319 Historic Events for December 27
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Mary Kornman, Idaho Falls ID, actress (Queen of the Jungle)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
William Howell Masters, sex author/physician
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| 1916 |
Death |
Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Earl of Inchcape, English large landowner/industrialist (PandO)
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| 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
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| 1919 |
Death |
Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch lib premier (1905-08), dies at 68
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| 1919 |
Death |
Achilles Alferaki, composer, dies at 73
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Larry Osborne, navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist
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| 1923 |
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Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan
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| 1924 |
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Mokta Ould Daddah, president Mauritania (1961-78)
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Wouter Eijkelemboom, Dutch architect (Holy-hospital, Vlaardingen)
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| 1924 |
Birth |
James A McClure, (Sen-R-Idaho)
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| 1924 |
Death |
William Archer, Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Michel Piccoli, Paris France, actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools)
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Allan Blank, composer
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| 1925 |
Death |
Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44
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| 1926 |
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Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Jerome Courtland, Knoxville Tn, actor (Tonka, Tharus)
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| 1926 |
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Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st US Jewish soldier to die in WW I
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| 1927 |
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Philip Barry's "Paris Bound," premieres in NYC
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| 1927 |
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Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled
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| 1927 |
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Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat," premieres in NYC
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Wilfrid Sheed, England, writer (Boys of Winter, Hack)
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Meg Greenfield, US politician(?)
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