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27 December, 2007
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated, brought down by a suicide bomber.
27 December, 2002
Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.
27 December, 2001
The Peoples Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.
27 December, 1997
Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland.
27 December, 1996
Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
27 December, 1985
Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome and Vienna airports.
27 December, 1979
The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan and Babrak Karmal replaces overthrown and executed President Hafizullah Amin.
27 December, 1978
Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
27 December, 1968
Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first manned mission to the Moon.
27 December, 1949
Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence.
27 December, 1945
The World Bank was created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.
27 December, 1939
Erzincan, Turkey was hit by an earthquake.
27 December, 1932
The Radio City Music Hall in New York City opens.
27 December, 1923
Namba Daisuke, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito.
27 December, 1918
The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
27 December, 1845
Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
27 December, 1836
The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
27 December, 1831
Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.
27 December, 1814
Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Pattersons make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jacksons victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
27 December, 1703
Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
27 December, 1657
The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.
27 December, 1512
The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World.
27 December, 537
The Hagia Sophia is completed.

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