What Happened On December 27

What Happened On Dec 27 Events

1822 Dec 27 Louis Pasteur Is Born
Louis Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822, in Dole in the Jura region of France, into the family of a poor tanner. Louis grew up in the town of Arbois. He gained degrees in Letters and ...
1831 Dec 27
to 1836 Oct 2
 Charles Darwin Voyage on the Beagle
Arriving at Barmouth on the evening of 23 August, Charles met up with a "reading party" of Cambridge friends for a time before he left on the morning of 29 August, to go back to Shrewsbur...
1845 Dec 27 O'Sullivan Addresses The Ongoing Boundary Dispute With Great Britain In The Oregon Country
O'Sullivan's second use of the phrase became extremely influential. On December 27, 1845 in his newspaper the New York Morning News, O'Sullivan addressed the ongoing boundary dispute with...
1896 Dec 27 Cahaba River Bridge Train Wreck
A special to the Commercial Appeal from Birmingham, Ala., says: Fiends in human form wrecked the Birmingham Mineral branch passenger train No. 40 at Cahaba river bridge twenty-seven miles...
1897 Dec 27 Montreal Victorias win Stanley Cup
Victorias from Montreal were the champions for the third consecutive season in the Amateur Hockey Association. The Vics accepted a challenge from the Ottawa Capitals, winners of the Centr...
1900 Dec 27 Carry Nation Brings Her Campaign Against Alcohol To Wichita, Kansas
On December 27, 1900, Carry Nation brought her campaign against alcohol to Wichita, Kansas when she smashed the bar at the elegant Carey Hotel. Earlier that year, Nation abandoned the non...
1932 Dec 27 Radio City Music Hall Opens
Radio City Music Hall opened to the public on December 27, 1932. Located in New York City's Rockefeller Center, this fabulous Art Deco theater is home to the The Radio City Christmas Spec...
1978 Dec 27 Chris Bell Dies
Chris Bell (January 12, 1951 – December 27, 1978) was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Memphis, Tennessee. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star, which re...
1985 Dec 27 FDA Approves Galderma's Clobex Lotion to Treat Psoriasis
Treating inflammation and itching due to certain skin conditions. It is also used to treat moderate to severe psoriasis. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doc...
1985 Dec 27 Rome and Vienna airport attacks
The Rome and Vienna airport attacks were two major terrorist attacks carried out on December 27, 1985. On that day at 08:15 GMT, four gunmen walked to the ticket counter of Israel's El...
1995 Dec 27 FDA Approves AstraZeneca's Arimidex
Arimidex (chemical name: anastrozole) is an aromatase inhibitor approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat: post-menopausal women diagnosed with hormone-receptor-...
1996 Dec 27 "Mother" Is Released
Mother is a 1996 movie directed and written by Albert Brooks, and starring Brooks and Debbie Reynolds. John Henderson (Albert Brooks)is a successful science fiction writer finalizing h...
2002 Dec 27 "Chicago" Is Released
Chicago is a 2002 American film adaptation of the satirical stage musical Chicago, the film explores the themes of celebrity and scandal in Jazz age Chicago. Directed and choreographed by...
2003 Dec 27 New England Patriots defeat Buffalo Bills, 31-0
Home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. Revenge. Offensive and defensive domination. An 8-0 record at Gillette Stadium. A 14-2 regular-season record. And, oh yeah, a bye week to ...
2005 Dec 27 Jonas Brothers release first single Mandy
Jonas Brothers release their first single Mandy.
2005 Dec 27 "Mandy" Is Released
"Mandy" is the first single from the American pop band Jonas Brothers from their debut album It's About Time. It was released as a single on December 27, 2005. The song had a 3 part video...
2007 Dec 27 Boston Celtics defeat Seattle Supersonics, 104-96
SEATTLE - Delonte West has no ill will toward the Celtics for trading him to the SuperSonics in the offseason. In fact, West would have made the deal, too. more stories like this West...
2008 Dec 27 Boston Bruins defeat Carolina Hurricanes, 4-2
RALEIGH, N.C. - It was not, by his own admission and that of his boss, the best night for Marc Savard. Last night before 16,705 at the RBC Center, Boston's No. 1 center and leading sco...
2008 Dec 27 UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008
UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 was a mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held on December 27, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The m...
2009 Dec 27 Boston Bruins defeat Florida Panthers, 2-1
SUNRISE, Fla. - Yesterday’s game started horribly for Tim Thomas. At 4:09 of the first period, Dominic Moore turned and fired a sharp-angle shot on net that somehow dribbled between Th...
2009 Dec 27 Carolina Panthers defeat New York Giants, 41-9
PANTHERS 41, GIANTS 9 The Giants saved their worst for last. They said goodbye to Giants Stadium and to their playoff dreams in embarrassing and humiliating fashion Sunday, with a p...
2009 Dec 27 Green Bay Packers defeat Seattle Seahawks, 48-10
GREEN BAY: Brandon Jackson, 13-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Mason Crosby kick), 6:34 left. How they scored: On third and 1, Matt Hasselbeck bootlegged right. Under pressure from Bra...
2009 Dec 27 Los Angeles Clippers defeat Boston Celtics, 92-90
LOS ANGELES - Eventually, Rajon Rondo would be tested with pressure free throws. We learned early this morning (Boston time) that Rondo still needs work. Luckily, this occurred in Decembe...
2009 Dec 27 New England Patriots defeat Jacksonville Jaguars, 35-7
FOXBOROUGH - There was a lot to like yesterday at Gillette Stadium. Tom Brady looked as good as he has since the 59-0 rout of Tennessee. The running game, even with Laurence Maroney bo...
2009 Dec 27 New York Jets defeat Indianapolis Colts, 29-15
Same old Jets? Not this time. Okay, I know all the ingredients are present for a typical Jets meltdown. Win and they're in. They are playing in the high-profile, stand-alone final game...
2009 Dec 27 Opposition Forces and Government Clash in Iran
At least eight Iranian protesters were reported to have been shot dead in Tehran today — including a nephew of the opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi — during the fiercest protests in ...
2009 Dec 27 San Antonio Spurs defeat New York Knicks, 95-88
With six trips to the Finals and four titles starting in 2000, the Lakers are the obvious pick for the team of the decade. No team comes close to what the Lakers accomplished, and that...
2009 Dec 27 Violence Erupts Amid Reignited Protests in Iran
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iranian police opened fire on protesters in Tehran on Sunday, killing at least four people, including a nephew of the opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi, as vast cro...
2010 Dec 27 Alfred E. Kahn Dies
Alfred E. Kahn, a Cornell University economist best known as the chief architect and promoter of deregulating the nation’s airlines, despite opposition from industry executives and unions...
2011 Dec 27 Indiana Babysitter Confesses to Murder of Nine-Year-Old Girl
The Indiana man accused of killing a nine-year-old neighbor he was watching told investigators he beat the girl with a brick, dismembered and dumped most of her body but kept her head, ha...