December 27
December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. (362nd in a leap year). There are 4 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1571 - Johannes Kepler, astronomer († 1630)
- 1654 - Jacob Bernoulli, switzerland mathematician († 1705)
- 1773 - George Cayley, naturalist, physical scientist, engineer, inventor, politician († 1857)
- 1822 - Louis Pasteur, French scientist † 1895)
- 1851 - Percy Gilchrist, metallurgist († 1935)
- 1860 - David Hendricks Bergey, bacteriologist († 1937)
- 1879 - Sydney Greenstreet, actor († 1954)
- 1891 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada († 1896)
- 1888 - Thea von Harbou, author and actress († 1954)
- 1896 - Carl Zuckmayer, author and dramatist († 1977)
- 1896 - Louis Bromfield, writer († 1956)
- 1900 - Hans Stuck, automobile racer († 1978)
- 1901 - Marlene Dietrich, actress and singer († 1992)
- 1906 - Oscar Levant, composer, actor († 1972)
- 1907 - Sebastian Haffner, publicist († 1999)
- 1915 - Louis Masters, sexologist († 2001)
- 1925 - Michel Piccolo, actor
- 1927 - Agnes Nixon, soap opera producer, director, writer
- 1934 - Larissa Latynina, Soviet gymnast
- 1943 - Cokie Roberts, journalist
- 1948 - Gérard Depardieu, French actor
Deaths:
- 1896 - John Brown, manufacturer
- 1900 - William George Armstrong, inventor, industrialist and engineer
- 1914 - Charles Martin Hall, chemist, inventor
- 1938 - Calvin Blackman Bridges, geneticist
- 1950 - Max Beckmann, painter
- 1968 - Victor Ernest Shelford, zoologist
- 1972 - Lester B. Pearson, fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada
- 1981 - Hoagy Carmichael, composer, singer
- 1988 - Hal Ashby, film director
- 1997 - Billy Wright, Protestant paramilitary leader
- 2002 - George Roy Hill, film director
- 2002 - Carla Henius, singer
- 2003 - Alan Bates, British actor
- 2003 - Ivan Calderon, baseball player
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
December 26 - December 28 - November 27 - January 27 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December