 Dec 1924 | William Archer Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68 | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
27 Dec 1949 | Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia | |||
27 Dec 1949 | United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands | |||
27 Dec 1949 | Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies. | |||
27 Dec 1949 | Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia | |||
27 Dec 1949 | RELIGIOUS | In Cincinnati, Ohio, the Evangelical Theological Society was organized. A conservative fellowship of North American theologians and Bible scholars, ETS promotes theological discussion and exploration within the context of a firm belief in the truthfulness of the Bible. | ||
50 years anniversary | ||||
27 Dec 1974 | Amy Vanderbilt: US Author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66 | |||
27 Dec 1974 | Raymond Glenn: Actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), dies at 76 | |||
27 Dec 1974 | 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) | |||
27 Dec 1974 | Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years | |||
27 Dec 1974 | FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party | |||
27 Dec 1974 | Tomáš Janků, Czech high jumper | |||
27 Dec 1974 | Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor and visual effects designer | |||
27 Dec 1974 | Fumiko Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer | |||
27 Dec 1974 | Jay Pandolfo, American ice hockey player and coach | |||
27 Dec 1974 | Édgar Ponce, Mexican actor and dancer (d. 2005) | |||
27 Dec 1974 | Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1898) | |||
27 Dec 1974 | Amy Vanderbilt, American author (b 1908) | |||
27 Dec 1974 | Amy Vanderbilt US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66 | |||
27 Dec 1974 | Raymond Glenn actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), dies at 76 | |||
27 Dec 1974 | FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberaci | |||
27 Dec 1974 | 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) | |||
27 Dec 1974 | Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years | |||
27 Dec 1974 | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
27 Dec 1999 | Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (b. 1950) | |||
27 Dec 1999 | Sean 'Puff Daddy' Combs and his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez were arrested after a gun was found in their car as they left a Manhattan nightclub. Police were investigating a shooting in the club. | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
27 Dec 2004 | Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930) | |||
27 Dec 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. | |||
27 Dec 2004
neutron star |
neutron star (astronomy) A flare of radiation from an explosion on the super-magnetic neutron star (Magnetar) SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth – astronomers later calculate that it is the largest explosion observed in the Milky Way galaxy for 400 years. |
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15 years anniversary | ||||
27 Dec 2009 | Isaac Schwartz, Ukrainian-Russian composer (b. 1923) | |||
27 Dec 2009 | Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
27 Dec 2014 | Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, American-Israeli religious leader, founded the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem (b. 1939) | |||
27 Dec 2014 | Ulises Estrella, Ecuadorian poet and academic (b. 1939) | |||
27 Dec 2014 | Ronald Li, Hong Kong accountant and businessman (b. 1929) | |||
27 Dec 2014 | Karel Poma, Belgian bacteriologist and politician (b. 1920) | |||
27 Dec 2014 | Tomaž Šalamun, Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (b. 1941) |