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Events on the 27th of December in history

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27 Dec 0418 [Etalius] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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27 Dec 0537 The Hagia Sophia is completed.
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27 Dec 0537 St Sofia-church in Constantinople, initiated
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27 Dec 1437 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Bohemia
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27 Dec 1503 Battle at Garigliano - Spanish army under G C
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27 Dec 1512 The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.
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27 Dec 1521 "Zwickauer profeten" appear in Wittenberg
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27 Dec 1521 "Zwickauer profeten" appear in Wittenberg
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27 Dec 1655 Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.
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27 Dec 1657 The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.
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27 Dec 1679 Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java
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27 Dec 1703 Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
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27 Dec 1703 England & Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
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27 Dec 1741 Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia
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27 Dec 1814 War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
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27 Dec 1825 1st public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England
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27 Dec 1831 Darwin begins his voyage on board HMS Beagle
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27 Dec 1831 HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin departs England for South America
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27 Dec 1831 Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.
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27 Dec 1831 Darwin begins his voyage to South America on board the HMS Beagle
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27 Dec 1836 The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.
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27 Dec 1836 Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex)
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27 Dec 1845 Ether 1st used in childbirth in US - Jefferson, Georgia
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27 Dec 1845 Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
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27 Dec 1845 Journalist John L. O'Sullivan, writing in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argues that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny".
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27 Dec 1850 Hawaiian Fire Department established
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27 Dec 1862 Battle of Elizabethtown, Kentucky
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27 Dec 1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs MS (Chickasaw Bayou)
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27 Dec 1867 Ontario & Qu
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27 Dec 1871 World's 1st cat show (Crystal Palace, London)
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27 Dec 1884 Netherlands recognizes king Leopold II's Congo Free State
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27 Dec 1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blue Carbuncle" (BG)
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27 Dec 1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Blue Carbuncle" (BG)
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27 Dec 1892 Foundation Stone of the Cathedral of St John laid (New York NY)
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27 Dec 1892 N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game
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27 Dec 1897 Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2
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27 Dec 1897 Stanley Cup: Montr
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27 Dec 1900 Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Hotel Carry Annex Bar, Wichita KS)
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27 Dec 1903 "Sweet Adaline, " a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung
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27 Dec 1904 Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan)
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27 Dec 1904 W B Yeats/Lady Gregory's "On Baile's Strand" premieres in Dublin
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27 Dec 1905 M A Noble scores 281 (369 minutes, 21 fours) New South Wales vs Victoria
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27 Dec 1906 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, Rhode Island
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27 Dec 1911 "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
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27 Dec 1918 The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
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27 Dec 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
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27 Dec 1922 Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
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27 Dec 1923 Daisuke Namba, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito.
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27 Dec 1923 Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan
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27 Dec 1926 Depot Square in the Bronx renamed Botanical Square
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27 Dec 1926 Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st US Jewish soldier to die in WWI
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27 Dec 1927 Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
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27 Dec 1927 Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled
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27 Dec 1927 Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat" premieres at the Ziegfeld Theater (New York NY)
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27 Dec 1927 Philip Barry's "Paris Bound" premieres in New York NY
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27 Dec 1929 Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class", ostensibly as an effort to spread socialism to the countryside.
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27 Dec 1932 Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.
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27 Dec 1932 Radio City Music Hall opens (New York NY)
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27 Dec 1934 1st youth hostel in US opens (Northfield, Massachusetts)
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27 Dec 1934 Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran
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27 Dec 1937 German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Argentina), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany
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27 Dec 1937 Bradman scores 246 South Africa vs Queensland, 364 minutes, 20 fours
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27 Dec 1937 Mae West performs Adam & Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio
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27 Dec 1939 Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey)
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27 Dec 1939 Erzincan, Turkey, is hit by an earthquake, killing 30,000.
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27 Dec 1939 Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.
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27 Dec 1939 1st American skimobiles (North Conway NH)
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27 Dec 1939 8.0 Earthquake in Erzincam Turkey, about 50,000 die
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27 Dec 1941 Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an "open city"
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27 Dec 1941 Siberia: Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 7th Symphony
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27 Dec 1942 The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.
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27 Dec 1942 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use
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27 Dec 1942 NFL Pro Bowl: NFL All-Stars beats Washington 17-14
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27 Dec 1943 German warship "Scharnhorst" sinks in Barents Sea
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27 Dec 1943 France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government
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27 Dec 1943 Montgomery discusses Overlord with Eisenhower & Bedell Smith
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27 Dec 1944 Greece: British premier Churchill flies back to London
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27 Dec 1945 The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
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27 Dec 1945 International Monetary Fund established - World Bank founded
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27 Dec 1945 Arthur Laurent's "Home of the Brave" premieres in New York NY
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27 Dec 1946 US wins 1st Davis Cup since 1938
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27 Dec 1947 1st "Howdy Doody Show, " (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC
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27 Dec 1949 United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
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27 Dec 1949 Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
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27 Dec 1949 Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia
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27 Dec 1951 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2)
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27 Dec 1953 Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game
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27 Dec 1954 "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 performances
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27 Dec 1954 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Saint of Bleecker Street" premieres at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 performances
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27 Dec 1956 Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games
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27 Dec 1956 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)
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27 Dec 1959 Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game
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27 Dec 1960 France performs nuclear test
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27 Dec 1961 "Subways Are for Sleeping" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 205 performances
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27 Dec 1961 Belgium & Congo resume diplomatic relations
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27 Dec 1961 Styne/Comden/Green's musical "Subways are for Sleeping" premieres at St James Theater NYC for 205 performances
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27 Dec 1962 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)
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27 Dec 1964 Cleveland Browns beat Baltimore Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game
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27 Dec 1966 "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 105 performances
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27 Dec 1966 The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
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27 Dec 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
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27 Dec 1968 Apollo 8 returns to Earth
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27 Dec 1968 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
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27 Dec 1970 "Hello, Dolly!" closes at St. James Theater NYC after 2844 performances
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27 Dec 1972 "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 14 performances
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27 Dec 1972 Belgium recognizes German DR
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27 Dec 1972 Los Angeles Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak
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27 Dec 1972 New North Korean constitution comes into effect
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27 Dec 1972 Belgium recognizes German Democratic Republic
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27 Dec 1973 Los Angeles Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8
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27 Dec 1974 FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party
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27 Dec 1974 FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberaci
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27 Dec 1974 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
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27 Dec 1974 Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
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27 Dec 1975 Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India)
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27 Dec 1976 Albania constitution goes into effect
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27 Dec 1978 Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.
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27 Dec 1978 King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution
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27 Dec 1979 "Knots Landing, " premieres on CBS-TV
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27 Dec 1979 The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
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27 Dec 1979 "Knots Landing" premieres on CBS-TV
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27 Dec 1979 Red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at Madison Square Garden
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27 Dec 1979 Soviet troops invade Afgh
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27 Dec 1980 Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78
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27 Dec 1981 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 points (38th game)
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27 Dec 1981 Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in Test Crickets with 310
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27 Dec 1982 Imran Khan 8-60 to bring innings victory vs India at Karachi
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27 Dec 1983 Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.
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27 Dec 1983 Propane gas fire devastated 16 square blocks of Buffalo NY
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27 Dec 1983 Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca)
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27 Dec 1984 Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with New York Yankees
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27 Dec 1985 Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.
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27 Dec 1985 Terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports; President Reagan blamed Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Qaddafi
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27 Dec 1986 "Les Miserables" opens at Kennedy Center, Washington DC
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27 Dec 1986 10th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Young and the Restless wins
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27 Dec 1987 Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass
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27 Dec 1987 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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27 Dec 1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades
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27 Dec 1989 The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.
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27 Dec 1989 Oregon begins taking bids on NBA games
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27 Dec 1991 "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV
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27 Dec 1991 Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32)
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27 Dec 1991 Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawk coach
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27 Dec 1991 "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV
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27 Dec 1992 "3 From Brooklyn" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 45 performances
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27 Dec 1992 "Les Miserables" opens at Ostregaswerks, Copenhagen
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27 Dec 1992 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song & Dance Act" opens at Gershwin NYC for 10 per
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27 Dec 1992 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song & Dance Act" opens at Gershwin NYC for 10 performances
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27 Dec 1992 13th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000
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27 Dec 1992 Harry Connick Jr is caught with 9mm gun in New York's JFK airport
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27 Dec 1992 Nancy Sheehan wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tournament
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27 Dec 1993 "Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 7 performances
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27 Dec 1993 Actress Teri Garr (44) weds John O'Neil (42)
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27 Dec 1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3792.93
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27 Dec 1995 Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 vs SL, MCG)
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27 Dec 1996 Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.
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27 Dec 1996 Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21
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27 Dec 1997 Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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27 Dec 2001 China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.
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27 Dec 2002 Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.
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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.
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27 Dec 2007 Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
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27 Dec 2007 Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.
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27 Dec 2008 Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.
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27 Dec 2009 Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.
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