What are the important events that happened on December 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 27 is the 362nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 4 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 14, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,735,257,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahexacontadigon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 33 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,389 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 27 Historical Events
- 1845 –Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
- 1918 –The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
- 1923 –Namba Daisuke, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito.
- 1927 –Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
- 1932 –Radio City Music Hall opened in New York, New York.
- 1942 –The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.
- 1966 –The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
- 1996 –Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
- 2002 –The company Clonaid announces that it has successfully cloned a human being, although it has never presented any verifiable evidence.
- 2007 –Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
Who were born on December 27?
- 1715 –Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794)
- 1930 –Marshall Sahlins, American Anthropologist
- 1943 –Cokie Roberts, American journalist
- 1947 –Janet Perry, American soprano
- 1948 –Gérard Depardieu, French actor
- 1955 –Barbara Olson, American political commentator (d. 2001)
- 1960 –Donald Nally, American choral conductor
- 1965 –Salman Khan, Indian actor
- 1966 –Eva LaRue, American actress
- 1981 –Javine, British singer
Who died on December 27?
- 1707 –Jean Mabillon, French palaeograopher and diplomat (b. 1632)
- 1737 –William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)
- 1834 –Charles Lamb, English essayist (b. 1775)
- 1938 –Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (b. 1889)
- 1955 –Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, English naval officer (b. 1881)
- 1966 –Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (b. 1905)
- 1992 –Kay Boyle, American writer (b. 1902)
- 1994 –J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (b. 1902)
- 2003 –Vestal Goodman, American Gospel singer (b. 1929)
- 2011 –Johnny Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
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