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December 27
December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. (362nd in a leap year). There are 4 days remaining.
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Events
Births
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1571 - Johannes Kepler, astronomer (d. 1630)
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1654 - Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
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1717 - Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)
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1773 - George Cayley, naturalist, physical scientist, engineer, inventor, politician (d. 1857)
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1822 - Louis Pasteur, French scientist d. 1895)
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1823 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1896)
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1851 - Percy Gilchrist , metallurgist (d. 1935)
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1860 - David Hendricks Bergey , bacteriologist (d. 1937)
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1879 - Sydney Greenstreet, actor (d. 1954)
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1888 - Thea von Harbou, author and actress (d. 1954)
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1896 - Carl Zuckmayer , author and dramatist (d. 1977)
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1896 - Louis Bromfield, writer (d. 1956)
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1900 - Hans Stuck, automobile racer (d. 1978)
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1901 - Marlene Dietrich, actress and singer (d. 1992)
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1906 - Oscar Levant, composer, actor (d. 1972)
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1907 - Sebastian Haffner, publicist (d. 1999)
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1915 - William Masters, sexologist (d. 2001)
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1925 - Michel Piccoli, actor
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1927 - Agnes Nixon, soap opera producer, director, writer
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1934 - Larisa Latynina, Soviet gymnast
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1939 - John Amos, actor
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1943 - Cokie Roberts, journalist
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1948 - Gérard Depardieu, French actor
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1959 - Gerina Dunwich, occult author
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1960 - Maryam d'Abo, actress
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1965 - Salman Khan, actor, India
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1973 - Wilson Cruz, actor
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1975 - Heather O'Rourke, child actress (Poltergeist) (d. 1988)
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1979 - Carson Palmer, American football quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner
Deaths
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1812 - Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of the Chabad Hasidic movement (b. 1745)
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1836 - Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (b. 1793)
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1896 - John Brown, manufacturer
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1900 - William George Armstrong, inventor, industrialist and engineer (b. 1810)
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1914 - Charles Martin Hall, chemist, inventor
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1938 - Calvin Bridges, geneticist (b. 1889)
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1950 - Max Beckmann, painter (b. 1884)
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1953 - Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (b. 1894)
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1968 - Victor Ernest Shelford , zoologist
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1972 - Lester B. Pearson, fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1897)
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1981 - Hoagy Carmichael, composer, singer (b. 1899)
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1988 - Hal Ashby, film director (b. 1929)
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1997 - Billy Wright, Protestant paramilitary leader (b. 1960)
- 1997 - Brendan Gill , columnist, humorist
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2002 - George Roy Hill, film director (b. 1922)
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2002 - Carla Henius , singer
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2003 - Ivan Calderon, baseball player (b. 1962) (murdered)
- 2003 - Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host
Holidays and Observances
December 26 - December 28 - November 27 - January 27 -- listing of all days
Last updated: 02-05-2005 05:39:44
Last updated: 04-25-2005 03:06:01
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