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What happened on December 27?
December 27 is day 361 of the year, day 362 in leap years. On 27 December 1848, the Frankfurt National Assembly put the fundamental rights of the German people into force. In 1901, the actress Marlene Dietrich was born. In addition, Apollo 8 splashed down safely in the Pacific in 1968 after orbiting the Moon.
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Events on December 27
- 1831 Charles Darwin sets sail aboard the Beagle under Captain Robert FitzRoy for his five-year historic voyage.
- 1845 Crawford Williamson Long uses ether as an anesthetic for the first time during the birth of a child.
- 1848 March Revolution: The Frankfurt National Assembly puts the Imperial Law Concerning the Fundamental Rights of the German People into force. It later forms the core of the Paulskirche Constitution.
- 1904 The stage play Peter Pan by James Matthew Barrie premieres in London.
- 1925 The ski jumping hill at Schattenberg on the grounds of the later Oberstdorf Arena, built according to plans by architect Hans Gschwender, is opened.
- 1951 In the Federal Republic of Germany, the right of masters to discipline apprentices is abolished.
- 1968 After orbiting the Moon, Apollo 8 splashes down safely in the Pacific with astronauts Frank Borman, James Arthur Lovell and William Anders.
- 1979 In Cortina d’Ampezzo, Toni Innauer wins the first competition of the first Ski Jumping World Cup season ahead of two other Austrians.
- 1982 The US news magazine Time names the computer the “Machine of the Year.”
- 2007 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is killed in an assassination in Rawalpindi.
- 2008 The Israeli armed forces begin Operation Cast Lead against facilities and members of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The military action in the Middle East conflict continues until 18 January 2009.
- 2024 Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolves the 20th German Bundestag following the collapse of the traffic-light coalition and sets the 2025 federal election for 23 February 2025.
Born on December 27
- 1880 Theodor Litt, German educator and philosopher
- 1900 Hans Stuck, German-Austrian racing driver
- 1901 Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress
- 1911 Heinz Maegerlein, German sports journalist
- 1931 Scotty Moore, American musician
- 1961 Guido Westerwelle, German politician
- 1971 Sabine Spitz, German mountain biker
- 1980 Nina Moghaddam, German television presenter
- 1991 Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht, German actor and singer
- 1995 Timothée Chalamet, American-French actor
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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „27. Dezember“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.
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