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27 December is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (362nd in Leap Year s). There are 4 days remaining in the year.
Events
Births
- 1390 - Anne De Mortimer , claimant to the English throne (d. 1411 )
- 1571 - Johannes Kepler , German astronomer (d. 1630 )
- 1654 - Jacob Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician (d. 1705 )
- 1683 - Conyers Middleton , English minister (d. 1750 )
- 1715 - Philippe De Noailles, Duc De Mouchy , French soldier (d. 1794 )
- 1717 - Pope Pius VI (d. 1799 )
- 1721 - François Hemsterhuis , Dutch philosopher (d. 1790 )
- 1773 - George Cayley , English scientist, inventor, and politician (d. 1857 )
- 1822 - Louis Pasteur , French scientist (d. 1895 )
- 1823 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell , fifth Prime Minister Of Canada (d. 1896 )
- 1832 - Pavel Tretyakov , Russiand businessman and patron of art (d. 1897 )
- 1879 - Sydney Greenstreet , English actor (d. 1954 )
- 1888 - Thea Von Harbou , German author and actress (d. 1954 )
- 1896 - Carl Zuckmayer , German author and dramatist (d. 1977 )
- 1896 - Louis Bromfield , American writer (d. 1956 )
- 1900 - Hans Stuck , German race car driver (d. 1978 )
- 1901 - Marlene Dietrich , German actress and singer (d. 1992 )
- 1906 - Oscar Levant , American pianist, composer, and actor (d. 1972 )
- 1907 - Sebastian Haffner , German journalist and writer (d. 1999 )
- 1910 - Charles Olson , American poet (d. 1970 )
- 1915 - William Masters , American gynecologist (d. 2001 )
- 1915 - Mary Kornman , American actress (d. 1973 )
- 1915 - Gyula Zsengellér , Hungarian footballer
- 1917 - Onni Palaste , Finnish writer
- 1920 - Bruce Hobbs , American jockey (d. 2005 )
- 1925 - Michel Piccoli , French actor
- 1927 - Agnes Nixon , American television producer, director, and writer
- 1934 - Larisa Latynina , Russian gymnast
- 1939 - John Amos , American actor
- 1941 - Michael Pinder , British musician ( Moody Blues )
- 1943 - Cokie Roberts , American journalist
- 1943 - Peter Sinfield , British lyricist and producer ( King Crimson , Emerson, Lake & Palmer )
- 1943 - Joan Manuel Serrat , Spanish musician
- 1943 - Pete Quaife , British musician ( Kinks )
- 1944 - Mick Jones , British musician ( Foreigner )
- 1948 - Gérard Depardieu , French actor
- 1949 - Carson Kievman , American composer
- 1950 - Roberto Bettega , Italian footballer
- 1950 - Terry Bozzio , American drummer ( Missing Persons )
- 1951 - Ernesto Zedillo , President of Mexico from 1994-2000
- 1952 - David Knopfler , British musician ( Dire Straits )
- 1952 - Karla Bonoff , American singer/songwriter
- 1957 - Jerry Gaskill , American drummer ( King's X )
- 1959 - Gerina Dunwich , American author
- 1959 - Andre Tippett , American football player
- 1960 - Maryam D'Abo , British actress
- 1962 - Mark Few , American basketball coach
- 1965 - Salman Khan , Indian actor
- 1966 - Bill Goldberg , American football player and professional wrestler
- 1969 - Sarah Vowell , American author and journalist
- 1971 - Joanie Laurer , American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Duncan Ferguson , Scottish footballer
- 1972 - Matt Slocum , American musician ( Sixpence None The Richer )
- 1973 - Wilson Cruz , Puerto Rican actor
- 1975 - Heather O'Rourke , American actress (d. 1988 )
- 1979 - David Dunn , English footballer
- 1979 - Carson Palmer , American football player
- 1981 - Emilie De Ravin , Australian actress
- 1985 - Eric B. Flow
Deaths
- 418 - Zosimus , Greek pope
- 1076 - Prince Svyatoslav II Of Kiev (b. 1027 )
- 1381 - Edmund De Mortimer, 3rd Earl Of March , English politician
- 1548 - Francesco Spiera , Italian protestant jurist (b. 1502 )
- 1603 - Thomas Cartwright , English Puritan clergyman
- 1707 - Jean Mabillon , French palaeograopher and diplomat (b. 1632 )
- 1737 - William Bowyer , English printer (b. 1663 )
- 1743 - Hyacinthe Rigaud , French painter (b. 1659 )
- 1771 - Henri Pitot , French engineer (b. 1695 )
- 1782 - Henry Home, Lord Kames , Scottish philosopher (b. 1697 )
- 1800 - Hugh Blair , Scottish preacher and man of letters (b. 1718 )
- 1812 - Shneur Zalman Of Liadi , Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Chabad Hasidism (b. 1745 )
- 1836 - Stephen F. Austin , American pioneer (b. 1793 )
- 1858 - Alexandre Pierre François Boëly , French composer (b. 1785 )
- 1896 - John Brown , British manufacturer (b. 1816 )
- 1900 - William George Armstrong , English inventor, industrialist, and engineer (b. 1810 )
- 1914 - Charles Martin Hall , American chemist and inventor (b. 1863 )
- 1923 - Gustave Eiffel , French engineer and architect (b. 1832 )
- 1925 - Sergei Yesenin , Russian poet (b. 1895 )
- 1938 - Calvin Bridges , geneticist (b. 1889 )
- 1938 - Osip Mandelstam , Russian poet (b. 1891 )
- 1950 - Max Beckmann , German painter (b. 1884 )
- 1953 - Julian Tuwim , Polish poet (b. 1894 )
- 1955 - Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter , English soldier (b. 1881 )
- 1966 - Guillermo Stábile , Argentine footballer (b. 1906 )
- 1972 - Lester B. Pearson , fourteenth Prime Minister Of Canada , recipient of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1897 )
- 1974 - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock , Russian physicist (b. 1898 )
- 1978 - Houari Boumédienne , President of Algeria (b. 1932 )
- 1981 - Hoagy Carmichael , American composer and singer (b. 1899 )
- 1988 - Hal Ashby , American film director (b. 1929 )
- 1992 - Kay Boyle , American writer (b. 1902 )
- 1997 - Brendan Gill , American columnist and humorist (b. 1914 )
- 1997 - Billy Wright , Irish Protestant paramilitary leader (b. 1960 )
- 2002 - George Roy Hill , American film director (b. 1922 )
- 2003 - Alan Bates , English actor (b. 1934 )
- 2003 - Ivan Calderon , Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player (murdered) (b. 1962 )
- 2004 - Hank Garland , Nashville studio musician (b. 1930 )
- 2005 - William Doody , Canadian politician (b. 1931 )
Holidays and observances
External links
December 26 - December 28 - November 27 - January 27 -- Listing Of All Days
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