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, 28,920,960 minutes 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.
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
1512 –
The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.
1836 –
The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
1911 –
“Jana Gana Mana,” the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
1922 –
Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
1939 –
Erzincan, Turkey is hit by an earthquake, killing 30,000.
1942 –
The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.
1945 –
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
1966 –
The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
2004 –
Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
2007 –
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
Who were born on December 27?
1654 –
Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
1721 –
François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (d. 1790)
1915 –
Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (d. 1999)
1917 –
Onni Palaste, Finnish writer (d. 2009)
1972 –
Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby union player
1976 –
Aaron Stanford, American actor
1978 –
Nikolaos Georgeas, Greek footballer
1979 –
David Dunn, English footballer
1981 –
David Aardsma, American baseball player
1988 –
Taecyeon, South Korean actor & singer (2PM)
Who died on December 27?
1707 –
Jean Mabillon, French palaeograopher and diplomat (b. 1632)
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)
1978 –
Chris Bell American musician (b. 1951)
1987 –
Geoffrey D Lloyd, Chairman of the guild of British Newspaper editors (b. 1933)
1995 –
Genrikh Gasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (b. 1910)
1995 –
Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (b. 1909)
1997 –
Brendan Gill, American columnist and humorist (b. 1914)
2008 –
Delaney Bramlett, American musician (b. 1939)
2011 –
Helen Frankenthaler, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1928)
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