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History on the 27th of December

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27 Dec 1774 RELIGIOUS English founder of Methodism, John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'God...frequently...makes young men and women wiser than the aged, and gives to many, in a very short time, a closer and deeper communion with himself than others attain in a long course of years.'
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27 Dec 1784 RELIGIOUS In Baltimore, at its first General Conference held this side of the Atlantic, Francis Asbury, 39, was ordained the first bishop of the Methodist Church in America.
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27 Dec 1899 RELIGIOUS American Christian temperance leader Carry Nation, 53, raided and wrecked her first saloon in Medicine Lodge, KA. She went on similar rampages in Wichita and Topeka, and in other cities in Iowa and Illinois as well.
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27 Dec 1918 WW2 Edward Brooks' daughter Elizabeth was born. 
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27 Dec 1919 WW2 Charles Sweeney was born. 
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27 Dec 1922 WW2 Light carrier Hosho was commissioned into service. 
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27 Dec 1927 WW2 Henry Stimson became the Governor-General of the Philippines. 
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27 Dec 1929 WW2 Stalin called for the liquidation of the Kulaks (peasant speculators) as a class. 
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27 Dec 1935 WW2 US Army Air Corps bombed Hawaii to divert a lava flow from Mauna Loa that was threatening a local water works. 
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27 Dec 1936 WW2 Jiang Dingwen was released from captivity in Xi'an, China by Zhang Xueliang. 
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27 Dec 1936 WW2 He Yingqin addressed a crowd of 200,000 people in a rally in Nanjing, China on behalf of Chiang Kaishek; the rally was held to celebrate Chiang's safe return after the Xi'an Incident. 
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27 Dec 1939 WW2 In Finland, Soviet 4th Division rushed several groups of men across the frozen Suvanto River in the darkness to reinforce the bridgehead on the far bank, but the attempts were detected by Finnish forces, which attacked them with artillery and machine guns, killing many; after dawn, Finnish forces successfully eliminated all Soviet bridgeheads on the Finnish side of the Suvanto River, ending the Battle of Kelja by 1800 hours. Elsewhere, in Suomussalmi, Finnish 9th division, supported by the newly-arrived four 1902 76-millimeter cannon and two Bofors 37-millimeter anti-tank guns, began to assault the encircled Soviet 163rd Division. 
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27 Dec 1939 WW2 The keel for future submarine Gar was laid down. 
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27 Dec 1939 WW2 Adolf Hitler postponed the decision to invade France to a later date. 
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27 Dec 1939 WW2 USS Helena departed Annapolis, Maryland, United States for South America; she arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, United States later on the same day. 
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27 Dec 1940 WW2 German armed merchant cruiser Komet arrived at Nauru and warned the British dock personnel to evacuate without signaling any alarm. Upon the completion of the evacuation, Komet shelled the facilities, destroying much of the port. Nauru's dock would be rebuilt in 10 weeks, but the port never returned to full capacity during the war. 
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27 Dec 1940 WW2 Italian submarine Tazzoli sank British ship Ardanbhan 200 miles south of Iceland, killing the entire crew of 37. 
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27 Dec 1940 WW2 German cruiser Admiral Hipper arrived at Brest, France, ending an one-month patrol in the Atlantic Ocean. 
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27 Dec 1940 WW2 German submarine U-65 attacked Norwegian ship Risanger with shells and one torpedo 300 miles off Senegal, French West Africa. at 2331 hours. The entire crew of 29 survived. 
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27 Dec 1940 WW2 British ship Waiotira, damaged by German submarine U-95 300 miles south of Iceland in the previous night, was detected by U-38, which sank Waiotira at 0146 hours; 1 was killed and 89 survived. 
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27 Dec 1940 WW2 Zuiho was commissioned into service. 
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27 Dec 1940 WW2 Erich Raedar met with Adolf Hitler in Berlin, Germany. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 At the battle of El Haseia in Libya, German tanks flanked British 22nd Armoured Brigade, destroying many tanks, but failed to break through. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 British Commandos and Norwegian troops completed the Operation Anklet raid in the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway, embarking a number of ships to return to Britain along with 29 prisoners of war and 200 Norwegian volunteers who wished to joined the forces of the Norwegian government-in-exile. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 Japanese air units bombed Manila, Philippine Islands while 6 US PBY Catalina aircraft attacked Japanese warships at Jolo (4 would be shot down). On land, Allied forces withdrew to the Santa-Ignacia-Gerona-Guimba-San Jose line 30 miles south of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 Japanese bombers attacked Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya. Meanwhile, Japanese troops advanced toward Kampar in western Malaya and Kuantan on the east coast. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 Japanese 3rd, 6th, and 40th Divisions attacked Chinese city of Changsha, but they marched into an ambush that slowed the momentum of the attack. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 German 250th Infantry Division of Spanish volunteers repulsed a heavy Soviet attack about 100 kilometers south of Leningrad, Russia which began on 23 Dec 1941. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 British cruiser HMS Kenya and four destroyers bombarded German defenses on Vaagso Island, southern Norway in Operation Archery at dawn. Shortly after the bombardment, 560 British Commandos and 12 Norwegian troops landed, fought off the 150 German mountain troops, destroyed fish oil production and storage facilities, and captured a complete German naval code as well as 98 German and Norwegian prisoners. In this operation, the Allies suffered 21 British and 1 Norwegian killed, while the Germans suffered 120 killed. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 USS Permit completed her second war patrol in Philippine waters. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 British and Indian troops originally based in Kuching, Sarawak, island of Borneo fled into Dutch territory. To the north, Japanese troops captured the Tambelan Islands, Dutch East Indies, which was the first Dutch territorial loss in the Pacific War. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 Hans-Joachim Marseille arrived in Athens, Greece for treatment for malaria, jaundice, amoebic dysentery, and gastroenteritis. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 USS Lexington arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 USS Saratoga arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 The 3rd Battalion of the "San Marco" naval infantry regiment of Italian Navy reported the strength of 23 officers, 31 non-commissioned officers, and 446 enlisted men. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 Tenryu arrived at Roi, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 46th Infantry Division of the German 11th Army counterattacked the Soviet beachheads on the Kerch Peninsula, Russia, but the attacks failed to stop further Soviet reinforcements from the sea. 
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27 Dec 1941 WW2 Japanese submarine I-25 shelled unarmed American tanker Connecticut about 10 miles west of the mouth of the Columbia River off the American states of Oregon and Washington. 
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27 Dec 1942 WW2 Hitler authorized the German Armeegruppe A and Armeegruppe Don to withdraw 150 miles to a new defensive line in southern Russia. 
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27 Dec 1942 WW2 The Ki-67 medium bomber, also known as the Japanese Army Type 4 Heavy Bomber, took its maiden flight. 
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27 Dec 1942 WW2 USS S-28 departed Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska for her fourth war patrol. 
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27 Dec 1942 WW2 USS Wahoo began a scheduled overhaul at Brisbane, Australia. 
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27 Dec 1943 WW2 Manteuffel was made the commanding officer of the elite Panzer Grenadier Großdeutschland division. 
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27 Dec 1943 WW2 John Basilone departed for Camp Pendleton, California, United States. 
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27 Dec 1943 WW2 As of this date, the Ledo Road was 103 miles long from Ledo, India into the Patka Mountains in northern Burma. 
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27 Dec 1943 WW2 USS Flying Fish pursued a Japanese tanker west of Luzon, Philippine Islands for about 10 hours, finally sinking her after scoring a total of 6 torpedo hits; a total of 10 torpedoes were expended. 
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27 Dec 1943 WW2 Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder was appointed Deputy Supreme Commander under General Dwight Eisenhower. 
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27 Dec 1943 WW2 General Sir Bernard Paget became Commander-in-Chief Middle East under General Sir H. Maitland Wilson. 
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27 Dec 1943 WW2 64 F4U and F6F fighters conducted a fighter sweeper over Rabaul, New Britain. 50 Japanese fighters rose to defend. The Americans lost 1 F4U fighter while claiming 4 Japanese shot down. 
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27 Dec 1943 WW2 15 Japanese bombers, escorted by 78 fighters, were launched from Rabaul, New Britain to attack US positions in the Cape Gloucester area, also on New Britain. 7 fighters were lost on this mission. 
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27 Dec 1943 WW2 Light carrier Ryuho departed Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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27 Dec 1943 WW2 Shokaku entered drydock at Yokosuka, Japan. 
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27 Dec 1943 WW2 USS Grayback sank a fishing boat with her deck gun off southwestern Japan. 
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27 Dec 1943 RELIGIOUS The film "The Song of Bernadette" was released by 20th Century Fox. It told the true story of 14_year_old French Catholic peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous, who experienced 18 visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France in 1858.
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27 Dec 1944 WW2 US submarines reported the sinking of 27 enemy vessels throughout the Pacific and Far Eastern waters. 
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27 Dec 1944 WW2 USS Caiman detected a small Japanese armed ship in the South China Sea and fired 3 torpedoes; they failed to hit the target. 
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27 Dec 1944 WW2 USS Makin Island departed Manus, Admiralty Islands. 
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27 Dec 1944 WW2 USS Wake Island arrived at Manus Island, Admiralty Islands. 
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27 Dec 1944 WW2 USS Luce departed Huon Gulf, Australian New Guinea. 
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27 Dec 1944 WW2 US troops began pushing German troops back in the Ardennes region, thus ending the German offensive. 
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27 Dec 1944 WW2 USS Gar arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fifteenth and final war patrol. 
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27 Dec 1944 WW2 Axis troops captured Pian di Coreglia, Italy and would penetrate the Allied lines by 25 kilometers by the afternoon. The presence of fresh Indian troops, however, stopped the Axis momentum. 
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27 Dec 1944 WW2 USS Barbero was damaged by a Japanese aircraft. 
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27 Dec 1945 WW2 Representatives from 28 nations signed the agreement to create the World Bank. 
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27 Dec 1945 WW2 Terrorists struck against British military bases in Palestine. 
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27 Dec 1945 WW2 Vendetta was decommissioned from service. 
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27 Dec 1946 WW2 Commander Warren Ronald Thompson was named the commanding officer of USS Ticonderoga. 
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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.
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