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12/27/1914
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Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1915
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Mary Kornman, Idaho Falls ID, actress (Queen of the Jungle)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1915
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William Howell Masters, sex author/physician
Type: Birth
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12/27/1916
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Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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12/27/1917
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Earl of Inchcape, English large landowner/industrialist (PandO)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1919
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Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
Type: Event
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12/27/1919
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Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch lib premier (1905-08), dies at 68
Type: Death
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12/27/1919
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Achilles Alferaki, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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12/27/1922
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Larry Osborne, navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist
Type: Birth
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12/27/1923
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Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan
Type: Event
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12/27/1924
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Mokta Ould Daddah, president Mauritania (1961-78)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1924
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Wouter Eijkelemboom, Dutch architect (Holy-hospital, Vlaardingen)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1924
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James A McClure, (Sen-R-Idaho)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1924
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William Archer, Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68
Type: Death
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12/27/1925
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Michel Piccoli, Paris France, actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1925
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Allan Blank, composer
Type: Birth
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12/27/1925
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Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44
Type: Death
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12/27/1926
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Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square
Type: Event
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12/27/1926
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Jerome Courtland, Knoxville Tn, actor (Tonka, Tharus)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1926
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Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st US Jewish soldier to die in WW I
Type: Event
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12/27/1927
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Philip Barry's "Paris Bound," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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12/27/1927
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Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled
Type: Event
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12/27/1927
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Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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12/27/1930
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Wilfrid Sheed, England, writer (Boys of Winter, Hack)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1930
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Meg Greenfield, US politician(?)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1930
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Jacqueline Fontijn, Flemish composer
Type: Birth
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12/27/1930
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William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63
Type: Death
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12/27/1931
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Walter Courvoisier, composer, dies at 56
Type: Death
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12/27/1931
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Scotty Moore, guitarist (for Elvis)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1931
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Peter Christian Lutkin, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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12/27/1932
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Radio City Music Hall opens (NYC)
Type: Event
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12/27/1934
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Larissa Latynina, Ukraine, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 64)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1934
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Vernon Duke and James Hanley's musical premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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12/27/1934
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Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran
Type: Event
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12/27/1934
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1st youth hostel in US opens (Northfield, Mass)
Type: Event
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12/27/1935
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Norma Rae Beatty Ashby, broadcaster/TV producer
Type: Birth
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12/27/1936
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Lee Salk, doctor (CBS TV)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1936
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Phil Sharpe, cricketer (England middle order batsman during 60's)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1936
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Hans von Seeckt, German Gen/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at 70
Type: Death
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12/27/1937
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Bradman scores 246 SA v Queensland, 364 mins, 20 fours
Type: Event
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12/27/1937
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Mae West performs Adam and Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio
Type: Event
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12/27/1937
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German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany
Type: Event
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12/27/1938
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Emile Vandervelde, Belgian secretary of State (BWP), dies at 72
Type: Death
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12/27/1938
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O Mandelstam, writer, dies
Type: Death
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12/27/1939
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Earthquake in Turkey, about 50,000 die
Type: Event
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12/27/1939
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Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey)
Type: Event
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12/27/1939
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John Amos, Newark NJ, actor (Good Times, Coming to America)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1939
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1st American skimobiles (North Conway, NH)
Type: Event
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12/27/1940
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Jerry Lambert, jockey (rode Native Diver)
Type: Birth
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12/27/1940
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Pete Brown, rocker
Type: Birth
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