December 27
1822 - Scientist Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France.
1831 - Charles Darwin began his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle.
1900 - Prohibitionist Carry Nation smashed her first saloon.
1904 - James Barrie’s play “Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” opened at the Duke of York’s Theater in London.
1932 - Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
1945 - The World Bank was created with an agreement signed by 28 nations.
1949 - The Netherlands transferred sovereignty to Indonesia after more than 300 years of Dutch rule.
1958 - American physicist James Van Allen reported the discovery of a second radiation belt around Earth, in addition to one found earlier in the year.
1979 - The Soviet Union took control of Afghanistan, installing Afghan politician Babrak Karmal as president.
1985 - Palestinian gunmen opened fire inside the Rome and Vienna airports in terrorist attacks that killed 19 people; four attackers were slain by police and security personnel.
1985 - American naturalist Dian Fossey, 53, who had studied gorillas in the wild in Rwanda, was found hacked to death.
1995 - Israeli jeeps sped out of the West Bank town of Ramallah, capping a seven-week pullout giving Yasser Arafat control over 90 percent of the West Bank’s 1 million Palestinian residents and one-third of its land.
1996 - Rwanda's first genocide trial opened for the 1994 slaughter of more than 800,000 Tutsis.
1999 - Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew returned to Earth after fixing the Hubble Space Telescope.
2001 - The U.S. announced plans to hold Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
2002 - A defiant North Korea ordered U.N. nuclear inspectors to leave the country and said it would restart a laboratory capable of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons; the U.N. nuclear watchdog said its inspectors were “staying put” for the time being.
2012 - Retired Army general Norman Schwarzkopf, who as head of United States Central Command led forces against Iraq in the Gulf War, died in Tampa, Florida at age 78.
2016 - Actor Carrie Fisher died in a hospital four days after suffering a medical emergency aboard a flight to Los Angeles; she was 60. (Her mother, Debbie Reynolds, would die the following day.)
2021 - U.S. health officials cut isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans infected with the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts needed to quarantine.
Birthdays
24 - Brock Purdy (football player)
25 - Briar Nolet (model)
28 - Nick Chubb (football player)
28 - Timothee Chalamet (actor)
30 - Olivia Cooke (actress)
32 - Shay Mooney (singer)
32 - Chloe Bridges (actress)
33 - Zelina Vega (professional wrestler)
35 - Hayley Williams (singer)
35 - Nina Daniele (model)
42 - Jay Ellis (actor)
42 - Emilie de Ravin (actress)
43 - Claudio Castagnoli (professional wrestler)
44 - Walker Hayes (singer)
47 - Aaron Stanford (actor)
50 - Wilson Cruz (actor)
52 - Savannah Guthrie (journalist)
57 - Bill Goldberg (professional wrestler)
57 - Eva LaRue (actress)
59 - Theresa Randle (actress)
59 - Ian Gomez (actor)
63 - Maryam D'Abo (actress)
75 - Gerard Depardieu (actor)
79 - Tracy Nelson (singer)
84 - John Amos (actor)
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Today in Sports History - December 27
1953 - The Detroit Lions defeated the Cleveland Browns 17-16 in the NFL Championship Game.
1959 - The Baltimore Colts defeated the New York Giants 31-16 in the NFL Championship Game.
1962 - Oregon State quarterback Terry Baker wins the Heisman Trophy.
1964 - The Cleveland Browns defeat the Baltimore Colts 27-0 in the NFL Championship Game.
1971 - The inaugural Fiesta Bowl is played, with Arizona State defeating Florida State 45-38.
1974 - Ohio State running back Archie Griffin wins the Heisman Trophy.
1981 - Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) became the fastest NHL player to get to 100 points in a season. It only took him 38 games.
1987 - Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass.
1998 - The Dallas Cowboys became the first team to sweep all of their NFC East games in a season.
2000 - Mario Lemeiux (Pittsburgh Penguins) returned to the National Hockey League (NHL) as a player after over 3 years of retirement. He was the first owner-player in the modern era of pro sports. Lemieux had purchased the Pittsburgh Penguins during his retirement from playing.
1822 - Scientist Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France.
1831 - Charles Darwin began his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle.
1900 - Prohibitionist Carry Nation smashed her first saloon.
1904 - James Barrie’s play “Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” opened at the Duke of York’s Theater in London.
1932 - Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
1945 - The World Bank was created with an agreement signed by 28 nations.
1949 - The Netherlands transferred sovereignty to Indonesia after more than 300 years of Dutch rule.
1958 - American physicist James Van Allen reported the discovery of a second radiation belt around Earth, in addition to one found earlier in the year.
1979 - The Soviet Union took control of Afghanistan, installing Afghan politician Babrak Karmal as president.
1985 - Palestinian gunmen opened fire inside the Rome and Vienna airports in terrorist attacks that killed 19 people; four attackers were slain by police and security personnel.
1985 - American naturalist Dian Fossey, 53, who had studied gorillas in the wild in Rwanda, was found hacked to death.
1995 - Israeli jeeps sped out of the West Bank town of Ramallah, capping a seven-week pullout giving Yasser Arafat control over 90 percent of the West Bank’s 1 million Palestinian residents and one-third of its land.
1996 - Rwanda's first genocide trial opened for the 1994 slaughter of more than 800,000 Tutsis.
1999 - Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew returned to Earth after fixing the Hubble Space Telescope.
2001 - The U.S. announced plans to hold Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
2002 - A defiant North Korea ordered U.N. nuclear inspectors to leave the country and said it would restart a laboratory capable of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons; the U.N. nuclear watchdog said its inspectors were “staying put” for the time being.
2012 - Retired Army general Norman Schwarzkopf, who as head of United States Central Command led forces against Iraq in the Gulf War, died in Tampa, Florida at age 78.
2016 - Actor Carrie Fisher died in a hospital four days after suffering a medical emergency aboard a flight to Los Angeles; she was 60. (Her mother, Debbie Reynolds, would die the following day.)
2021 - U.S. health officials cut isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans infected with the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts needed to quarantine.
Birthdays
24 - Brock Purdy (football player)
25 - Briar Nolet (model)
28 - Nick Chubb (football player)
28 - Timothee Chalamet (actor)
30 - Olivia Cooke (actress)
32 - Shay Mooney (singer)
32 - Chloe Bridges (actress)
33 - Zelina Vega (professional wrestler)
35 - Hayley Williams (singer)
35 - Nina Daniele (model)
42 - Jay Ellis (actor)
42 - Emilie de Ravin (actress)
43 - Claudio Castagnoli (professional wrestler)
44 - Walker Hayes (singer)
47 - Aaron Stanford (actor)
50 - Wilson Cruz (actor)
52 - Savannah Guthrie (journalist)
57 - Bill Goldberg (professional wrestler)
57 - Eva LaRue (actress)
59 - Theresa Randle (actress)
59 - Ian Gomez (actor)
63 - Maryam D'Abo (actress)
75 - Gerard Depardieu (actor)
79 - Tracy Nelson (singer)
84 - John Amos (actor)
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Today in Sports History - December 27
1953 - The Detroit Lions defeated the Cleveland Browns 17-16 in the NFL Championship Game.
1959 - The Baltimore Colts defeated the New York Giants 31-16 in the NFL Championship Game.
1962 - Oregon State quarterback Terry Baker wins the Heisman Trophy.
1964 - The Cleveland Browns defeat the Baltimore Colts 27-0 in the NFL Championship Game.
1971 - The inaugural Fiesta Bowl is played, with Arizona State defeating Florida State 45-38.
1974 - Ohio State running back Archie Griffin wins the Heisman Trophy.
1981 - Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) became the fastest NHL player to get to 100 points in a season. It only took him 38 games.
1987 - Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass.
1998 - The Dallas Cowboys became the first team to sweep all of their NFC East games in a season.
2000 - Mario Lemeiux (Pittsburgh Penguins) returned to the National Hockey League (NHL) as a player after over 3 years of retirement. He was the first owner-player in the modern era of pro sports. Lemieux had purchased the Pittsburgh Penguins during his retirement from playing.
