27TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST; ST FABIOLA;
SAINTS THEODORE & THEOPHANES GRAPOTI; & ST NICARETE." |
| 27TH |
418 |
"ETALIUS" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 27TH |
1794 |
FRENCH TROOPS INVADE HOLLAND. |
| 27TH |
1825 |
THE FIRST PUBLIC RAILROAD USING STEAM LOCOMOTIVES WAS
COMPLETED IN ENGLAND. |
| 27TH |
1847 |
"ROBERT RADFORD"
PRESENTED "RADFORD’S ROYAL CIRCUS," TO THE PEOPLE OF LAUNCESTON, TASMANIA. |
| 27TH |
1871 |
WORLD’S FIRST CAT SHOW TOOK PLACE AT CRYSTAL PALACE,
LONDON. |
| 27TH |
1915 |
A BRIGHT NEW STAR IS BORN WHEN
AUSTRALIAN MIDDLEWEIGHT BOXER, "LES DARCY" KNOCKS OUT AMERICAN CHAMP,
"EDDIE McGOORTY" IN THE EIGHTH ROUND. |
| 27TH |
1916 |
CYCLONE AND FLOOD WASHED AWAY MOST OF THE TOWN CLERMONT,
QUEENSLAND, KILLING 62. |
| 27TH |
1939 |
BETWEEN 20,000 & 40,000
DIED IN A MAGNITUDE 8 EARTHQUAKE AT ERZINCAM, TURKEY. |
| 27TH |
1941 |
CONSTRUCTION OF AIR-RAID SHELTERS BEGINS IN SYDNEY, WITH MANY
PEOPLE MOVING TO THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. |
| 27TH |
1949 |
"QUEEN JULIANA" OF
THE NETHERLANDS, GRANTS SOVEREIGNTY TO INDONESIA. |
| 27TH |
1956 |
UNITED NATIONS FLEET BEGINS CLEARING THE SUEZ CANAL AFTER THE
SUEZ WAR. |
| 27TH |
1964 |
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST OFFSHORE
OIL WELL IS TAPPED IN THE GIPPSLAND BASIN, BASS STRAIT. |
| 27TH |
1964 |
THE "SUPREMES" MAKE THEIR FIRST TELEVISION
APPEARANCE ON THE "ED SULLIVAN SHOW." |
| 27TH |
1965 |
THE BP OIL RIG SEA GEM CAPSIZED
IN THE NORTH SEA, WITH THE LOSS OF 13 LIVES. |
| 27TH |
1968 |
"APOLLO VIII" & IT’S 3 ASTRONAUTS MAKE A
SAFE NIGHT-TIME SPLASHDOWN IN THE PACIFIC. |
| 27TH |
1972 |
AUSTRALIA HALTS MILITARY AID TO
SOUTH VIETNAM, ENDING IT’S INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM WAR. |
| 27TH |
1979 |
SOVIET TROOPS INVADE AFGHANISTAN. |
| 27TH |
1983 |
PROPANE GAS FIRE DEVASTATES 16
BLOCKS OF BUFFALO, USA. |
| 27TH |
1986 |
29 YEARS & 42 DAYS AFTER IT WAS FIRST RELEASED,
"JACKIE WILSON’S" SINGLE "REET PETITE" WENT TO NUMBER ONE IN
ENGLAND, STAYING ON TOP FOR 4 WEEKS. |
| 27TH |
1992 |
GRAMMY-WINNING SINGER, PIANIST,
"HARRY CONNICK jr." WAS ARRESTED AT NEW YORK’S KENNEDY AIRPORT AFTER GUARDS
DISCOVERED A 9mm PISTOL IN HIS HAND LUGGAGE. |
| 27TH |
1998 |
THE FIRST REPORTS OF TROUBLE AS THE SYDNEY-HOBART COMPETITOR
"WINSTON CHURCHILL" SENDS A MAYDAY CALL, SUGGESTING SHE IS TAKING WATER. |
| 27TH |
2000 |
"MICHAEL McDERMOTT"
42, WENT ON A SHOOTING SPREE KILLING 4 WOMEN & 3 MALE WORKERS AT THE INTERNET COMPANY
WHERE THEY ALL WORKED NEAR BOSTON IN THE USA. |
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