Today's 27 December Major Events in History

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418 [Etalius] begins his reign as Catholic Pope

795 Leo III begins his reign as Pope after his election the previous day
1437 Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Bohemia
1512 Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World
1521 The "Zwickau Prophets" appear in Wittenberg

1657 Flushing Remonstrance petition is signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, protesting the ban on Quaker worship and asserting the right to religious freedom

1679 Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java
1703 England & Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
1741 Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia
1814 Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.

1831 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin on board departs England for a survey of South America, a voyage Darwin later said "determined my whole career"

1836 Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex)
1845 Ether is likely first used in childbirth by surgeon Crawford Long while his wife is giving birth in Jefferson, Georgia
1850 Hawaiian Fire Department established
1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou)
1862 Battle of Elizabethtown, Kentucky
1867 Ontario & Quebec legislatures hold 1st meeting
1884 Netherlands recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1892 Biddle University beats Livingstone College 5-0 in 1st black college football game, in Salisbury, North Carolina
1892 Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St John laid (NYC)
1897 Stanley Cup, Victoria Rink, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2
1900 Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita, Kansas)
1903 "Sweet Adeline", a barbershop quartet favorite, with lyrics by Richard Husch Gerard and music by Harry Armstrong, is first sung

Peter Pan

1904 Stage play "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie premieres at the Duke of York Theatre in London

1904 W B Yeats and Lady Gregory's "On Baile's Strand" premieres in Dublin
1905 Australian cricket all-rounder Monty Noble scores 281 (369 mins with 21 fours) in NSW total 805 v Victoria in Melbourne
1906 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, Rhode Island
1915 US Iron and Steel workers begin a 3-week strike in Ohio for an eight-hour-day; they are successful as the US needs steel for armaments
1918 The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
1919 Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
1924 Albania is declared a dictatorship under Ahmed Beg Zofu
1924 The US signs a treaty with the Dominican Republic, which supersedes that of 1907: in July, the Us had withdrawn its Marines and ended its occupation
1926 Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square
1926 Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st US Jewish soldier to die in WW I
1927 Philip Barry's play "Paris Bound" premieres in NYC

Emperor Hirohito Evades Assassination

1932 Emperor Hirohito of Japan narrowly evades an assassination attempt by a Korean independence activist, Lee Bong-chang

1932 Radio City Music Hall, designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey, opens at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City
1934 1st youth hostel in US opens (Northfield, Mass)
1934 Musical revue "Thumbs Up", including music and lyrics by Vernon Duke, James Hanley, and Ira Gershwin (among others), premieres at the St. James Theatre, NYC; runs for 156 performance

1937 German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany

Mae West Banned

1937 Mae West performs an Adam and Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC Radio for indecency

1939 1st American skimobiles (North Conway, NH)
1939 Between 20,000 and 40,000 people die in a magnitude 8 earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey
1941 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 7th Symphony in Siberia
1941 Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an "open city"
1942 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use
1942 The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.
1943 France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government
1943 German warship "Scharnhorst" sinks in Barents Sea

Operation Overlord

1943 Montgomery discusses Operation Overlord (D-day landings) with Eisenhower & Bedell Smith

1944 Greece: British premier Winston Churchill flies back to London

International Monetary Fund

1945 International Monetary Fund and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development are formally established with the signing of articles of agreement by member countries, ratifying Bretton Woods Conference findings based on ideas of economists Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes [1]

1947 First "Howdy Doody Show" (Puppet Playhouse) is telecast on NBC

Indonesian National Revolution

1949 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands formally recognizes the independence of Indonesia after four years of revolution and United Nations mediation

1956 Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games
1960 1961 NFL Draft: Tommy Mason from University of Tulane first pick by Minnesota Vikings
1960 France performs nuclear test
1961 Belgium & Congo resume diplomatic relations

1962 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)

1966 Ballon d'Or: Manchester United midfielder Bobby Charlton wins award for best European football player; claims award by a single point ahead of Benfica striker Eusébio

Songs of Leonard Cohen

1967 Columbia Records releases Leonard Cohen's debut album "Songs of Leonard Cohen"

1968 Apollo 8, the first crewed spacecraft, returns to Earth
1968 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1972 Belgium recognizes German DR
1972 LA Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak
1972 New North Korean constitution comes into effect
1973 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers announce their home night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8
1974 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB), his first of two consecutive wins
1974 Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
1974 FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party
1974 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
1975 Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 in Dhanbad, India
1976 Albania constitution goes into effect
1977 Ballon d'Or: Borussia Mönchengladbach's Danish forward Allan Simonsen is named Europe's best football player ahead of Hamburg forward Kevin Keegan and Nancy midfielder Michel Platini
1978 Ballon d'Or: Hamburg's English forward Kevin Keegan wins his 1st of 2 consecutive trophies as best football player in Europe; beats Barcelona striker Hans Krankl and Anderlecht winger Rob Rensenbrink

Les Misérables

1978 CBS Television's premiere of its version of "Les Misérables", starring Richard Jordan and Anthony Perkins

1978 Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship as King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution
1979 After invading Afghanistan two days earlier, Soviet forces carry out a coup in Kabul and kill President Hafizullah Amin, replacing him with Babrak Karmal
1979 Los Angeles left wing Charlie Simmer scores in a Kings' 3-0 shutout of the Quebec Nordiques to extend his modern day NHL goal-scoring streak to 13 straight games (ends next game)
1979 Red Army beats NY Rangers 5-2 at Madison Square Garden

1979 Soap Opera "Knots Landing" premieres on CBS-TV
1980 Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78

Lille Leading Wicket-taker

1981 Australian Dennis Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in test cricket with 310 wickets

Gretzky Fastest to 100

1981 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes the fastest NHL player to reach 100 points in a season (his 38th game), scoring 4 goals and an assist in a 10-3 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings

1981 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan

1983 Ballon d'Or: Juventus' French midfielder Michel Platini claims first of 3 trophies for Europe's best football player ahead of Liverpool midfielder Kenny Dalgleish and Vejle BK striker Allan Simonsen

Pope Pardons His Shooter

1983 Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca)

1983 Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo
1984 Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with NY Yankees

1986 Musical "Les Misérables" opens in the US at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
1987 Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass
1987 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan

1988 Ballon d'Or: Milan 1-2-3; Dutch striker Marco van Basten wins his 1st of 3 best football player in Europe awards ahead of Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard

1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades
1989 Oregon begins taking bids on NBA games
1990 Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames, 4-1 to record their 500th all-time NHL victory; set in just 915 games for a record of 500-295-120, good for a winning % of .612; best in history upon reaching milestone
1991 Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32)
1992 13th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000
1992 American jazz singer and piano player Harry Connick Jr is caught with 9mm gun in NYC's JFK airport
1993 Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record 3792.93
1996 Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
1997 Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland.
1999 Joe Sakic records his 1,000th career point, an assist against the St. Louis Blues
2000 Pittsburgh Penguins center and part-owner Mario Lemieux scores a goal and 2 assists in his return to the NHL after more than 3 years out with injury problems and lingering cancer issues; Penguins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-0
2001 The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.

2002 Kenyan General Election: National Rainbow Coalition headed by Mwai Kibaki wins, overthrowing 39 year rule by the Kenya African National Union
2002 Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.
2004 Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth; it is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated

2007 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated by a suicide bomber in Rawalpindi

2008 Israel launches Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, beginning with an airstrike that hits 100 targets in 220 seconds killing around 250 people
2009 The World Health Organization says 208 countries, territories and communities have reported H1N1 cases, including at least 12,220 deaths
2012 NASA unveils plans to capture a 500-ton asteroid, later canceled due to a White House space policy that focuses on the Moon and Mars
2013 29 people are killed after a bus plunged off the Huay Tong Bridge, Thailand
2015 Iraqi forces retake IS held city of Ramadi (ISIS first captured in May)

Manchester City's Record Streak

2017 Raheem Sterling scores to give Manchester City 1-0 win over Newcastle United at St. James' Park; EPL record 18th consecutive win; streak ends with 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace 31/12

2019 American couple Valerie and Jason marry in the same Dunkin' Donuts where they broke up 27 years ago

First 60-20 Triple Double

2022 Luka Dončić becomes the first player to register a 60-21-10 triple-double in NBA history as the Dallas Mavericks beat the NY Knicks, 126-121; first 60-point game in Mavs franchise history