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 this day in history.   

1953  Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game on December - 27.   

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 this day in history 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  On December - 27 alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70   

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 December - 27.   

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  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  On this day in history 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  On December - 27 "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 December - 27 fSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party   

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

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 December - 27.   

1976  Albania constitution goes into effect on December - 27.   

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 December - 27.   

1979  On December - 27 russia invades Afghanistan   

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

1979  On this day in history hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered   

1981  On this day in history hoagy Carmichael, US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82   

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

1555  On this day in history birth of johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist   

1571  On December - 27 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 December - 27.   

1683  Conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750) was born on December - 27.   

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

0975  Balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies on December - 27.   

1065  On December - 27 ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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