Historical Events In December - 27

1982  On this day in history john Leonard Swigert Jr, astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51   

1983  On this day in history propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo   

1983  On December - 27 walter Scott, rocker, dies   

1985  Terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports. President Reagan blamed Libyan leader Momar Qadhafi on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda   

1986  Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1987  Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91 on this day in history.   

1988  Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades on this day in history.   

1988  Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid & Nancy), dies on December - 27.   

1989  On this day in history egypt resumes full diplomatic relations with Syria, after a ten year break   

1990  On this day in history barbara McDougall announces a five-year $332 million agreement to give Quebec control of cultural integration of immigrants to the province.   

1990  On December - 27 san Francisco became the first city to adopt regulations regarding video display terminals in the workplace   

1991  Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43 on this day in history.   

1992  Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, Engl comedian (Alfie), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1993  Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50 on this day in history.   

1994  On December - 27 hans Berghuis, author/poet (Kleitabletten), dies at 70   

1995  Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster, dies at 39 on December - 27.   

1997  Brendan Gill, journalist, dies at 83 on December - 27.   

2007  On December - 27 former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated, and at least 20 others are killed by a bomb blast at an election rally in Rawalpindi.   

2007  Presidential and parliamentary elections took place in Kenya on December - 27.   

2012  On this day in history nASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2025   

2019  On this day in history corporate defaults on corporate bonds in China reach a new record.   

2019  At least 12 die in a plane crash in Kazakhstan on December - 27.   

2020  On December - 27 [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 80 million worldwide.   

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1390  Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411) was born on December - 27.   

1555  On December - 27 birth of johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist   

1571  On this day in history birth of johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)   

1645  Giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized was born on December - 27.   

1654  On this day in history birth of jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician   

1683  Conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.   

1709  On this day in history birth of pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague)   

1715  On December - 27 birth of philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794)   

0418  On December - 27 zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies   

0975  On this day in history balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies   

1065  On this day in history ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies   

1076  Death of Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027) on this day in history.   

1381  Death of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history death of francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502)   

1590  Emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33 on December - 27.   

1595  Pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63 on December - 27.