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, 1,735,257,600 seconds 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
- 1918 –The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
- 1922 –Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
- 1932 –Radio City Music Hall opened in New York, New York.
- 1939 –Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.
- 1942 –The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.
- 1978 –The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the South Pole recorded temperatures of 7.5 °F (−13.6 °C), making it the highest temperature to ever be recorded in the South Pole.
- 1985 –Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria airports.
- 2002 –The company Clonaid announces that it has successfully cloned a human being, although it has never presented any verifiable evidence.
- 2008 –Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza - Operation Cast Lead
- 2009 –Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.
Who were born on December 27?
- 1761 –Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian military commander (d. 1818)
- 1773 –George Cayley, English scientist, inventor, and politician (d. 1857)
- 1925 –Michel Piccoli, French actor
- 1939 –John Amos, American actor
- 1943 –Cokie Roberts, American journalist
- 1947 –Janet Perry, American soprano
- 1959 –Andre Tippett, American football player
- 1962 –Bill Self, American basketball coach
- 1974 –Jay Pandolfo, American ice hockey player
- 1975 –Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d. 1988)
Who died on December 27?
- 418 –Pope Zosimus
- 1076 –Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)
- 1381 –Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician
- 1603 –Thomas Cartwright, English Puritan clergyman
- 1938 –Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (b. 1891)
- 1978 –Houari Boumediène, President of Algeria (b. 1932)
- 1987 –Geoffrey D Lloyd, Chairman of the guild of British Newspaper editors (b. 1933)
- 1997 –Brendan Gill, American columnist and humorist (b. 1914)
- 2003 –Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962)
- 2011 –Catê, Brazilian footballer (b. 1973)
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