December 27th, 1978

Born on December 27th, 1978

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What happened on December 27th, 1978?

December 27th, 1978

Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_transition_to_democracy

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, 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.

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

Born on December 27th, 1978

45

Luca Ariatti

Italian footballer

*December 27th, 1978, Reggio Emilia

45

Deuce McAllister

Player of American football

*December 27th, 1978, Ludlow

45

Michael Noer

Danish film director

*December 27th, 1978, Esbjerg

37

Seru Rabeni

Fijian rugby union footballer and coach (1978-2016)

*December 27th, 1978, Bua †March 15th, 2016, Nausori

45

Brooke Totman

American actress

*December 27th, 1978, Eugene

45

Antje Buschschulte

German swimmer

*December 27th, 1978, Berlin

45

Lisa Jakub

Canadian writer, yoga teacher, and former actress

*December 27th, 1978, Toronto

45

Xing Yu

Chinese actor

*December 27th, 1978, Zhangqiu District

45

Pelin Batu

Turkish actress

*December 27th, 1978, Ankara

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

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

90

Marlene Dietrich

German and American actress and singer

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

44

Roy Curvers

Dutch road cyclist

*December 27th, 1979, Haelen

59

Tor Mikkel Wara

Norwegian politician

*December 27th, 1964, Karasjok Municipality

44

Noelia Castaño

Argentine-Spanish actress

*December 27th, 1979, Buenos Aires

38

Adil Rami

Moroccan and French footballer

*December 27th, 1985, Bastia

43

Elizabeth Rodriguez

American actress

*December 27th, 1980, Manhattan

58

Salman Khan

Indian actor and producer (born 1965)

*December 27th, 1965, Indore

42

David Aardsma

Baseball pitcher

*December 27th, 1981, Denver

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

54

Guido Westerwelle

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

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

72

Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)

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

42

Emilie de Ravin

Australian actress (born 1981)

*December 27th, 1981, Mount Eliza

57

Marianne Elliott

British theatre director

*December 27th, 1966, London

28

Timothée Hal Chalamet

French-American actor

*December 27th, 1995, Manhattan

75

Joachim Poß

German politician (SPD)

*December 27th, 1948, Westerholt

35

Hayley Williams

American singer, songwriter and pianist, member of the music group Paramore

*December 27th, 1988, Meridian

44

David Dunn

English footballer (born 1979)

*December 27th, 1979, Great Harwood

49

Masi Oka

Japanese actor

*December 27th, 1974, Tokyo

62

Laurent Roussey

Footballer

*December 27th, 1961, Nîmes

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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