Page 6: Historical Events In December - 27

1951  On this day in history 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2)   

1952  Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76 on December - 27.   

1953  Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game on this day in history.   

1954  "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 perfs on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)   

1957  Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66 on December - 27.   

1959  On December - 27 balt Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game   

1959  Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70 on December - 27.   

1960  France performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history "Subways Are for Sleeping" opens at St James Theater NYC for 205 perfs   

1962  28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB) on December - 27.   

1964  Cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game on this day in history.   

1966  On December - 27 "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 105 perfs   

1968  On this day in history apollo 8 returns to Earth   

1970  On this day in history "Hello, Dolly!" closes on Broadway after a record 2,844 performances   

1970  On this day in history "Hello, Dolly!" closes at St James Theater NYC after 2844 performances   

1972  Former Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lester B. 'Mike' Pearson 1897-1972 dies at age 75; on December - 27.   

1972  On this day in history new North Korean constitution comes into effect   

1972  On this day in history "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 14 performances   

1972  Lester B Pearson (L), 14th Canadian PM (Nobel 1957), dies at 75 on December - 27.   

1973  On December - 27 lA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8   

1974  On this day in history fSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party   

1974  40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) on December - 27.   

1974  On this day in history amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66   

1975  On December - 27 explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India)   

1976  On this day in history albania constitution goes into effect   

1978  On this day in history king Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution   

1978  On December - 27 bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at 62   

1979  On this day in history "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV   

1979  Red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG on this day in history.   

1979  On December - 27 russia invades Afghanistan   

1979  Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown on this day in history.   

1979  On December - 27 hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered   

1981  Hoagy Carmichael, US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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1390  On December - 27 birth of anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)   

1555  Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist was born on December - 27.   

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

1645  On December - 27 birth of giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized   

1654  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1683  On this day in history birth of conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750)   

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

1715  On this day in history birth of philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794)   

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

0975  On December - 27 balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies   

1065  Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies on this day in history.   

1076  On December - 27 death of prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)   

1381  On this day in history death of edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician   

1548  Death of Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502) on December - 27.   

1590  On this day in history emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33   

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