Page 6: Historical Events In December - 27

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

1952  On December - 27 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 this day in history.   

1956  On December - 27 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)   

1957  Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history 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 this day in history "Subways Are for Sleeping" opens at St James Theater NYC for 205 perfs   

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

1964  Cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game on December - 27.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1972  On this day in history 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  On December - 27 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)   

1974  Amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1976  On December - 27 albania constitution goes into effect   

1978  On December - 27 king Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution   

1978  Bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at 62 on December - 27.   

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

1979  On this day in history red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG   

1979  Russia invades Afghanistan on December - 27.   

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

1979  Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1709  Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague) was born on December - 27.   

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

0418  On this day in history zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies   

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

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

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

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  Emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

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