December 27 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for December 27
In the headlines today:

2006	Supermodel Niki Taylor marries NASCAR® Busch® series racer Burney Lamar in San Diego, CA.
1999	Leonard H. Goldenson, the man who turned ABC into the top TV network, dies in Florida at age 94.
1985	Twenty people die (including the attackers) when Palestinian guerrillas open fire inside airports in Rome and Vienna.
1985	American naturalist and gorilla researcher Dian Fossey is found stabbed to death in Rwanda.
1979	Soviet troops seize control of Afghanistan, then execute the former president.
1970	The smash musical Hello, Dolly! closes on Broadway after a run of 2,844 shows.
1968	The three astronauts aboard the Apollo 8 space capsule make a successful nighttime splashdown in the Pacific.
1947	The children's show Howdy Doody debuts on NBC-TV.
1945	28 nations sign an agreement creating the World Bank.
1945	Belgium is admitted to the United Nations.
1940	Singer Al Jolson and actress Ruby Keeler divorce after 12 years of marriage.
1932	Radio City Music Hall, the world's largest indoor theatre, opens in New York City.
1927	The Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein musical, Show Boat, debuts at New York City's Ziegfeld Theatre.
1923	Eiffel Tower designer Gustave Eiffel dies at age 91.
1900	Anti-liquor activist Carrie Nation makes her first raid at the Carey Hotel saloon in Wichita, KS.
1845	Anesthesia is administered during childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long, in Jefferson, GA.