December 27th, 1929

Born on December 27th, 1929

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What happened on December 27th, 1929?

December 27th, 1929

Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union

December 27th, 1929

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on December 27th, 1929

94

Zdeněk Bláha

Czech composer

*December 27th, 1929, Horní Bříza

93

Philippe Curval

French writer

*December 27th, 1929, 14th arrondissement of Paris †August 5th, 2023, 15th arrondissement of Paris

62

Gyula Kovács

Hungarian jazz drummer

*December 27th, 1929, Budapest †February 13th, 1992, Budapest

68

Lucio Muñoz

Spanish artist (1929-1998)

*December 27th, 1929, Madrid †May 24th, 1998, Madrid

87

Rüdiger Hitzigrath

German politician (1929-2017)

*December 27th, 1929, Berlin †March 22nd, 2017, Berlin

90

Tommy Rall

American actor and dancer (1929-2020)

*December 27th, 1929, Kansas City †October 6th, 2020, Santa Monica

87

Andrés Rillón

Chilean actor (1929-2017)

*December 27th, 1929, Viña del Mar †January 5th, 2017, Santiago

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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

89

Christopher Benjamin

British actor

*December 27th, 1934, Trowbridge

72

Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)

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

88

Tilman Pünder

German politician

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

58

Salman Khan

Indian actor and producer (born 1965)

*December 27th, 1965, Indore

73

Charmian Carr

American actress (1942–2016)

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

54

Guido Westerwelle

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

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

75

Joachim Poß

German politician (SPD)

*December 27th, 1948, Westerholt

89

Larisa Latynina

Ukrainian Soviet gymnast

*December 27th, 1934, Kherson

84

José Pérez Francés

Spanish road bicycle racer (1936–2021)

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

85

Rolf Wolfshohl

German racing cyclist

*December 27th, 1938, Cologne

72

John Charles

Welsh association football player (1931-2004)

*December 27th, 1931, Cwmbwrla †February 21st, 2004, Wakefield

38

Adil Rami

Moroccan and French footballer

*December 27th, 1985, Bastia

90

Dorris Bowdon

American actress (1914-2005)

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

93

Guy Rachet

Guy Rachet; born 27 December 1930 in Narbonne; French writer interested in archaeology and Egyptology

*December 27th, 1930, Narbonne

94

Anna Russell

British singer and comedian (1911-2006)

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

90

Marshall Sahlins

American anthropologist (1930-2021)

*December 27th, 1930, Chicago †April 5th, 2021, Chicago

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39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

91

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

95

Christian Meier

German historian of ancient history and professor

*February 16th, 1929, Słupsk

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

70

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

83

Robert Bonnaud

Historian

*November 13th, 1929, Marseille †January 22nd, 2013, 13th arrondissement of Paris

87

Hans Koschnick

German politician (SPD), Mayor of Bremen (1929-2016)

*April 2nd, 1929, Bremen †April 21st, 2016, Bremen

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

86

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

*October 31st, 1929, Naples †June 27th, 2016, Rome

94

Milan Kundera

Franco-Czech poet and novelist

*April 1st, 1929, Brno †July 11th, 2023, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

86

Mohammad Shafi Qureshi

Founder of the Congress party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir

*November 24th, 1929, Srinagar †August 28th, 2016, New Delhi

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No: With 365 days 1929 is a normal year and no leap year.

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