Page 6: Historical Events In December - 27

1951  40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2) on December - 27.   

1952  On this day in history henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76   

1953  On December - 27 detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game   

1954  "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 perfs on December - 27.   

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

1957  On December - 27 alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66   

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 this day in history.   

1960  On December - 27 france performs nuclear test   

1961  On December - 27 "Subways Are for Sleeping" opens at St James Theater NYC for 205 perfs   

1962  28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB) on this day in history.   

1964  On December - 27 cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game   

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

1968  On December - 27 apollo 8 returns to Earth   

1970  "Hello, Dolly!" closes on Broadway after a record 2,844 performances on December - 27.   

1970  "Hello, Dolly!" closes at St James Theater NYC after 2844 performances on December - 27.   

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

1972  New North Korean constitution comes into effect on December - 27.   

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

1972  On December - 27 lester B Pearson (L), 14th Canadian PM (Nobel 1957), dies at 75   

1973  On this day in history lA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8   

1974  FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party on December - 27.   

1974  40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) on this day in history.   

1974  Amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66 on December - 27.   

1975  Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India) on this day in history.   

1976  Albania constitution goes into effect on this day in history.   

1978  King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution on this day in history.   

1978  Bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1979  "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV on December - 27.   

1979  On December - 27 red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG   

1979  On December - 27 russia invades Afghanistan   

1979  Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown on December - 27.   

1979  Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered on December - 27.   

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

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1390  On this day in history birth of anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)   

1555  Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist was born on this day in history.   

1571  Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630) was born on December - 27.   

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

1654  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician was born on December - 27.   

1683  On December - 27 birth of conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750)   

1709  On December - 27 birth of pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague)   

1715  Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794) was born on December - 27.   

0418  Zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies on December - 27.   

0975  On December - 27 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  Death of Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502) on December - 27.   

1590  On December - 27 emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33   

1595  On this day in history pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63