About December 27
December 27, 2022 is the 361st day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 4 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 26 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On December 27
- 537 –The Hagia Sophia is completed.
- 1655 –Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.
- 1657 –The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.
- 1703 –Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
- 1831 –Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.
- 1918 –The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
- 1922 –Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
- 1923 –Namba Daisuke, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito.
- 1932 –Radio City Music Hall opened in New York, New York.
- 1939 –Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.
- 1945 –The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
- 1968 –Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
- 1978 –Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
- 1978 –The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the South Pole recorded temperatures of 7.5 °F (−13.6 °C), making it the highest temperature to ever be recorded in the South Pole.
- 1996 –Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
- 1997 –Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
- 2002 –The company Clonaid announces that it has successfully cloned a human being, although it has never presented any verifiable evidence.
- 2007 –Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
- 2008 –Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza - Operation Cast Lead
- 2009 –Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.
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