December 27: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com

December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. (362nd in a leap year). There are 4 days remaining.

Events:

1703 - Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
1831 - Charles Darwin embarks on his historic journey aboard the HMS Beagle.
1836 - The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
1845 - Anesthesia is used for childbirth for the first time (Dr. Crawford Williamson Long[?] in Jefferson, Georgia).
1904 - James Barrie's play Peter Pan premiers in London.
1932 - Radio City Music Hall opens
1945 - The World Bank is created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.
1945 - Korea is divided
1947 - Howdy Doody[?], a children's television program, makes its debut (NBC).
1949 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants Indonesia sovereignty.
1968 - The long-running radio program The Breakfast Club[?] signs off for the last time (ABC radio).
1978 - Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
1979 - The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan and Babrak Karmal replaces overthrown and executed President Hafizullah Amin.
1985 - Palestinian guerrillas kill twenty people inside Rome and Vienna airports.
1985 - American naturalist Dian Fossey is found murdered in Rwanda.
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.
2001 - China is granted permanent normal trade status with the United States.

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Feast of the Holy Innocents, Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican; in Mexico and Spain Holy Innocents Day is a day of practical jokes, like April Fool's Day