December 27th, 1924

Born on December 27th, 1924

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 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, 1924

86

Jean Bartik

American ENIAC computer programmer

*December 27th, 1924, Gentry County †March 23rd, 2011, Poughkeepsie

86

James A. McClure

American attorney, Idaho State Senator and U.S. Senator for the State of Idaho (1924-2011)

*December 27th, 1924, Payette †February 26th, 2011, Garden City

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Who's birthday is on December 27th?

90

Marlene Dietrich

German and American actress and singer

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

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

59

Tor Mikkel Wara

Norwegian politician

*December 27th, 1964, Karasjok Municipality

72

Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)

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

94

Michel Piccoli

French actor (1925–2020)

*December 27th, 1925, 13th arrondissement of Paris †May 12th, 2020, Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle

89

Christopher Benjamin

British actor

*December 27th, 1934, Trowbridge

58

Salman Khan

Indian actor and producer (born 1965)

*December 27th, 1965, Indore

54

Guido Westerwelle

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

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

73

Charmian Carr

American actress (1942–2016)

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

90

Dorris Bowdon

American actress (1914-2005)

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

75

Joachim Poß

German politician (SPD)

*December 27th, 1948, Westerholt

88

Tilman Pünder

German politician

*December 27th, 1932, Münster †December 18th, 2021

94

Anna Russell

British singer and comedian (1911-2006)

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

93

Moshe Arens

Israeli diplomat, member of Knesset, and professor of aeronautics (1925-2019)

*December 27th, 1925, Kaunas †January 7th, 2019, Savyon

38

Adil Rami

Moroccan and French footballer

*December 27th, 1985, Bastia

85

Rolf Wolfshohl

German racing cyclist

*December 27th, 1938, Cologne

84

José Pérez Francés

Spanish road bicycle racer (1936–2021)

*December 27th, 1936, Peñacastillo †September 30th, 2021, Barcelona

89

Larisa Latynina

Ukrainian Soviet gymnast

*December 27th, 1934, Kherson

78

Péter Hajdú

Hungarian linguist

*December 27th, 1923, Budapest †September 19th, 2002, Budapest

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80

Marlon Brando

American actor (1924–2004)

*April 3rd, 1924, Omaha †July 1st, 2004, Los Angeles

94

George H. W. Bush

President of the United States from 1989 to 1993

*June 12th, 1924, Milton †November 30th, 2018, Houston

99

Jimmy Carter

President of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*October 1st, 1924, Plains

92

Lola Albright

American actress and singer (1924–2017)

*July 20th, 1924, Akron †March 23rd, 2017, Toluca Lake

90

Peter Scholl-Latour

German-French journalist and author (1924-2014)

*March 9th, 1924, Bochum †August 16th, 2014, Rhöndorf

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

*January 7th, 1924, Leeds †May 10th, 2017, London

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

*February 21st, 1924, Kutama †September 6th, 2019, Gleneagles Hospital

92

Gustavo Rojo

Uruguayan-Mexican actor (1923-2017)

*September 5th, 1924, Atlantic Ocean †April 22nd, 2017, Mexico City

92

Paul Hébert

Canadian actor

*May 28th, 1924, Thetford Mines †April 20th, 2017, Quebec City

92

Sofía Ímber

Venezuelan journalist and cultural activist

*May 8th, 1924, Soroca †February 20th, 2017, Caracas

98

Leslie Phillips

British actor (1924–2022)

*April 20th, 1924, Tottenham †November 7th, 2022, Minneapolis

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

*May 22nd, 1924, 6th arrondissement of Paris †October 1st, 2018, Mouriès

80

Erik Balling

Danish film director

*November 29th, 1924, Nyborg †November 19th, 2005, Copenhagen

91

Karl Heinz Oppel

German actor and voice actor

*December 16th, 1924, Dresden †October 27th, 2016, Berlin

92

David Rubinger

Israeli photojournalist and photographer (1924-2017)

*June 24th, 1924, Vienna †March 1st, 2017, Jerusalem

95

Elisabeth Gesche

German nurse and honorary consul

*January 17th, 1924, Funchal †May 27th, 2019

87

Rauf Denktaş

Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC (1924-2012)

*January 27th, 1924, Paphos †January 13th, 2012, North Nicosia

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

*December 19th, 1924, Harlem †January 28th, 2021, New York City

84

Pat Hingle

American actor (1924–2009)

*July 19th, 1924, Denver †January 3rd, 2009, Carolina Beach

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Public holidays on December 27th

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

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Leap year

Yes: 1924 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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