December 27th, 1895

Born on December 27th, 1895

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 (pictured) 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 (pictured) 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 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, 1895

40

Rafael Salazar Alonso

Spanish politician (1895-1936)

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

Same year
Born in 1895

56

George VI

King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952, Emperor of India from 1936 to 1948 (1895–1952)

*December 14th, 1895, York Cottage †February 6th, 1952, Sandringham House

90

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Indian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer (1895–1986)

*May 12th, 1895, Madanapalle †February 17th, 1986, Ojai

70

Buster Keaton

American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1895–1966)

*October 4th, 1895, Piqua †February 1st, 1966, Woodland Hills

101

Irving Caesar

American composer and lyricist (1895–1996)

*July 4th, 1895, New York City †December 18th, 1996, New York City

30

Sergei Yesenin

Russian poet

*September 21st, 1895, Konstantinovo †December 28th, 1925, Saint Petersburg

86

Ngaio Marsh

New Zealand writer (1895-1982)

*April 23rd, 1895, Christchurch †February 18th, 1982, Christchurch

70

Dorothea Lange

American photojournalist (1895-1965)

*May 25th, 1895, Hoboken †October 11th, 1965, San Francisco

66

Anita Stewart

American actress, film producer (1895-1961)

*February 7th, 1895, Brooklyn †May 4th, 1961, Los Angeles

92

Dino Grandi

Italian politician (1895–1988)

*June 4th, 1895, Mordano †May 21st, 1988, Bologna

78

Juan Perón

President of Argentina (1946–55, 1973–74)

*October 8th, 1895, Lobos †July 1st, 1974, Quinta presidencial de Olivos

80

Ruth McDevitt

Actress (1895-1976)

*September 13th, 1895, Coldwater †May 27th, 1976, Hollywood

75

Igor Tamm

Russian physicist (1895–1971)

*July 8th, 1895, Vladivostok †April 12th, 1971, Moscow

53

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895–1948)

*February 6th, 1895, Baltimore †August 16th, 1948, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

82

Jacques Brugnon

French tennis player (1895-1978)

*May 11th, 1895, Paris †March 20th, 1978, Paris

102

Ernst Jünger

German writer

*March 29th, 1895, Heidelberg †February 17th, 1998, Riedlingen

85

Clara Porset

Cuban designer (1895-1981)

*May 25th, 1895, Matanzas †May 17th, 1981, Mexico City

79

Mikhail Bakhtin

Russian intellectual and philosopher

*November 5th, 1895, Oryol †March 7th, 1975, Moscow

79

Ruth Lee

American actress (1895-1975)

*September 14th, 1895, Minneapolis †August 3rd, 1975, Woodland Hills

68

Gerhard Domagk

German bacteriologist (1895-1964)

*October 30th, 1895, Łagów †April 24th, 1964, Königsfeld im Schwarzwald

81

Henrik Dam

Danish biochemist and physiologist (1895-1976)

*February 21st, 1895, Copenhagen †April 17th, 1976, Copenhagen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1895 is a normal year and no leap year.

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