Tukuk-OS📅 December 27
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 27? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2024 — Acting president and prime minister of South Korea Han Duck-soo was impeached by the National Assembly.
President of South KoreaPrime Minister of South KoreaHan Duck-soo
- 2009 — During protests in Tehran against the recent presidential election, Iranian security forces opened fire on demonstrators.
2009 Iranian presidential election protestsTehran2009 Iranian presidential election
- 2007 — Riots erupted in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election—the first event in a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.
- 2007 — Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a Pakistan People's Party political rally at Liaqat National Bagh in Rawalpindi.
Benazir BhuttoAssassination of Benazir BhuttoPakistan People's Party
- 2002 — The human-cloning company Clonaid claimed to have performed the first reproductive cloning of a human, but provided no evidence for the claim.
- 1997 — Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright was assassinated in HM Prison Maze by members of the Irish National Liberation Army.
Loyalist Volunteer ForceBilly Wright (loyalist)HM Prison Maze
- 1985 — The body of murdered American primatologist Dian Fossey was discovered inside her cabin in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.
- 1979 — Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet troops stormed Tajbeg Palace outside Kabul and killed Afghan president Hafizullah Amin and his 100–150 elite guards.
- 1949 — Indonesian National Revolution: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed papers that relinquished sovereignty of most of the Dutch East Indies, officially recognising the independence of Indonesia.
Indonesian National RevolutionJuliana of the NetherlandsDutch East Indies
- 1939 — A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck central Turkey, destroying 90 per cent of the buildings in the area, and causing over 32,000 deaths.
- 1932 — New York City's Radio City Music Hall (pictured) opened with the world's largest auditorium at the time.
- 1922 — The Imperial Japanese Navy commissioned Hōshō (pictured), the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier.
Imperial Japanese NavyJapanese aircraft carrier HōshōAircraft carrier
- 1831 — HMS Beagle departed Plymouth, England, on a voyage to South America that established Charles Darwin (pictured) as a naturalist.
- 1657 — Citizens of New Netherland presented the Flushing Remonstrance to Peter Stuyvesant, the director general of the colonial province, requesting an exemption to his ban on Quaker worship.
- 1521 — A period of unrest in Wittenberg following the arrival of three men of the Radical Reformation, known as the Zwickau prophets, was quelled after Martin Luther's release from custody.
- 537 — The reconstructed Hagia Sophia in Constantinople was inaugurated; built as a church, it later became a mosque and a museum.
Births
- 2001 — Ander Barrenetxea, Spanish footballer
- 1999 — Brock Purdy, American football player
- 1998 — Luka Garza, American basketball player
- 1997 — Mads Juel Andersen, Danish footballer
- 1997 — Vachirawit Chivaaree, Thai actor and singer
- 1997 — Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player
- 1997 — Jang Gyu-ri, South Korean actress
- 1995 — Timothée Chalamet, French-American actor
- 1995 — Nick Chubb, American football player
- 1995 — Ghislain Konan, Ivorian footballer
- 1995 — Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player
- 1994 — Isi Palazón, Spanish footballer
Deaths
- 2024 — Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster (born 1946)
- 2024 — Olivia Hussey, Argentinian-English actress (born 1951)
- 2024 — Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)
- 2023 — Lee Sun-kyun, South Korean actor (born 1975)
- 2023 — Gaston Glock, Austrian firearm engineer and founder of Glock (born 1929)
- 2019 — Maria Creveling, American League of Legends player (born 1995)
- 2018 — Frank Blaichman, Polish resistance fighter (born 1922)
- 2016 — Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (born 1956)
- 2016 — Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Sri Lankan politician (born 1933)
- 2015 — Stein Eriksen, Norwegian-American skier (born 1927)
- 2015 — Dave Henderson, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1958)
- 2015 — Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor (born 1923)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Blessed Francesco Spoto
- Christian feast day: Blessed Sára Salkaházi
- Christian feast day: Fabiola
- Christian feast day: John the Apostle
- Christian feast day: Pope Maximus of Alexandria
- Christian feast day: Nicarete
- Christian feast day: Theodorus and Theophanes
- Christian feast day: December 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (North Korea)
- Emergency Rescuer's Day (Russia)
- Saint Stephen's Day (Eastern Orthodox Church; a public holiday in Romania)
- The third of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
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