Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 27
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J. M. Barrie
Hagia Sophia
John L. O'Sullivan
Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Cave of Swallows
Charles Darwin
Radio City Music Hall
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| 1911 – "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, was first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. | clarify section |
| 1927 – Show Boat, considered to be the first truly American musical, opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway. | refimprove section |
| 1945 – The international ratification of the Bretton Woods Agreement established the International Monetary Fund and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. | refimprove sections |
| 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. | appears on August 17 |
| 1978 – Juan Carlos I of Spain promulgated a new constitution after it was passed by a referendum on December 6, marking the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy. | refimprove section, multiple expand section |
| 2004 – Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806−20 reached Earth, the most magnetic object ever perceived by mankind, with a magnetic field of over 1015 gauss in intensity. | refimprove |
| 2009 – During protests in Tehran against the recent presidential election, Iranian security forces opened fire on demonstrators on the Day of Ashura. | POV-section |
| George Cayley |b|1773| | Sourcing |
Eligible
- 1521 – A period of unrest in Wittenberg, Saxony, following the arrival of the Zwickau prophets, was quelled after the release of Martin Luther from custody.
- 1657 – Citizens of New Netherland presented the Flushing Remonstrance to Peter Stuyvesant, the director general, requesting an exemption to his ban on Quaker worship.
- 1845 – John L. O'Sullivan, in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argued that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny", popularizing the term's use.
- 1904 – The stage play Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, by Scottish author J. M. Barrie, premiered in London.
- 1922 – The Imperial Japanese Navy commissioned Hōshō, the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier.
- 1966 – A group of three men made the first descent into the Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, in Aquismón, Mexico.
- 1979 – Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet troops stormed Tajbeg Palace outside Kabul and killed Afghan president Hafizullah Amin and his 100–150 elite guards.
- 1985 – The body of murdered American primatologist Dian Fossey was discovered inside her cabin in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.
- 1929 – Joseph Stalin announced the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class", beginning a period of political repression against prosperous peasants.
- 2002 – The company Clonaid claimed that a cloned human baby had been born, although it has yet to present any verifiable evidence.
- 2007 – Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a Pakistan Peoples Party political rally at Liaqat National Bagh in Rawalpindi.
- 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.
- 2008 – Citing rocket attacks from Palestinian armed groups, Israel launched a surprise attack against the Gaza Strip, opening the three-week Gaza War.
- Born/died this day: | Bertha of Savoy |d|1087| Anne de Mortimer |b|1388| Ghalib |b|1797| Amy Vanderbilt |d|1974| Hayley Williams |b|1988| Carrie Fisher |d|2016
Notes
- Benazir Bhutto appears on December 2, so her assassination should not appear in the same year
Hagia Sophia
- 537 – The reconstructed Hagia Sophia (pictured) in Constantinople was inaugurated; built as a church, it later became a mosque and a museum.
- 1831 – HMS Beagle departed Plymouth, England, on a voyage to South America that established Charles Darwin's standing as a naturalist.
- 1918 – A public speech by the Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań sparked the Greater Poland uprising against Germany.
- 1932 – New York City's Radio City Music Hall opened with the world's largest auditorium at the time.
- 1997 – Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright was assassinated in HM Prison Maze by members of the Irish National Liberation Army.
- Sviatoslav II of Kiev (d. 1076)
- Agda Meyerson (d. 1924)
- Chyna (b. 1969)
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