December 27th, 1894

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Born on December 27th, 1894 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 27th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 27th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1894)

Born on December 27th, 1894

Weekday

Thursday

December 27th, 1894 was a Thursday.

Age

129

People born on December 27th, 1894 will turn 130 this year (2024), in exactly 244 days .

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1894 - January 20th, 1895

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 47,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 762 days, exactly on May 29th, 2026, people who were born on December 27th, 1894 will be 48,000 days old!

47,238 Days

6,748 Weeks

1,552 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 27th?

December 27th, 2002

The human-cloning company Clonaid claimed to have performed the first reproductive cloning of a human, but provided no evidence for the claim.

December 27th, 1997

Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright was assassinated in HM Prison Maze by members of the Irish National Liberation Army.

December 27th, 1985

The body of murdered American primatologist Dian Fossey was discovered inside her cabin in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

December 27th, 1979

Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet troops stormed Tajbeg Palace outside Kabul and killed Afghan president Hafizullah Amin and his 100–150 elite guards.

December 27th, 1966

A group of three men made the first descent into the Cave of Swallows (pictured), the largest known cave shaft in the world, in Aquismón, Mexico.

December 27th, 1932

New York City's Radio City Music Hall opened with the world's largest auditorium at the time.

December 27th, 1929

Joseph Stalin announced the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class", beginning a period of political repression against prosperous peasants.

December 27th, 1922

The Imperial Japanese Navy commissioned Hōshō (pictured), the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier.

December 27th, 1918

A public speech by the Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań sparked the Greater Poland uprising against Germany.

December 27th, 1904

The stage play Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, by Scottish author J. M. Barrie, premiered in London.

December 27th, 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.

December 27th, 1831

HMS Beagle departed Plymouth, England, on a voyage to South America that established Charles Darwin's standing as a naturalist.

December 27th, 1657

Citizens of New Netherland presented the Flushing Remonstrance to Peter Stuyvesant, the director general of the colonial province, requesting an exemption to his ban on Quaker worship.

December 27th, 1521

A period of unrest in Wittenberg following the arrival of three men of the Radical Reformation, known as the Zwickau prophets, was quelled after Martin Luther's release from custody.

December 27th, 0537

The reconstructed Hagia Sophia (pictured) in Constantinople was inaugurated; built as a church, it later became a mosque and a museum.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 27th

Born on December 27th, 1894

Paul Costello

American rower

*December 27th, 1894, Philadelphia †April 17th, 1986, Philadelphia

Mieczysław Grydzewski

Polish historian, journalist

*December 27th, 1894, Warsaw †January 9th, 1970, London

Louis Gas

French rally driver (1894-1945)

*December 27th, 1894, Neuilly-sur-Seine †March 20th, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

Annot

German painter (1894-1981)

*December 27th, 1894, Berlin †October 20th, 1981, Munich

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 27th?

Marlene Dietrich

German and American actress and singer

*December 27th, 1901, Rote Insel †May 6th, 1992, 8th arrondissement of Paris

Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)

*December 27th, 1822, Dole †September 28th, 1895, Saint-Cloud

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

Tor Mikkel Wara

Norwegian politician

*December 27th, 1964, Karasjok Municipality

Louis Bromfield

American author and conservationist (1896-1956)

*December 27th, 1896, Mansfield †March 18th, 1956, Columbus

Friedrich August Emil Heuer

*December 27th, 1857, Rammenau †March 29th, 1934, Dresden

Salman Khan

Indian actor and producer (born 1965)

*December 27th, 1965, Indore

Carl Zuckmayer

German writer and playwright (1896-1977)

*December 27th, 1896, Nackenheim †January 18th, 1977, Visp

Guido Westerwelle

German politician (FDP), Foreign Minister of Germany (1961-2016)

*December 27th, 1961, Bad Honnef †March 18th, 2016, Cologne

Anna Russell

British singer and comedian (1911-2006)

*December 27th, 1911, London †October 18th, 2006, Batemans Bay

Dorris Bowdon

American actress (1914-2005)

*December 27th, 1914, Tate County †August 9th, 2005, Los Angeles

Rafael Salazar Alonso

Spanish politician (1895-1936)

*December 27th, 1895, Madrid †September 23rd, 1936, Madrid

Joachim Poß

German politician (SPD)

*December 27th, 1948, Westerholt

Adil Rami

Moroccan and French footballer

*December 27th, 1985, Bastia

Charmian Carr

American actress (1942–2016)

*December 27th, 1942, Chicago †September 17th, 2016, Los Angeles

Christopher Benjamin

British actor

*December 27th, 1934, Trowbridge

Johannes Kepler

German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)

*December 27th, 1571, Weil der Stadt †November 15th, 1630, Regensburg

Wilhelm Käber

German politician

*December 27th, 1896, Duderstadt †November 19th, 1987, Kiel

Marianne Elliott

British theatre director

*December 27th, 1966, London

Same year
Born in 1894

Otto Grotewohl

German politician (1894–1964)

*March 11th, 1894, Brunswick †September 21st, 1964, East Berlin

Emil Forrer

Swiss linguist (1894-1986)

*February 19th, 1894, Strasbourg †January 10th, 1986, San Salvador

Nels Nelsen

Canadian ski jumper

*June 3rd, 1894, Salangen Municipality †June 3rd, 1943, Field

Nikita Khrushchev

First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964

*April 3rd, 1894, Kalinovka †September 11th, 1971, Moscow

Aldous Huxley

English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)

*July 26th, 1894, Godalming †November 22nd, 1963, Los Angeles

Fritz Taeger

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 1st, 1894, Osten †August 15th, 1960, Marburg

Norman Rockwell

American painter and illustrator (1894–1978)

*February 3rd, 1894, New York City †November 8th, 1978, Stockbridge

Bessie Smith

American blues singer (1894–1937)

*April 15th, 1894, Chattanooga †September 26th, 1937, Clarksdale

Norma Talmadge

American actress and film producer (1894–1957)

*May 2nd, 1894, Jersey City †December 24th, 1957, Las Vegas

Pyotr Kapitsa

Soviet physicist

*June 26th, 1894, Kronstadt †April 8th, 1984, Moscow

Lothar von Richthofen

German flying ace (1894–1922)

*September 27th, 1894, Wrocław †July 4th, 1922, Fuhlsbüttel

Samuel Eichelbaum

Argentine writer (1894-1967)

*November 14th, 1894, Villa Domínguez †May 4th, 1967, Buenos Aires

Umberto Maddalena

Italian officer and aviator (1894-1931)

*December 14th, 1894, Bottrighe †March 19th, 1931, Tirrenia

John Ford

American film director (1894–1973)

*February 1st, 1894, Cape Elizabeth †August 31st, 1973, Palm Desert

Norbert Wiener

American mathematician, scientist in cybernetics and artificial intelligence (1894–1964)

*November 26th, 1894, Columbia †March 18th, 1964, Stockholm

Georg Ulrich Handke

German politician and diplomat (1894-1962)

*April 22nd, 1894, Hanau †September 7th, 1962, East Berlin

Rudolf Heß

German Nazi leader and Reich Minister without Portfolio (1894–1987)

*April 26th, 1894, Alexandria †August 17th, 1987, Spandau Prison

Harold Macmillan

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963

*February 10th, 1894, Chelsea †December 29th, 1986, Sussex

Basil Sydney

English actor (1894-1968)

*April 23rd, 1894, Essex †January 10th, 1968, London

Dashiell Hammett

American writer

*May 27th, 1894, Baltimore †January 10th, 1961, New York City

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 27th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 27th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVII.XII.MDCCCXCIV

27.12.1894

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XC = 90

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1894 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1894

December 1894

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December 27th, 1894

Born on December 27th, 1894

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 47,000 days old!

47,238 Days

6,748 Weeks

1,552 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 27th?

The human-cloning company Clonaid claimed to have performed the first reproductive cloning of a human, but provided no evidence for the claim.

Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright was assassinated in HM Prison Maze by members of the Irish National Liberation Army.

The body of murdered American primatologist Dian Fossey was discovered inside her cabin in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet troops stormed Tajbeg Palace outside Kabul and killed Afghan president Hafizullah Amin and his 100–150 elite guards.

A group of three men made the first descent into the Cave of Swallows (pictured), the largest known cave shaft in the world, in Aquismón, Mexico.

New York City's Radio City Music Hall opened with the world's largest auditorium at the time.

Joseph Stalin announced the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class", beginning a period of political repression against prosperous peasants.

The Imperial Japanese Navy commissioned Hōshō (pictured), the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier.

A public speech by the Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań sparked the Greater Poland uprising against Germany.

The stage play Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, by Scottish author J. M. Barrie, premiered in London.

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.

HMS Beagle departed Plymouth, England, on a voyage to South America that established Charles Darwin's standing as a naturalist.

Citizens of New Netherland presented the Flushing Remonstrance to Peter Stuyvesant, the director general of the colonial province, requesting an exemption to his ban on Quaker worship.

A period of unrest in Wittenberg following the arrival of three men of the Radical Reformation, known as the Zwickau prophets, was quelled after Martin Luther's release from custody.

The reconstructed Hagia Sophia (pictured) in Constantinople was inaugurated; built as a church, it later became a mosque and a museum.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 27th

Born on December 27th, 1894

American rower

Polish historian, journalist

French rally driver (1894-1945)

German painter (1894-1981)

Same Day Who's birthday is on December 27th?

Same year Born in 1894

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 27th

Blessed Francesco Spoto

Blessed Sára Salkaházi

Fabiola

John the Apostle

Pope Maximus of Alexandria

Nicarete

Theodorus and Theophanes

December 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (North Korea)

Emergency Rescuer's Day (Russia)

St. Stephen's Day (Eastern Orthodox Church; a public holiday in Romania)

The third of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

27.12.1894

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 47,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 27th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 27th?

Same year
Born in 1894

Calendar
December 1894

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48						1	2
49	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
50	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
51	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
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53	31