December 27 in History

Historical Events on December 27

537 The Hagia Sophia is completed.

1932 Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

1945 The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.

1979 The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

1983 Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.

1989 The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.

2007 Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.

2008 Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

2009 Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.

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Famous Birthdays on December 27

1822 Louis Pasteur

1979 David Dunn

1986 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

1990 Milos Raonic

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Famous Deaths on December 27

1958 Harry Warner

1979 Hafizullah Amin

2007 Benazir Bhutto

2016 Carrie Fisher

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