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History Events on December 27

By  Reynaldo Quillao  27 Dec   140 Views

History Events on December 27

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The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

#Soviet-Afghan_War

In 1979

War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was 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.

#War_of_1812

In 1814

"Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

#Jana_Gana_Mana

In 1911

Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.

#Charles_Darwin

In 1831

Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.

#Palestinians

In 1985

Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.

#Methuen_Treaty

In 1703

Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

#Winter_War

In 1939

Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

#General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union

In 1929

Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.

#Indonesian_National_Revolution

In 1949

The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.

#Lewes_avalanche

In 1836

Japanese aircraft carrier H?sh? becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

#Japanese_aircraft_carrier_H?sh?

In 1922

Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.

#Diethyl_ether

In 1845

The construction of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is completed.

#Hagia_Sophia

In 537

Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Cz?stochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.

#Second_Northern_War

In 1655

The Flushing Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right.

#Flushing_Remonstrance

In 1657

Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.

#Taliban

In 1996

Journalist John L. O'Sullivan, writing in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argues that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny".

#John_L._O'Sullivan

In 1845

Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.

#Regina_Jonas

In 1935

Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

#Apollo_program

In 1968

The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

#Cave_of_Swallows

In 1966

The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.

#Romanian_Revolution

In 1989

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.

#Radiation

In 2004

Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.

#Prime_minister

In 2007

Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

#Radio_City_Music_Hall

In 1932

Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali A?ca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.

#Pope_John_Paul_II

In 1983

The Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg, disturbing the peace and preaching the Apocalypse.

#Zwickau_prophets

In 1521

Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.

#Spanish_transition_to_democracy

In 1978

The 7.8 Mw? Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

#1939_Erzincan_earthquake

In 1939

Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.

#2009_Iranian_presidential_election_protests

In 2009

The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.

#International_Monetary_Fund

In 1945

Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

In 2008

Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.

In 2007

Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

In 2002

Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

In 1997

Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

In 1927

The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

In 1918

The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.

In 1512

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