December 27st Events |
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| December 27th, 2007 (December 27 2007) | Event | Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated by a suicide bomber. | |
| December 27th, 2002 (December 27 2002) | Event | Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya. | |
| December 27th, 2001 (December 27 2001) | Event | The People s Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States. | |
| December 27th, 1997 (December 27 1997) | Event | Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland. | |
| December 27th, 1996 (December 27 1996) | Event | Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul. | |
| December 27th, 1985 (December 27 1985) | Event | Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome and Vienna airports. | |
| December 27th, 1979 (December 27 1979) | Event | The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan and Babrak Karmal replaces overthrown and executed President Hafizullah Amin. | |
| December 27th, 1978 (December 27 1978) | Event | Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship. | |
| December 27th, 1968 (December 27 1968) | Event | Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first manned mission to the Moon. | |
| December 27th, 1949 (December 27 1949) | Event | Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. | |
| December 27th, 1945 (December 27 1945) | Event | The World Bank was created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations. | |
| December 27th, 1942 (December 27 1942) | Event | The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded. | |
| December 27th, 1939 (December 27 1939) | Event | Erzincan, Turkey was hit by an earthquake. | |
| December 27th, 1923 (December 27 1923) | Event | Namba Daisuke, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito. | |
| December 27th, 1918 (December 27 1918) | Event | The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins. | |
| December 27th, 1845 (December 27 1845) | Event | Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia. | |
| December 27th, 1836 (December 27 1836) | Event | The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people. | |
| December 27th, 1831 (December 27 1831) | Event | Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution. | Charles Darwin Quotes |
| December 27th, 1814 (December 27 1814) | Event | Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson s make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson s victory at the Battle of New Orleans. | Andrew Jackson Quotes |
| December 27th, 1703 (December 27 1703) | Event | Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England. | |
| December 27th, 1657 (December 27 1657) | Event | The Flushing Remonstrance is signed. | |
| December 27th, 1512 (December 27 1512) | Event | The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World. | |
| December 27th, 0537 (December 27 0537) | Event | The Hagia Sophia is completed. | |
