December 27

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Holidays & Observances Emergency Rescuer's Day, Constitution Day (North Korea) Events Kenyan general election, 2007, Starrcade (1995) Famous birthdays Bill Goldberg, Salman Khan, Black M, Kristina Pimenova, Louis Pasteur

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December 27 is the 361st day of the year (362nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are four days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Events

537 – The Hagia Sophia is completed.

1512 – The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.

1521 – The Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg disturbing the peace and preaching the Apocalypse. Philip Melanchthon cannot silence them. Martin Luther is being held in protective custody at the Wartburg castle at this time. He is later released and is able, by his preaching, to regain the peace.

1655 – Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.

1657 – The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.

1703 – Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.

1814 – War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.

1831 – Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.

1836 – The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.

1845 – Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.

1845 – Journalist John L. O'Sullivan, writing in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argues that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny".

1911 – "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

1918 – The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

1922 – Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

1927 – Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

1929 – Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

1932 – Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

1935 – Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.

1939 – The 7.8 Mw Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

1939 – Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

1942 – The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.

1945 – The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.

1949 – Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.

1966 – The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

1978 – Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.

1979 – The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

1983 – Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.

1985 – Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.

1989 – The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.

1996 – Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.

1997 – Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

2002 – Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

2004 – Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.

2007 – Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.

2007 – Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.

2008 – Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

2009 – Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.

Births

1350 – John I of Aragon (d. 1395)

1390 – Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)

1459 – John I Albert (d. 1501)

1481 – Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Margrave of Bayreuth (d. 1527)

1571 – Johannes Kepler, German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (d. 1630)

1572 – Johannes Vodnianus Campanus, Czech poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1622)

1683 – Conyers Middleton, English priest and theologian (d. 1750)

1714 – George Whitefield, English preacher and saint (d. 1770)

1715 – Philippe de Noailles, French general (d. 1794)

1721 – François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher and author (d. 1790)

1761 – Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (d. 1818)

1773 – George Cayley, English engineer and politician (d. 1857)

1776 – Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811)

1797 – Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869)

1803 – François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian activist (d. 1839)

1809 – Alexandros Rizos Rangavis, Greek poet and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (d. 1892)

1822 – Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (d. 1895)

1823 – Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1917)

1832 – Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tretyakov Gallery (d. 1897)

1858 – Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th President of Chile (d. 1930)

1863 – Louis Lincoln Emmerson, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois (d. 1941)

1864 – Hermann-Paul, French painter and illustrator (d. 1940)

1879 – Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (d. 1954)

1883 – Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1979)

1888 – Thea von Harbou, German actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 1954)

1892 – Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (d. 1917)

1896 – Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist (d. 1956)

1896 – Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (d. 1952)

1896 – Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright (d. 1977)

1898 – Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese politician (d. 1960)

1900 – Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978)

1901 – Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (d. 1992)

1901 – Irene Handl, English actress (d. 1987)

1904 – René Bonnet, French race car driver and engineer (d. 1983)

1905 – Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (d. 1974)

1906 – Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, and actor (d. 1972)

1907 – Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet (d. 1958)

1907 – Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (d. 1999)

1907 – Mary Howard, English author (d. 1991)

1907 – Conrad L. Raiford, American baseball player and activist (d. 2002)

1907 – Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1978)

1909 – James Riddell, English skier and author (d. 2000)

1910 – Charles Olson, American poet and educator (d. 1970)

1911 – Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (d. 2006)

1915 – William Masters, American gynecologist, author, and academic (d. 2001)

1915 – Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager (d. 1999)

1916 – Werner Baumbach, German pilot (d. 1953)

1916 – Cathy Lewis, American actress (d. 1968)

1917 – Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2015)

1917 – T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (d. 2004)

1917 – Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2009)

1918 – John Celardo, American captain and illustrator (d. 2012)

1919 – Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot (d. 2004)

1920 – Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (d. 2005)

1923 – Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (d. 2012)

1924 – Jean Bartik, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2011)

1924 – James A. McClure, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2011)

1925 – Michel Piccoli, French actor, singer, director, and producer

1926 – Jerome Courtland, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012)

1927 – Antony Gardner, English engineer and politician (d. 2011)

1927 – Nityanand Swami, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (d. 2012)

1927 – Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (d. 1984)

1930 – Marshall Sahlins, American anthropologist and academic

1930 – Wilfrid Sheed, English-born American novelist and essayist (d. 2011)

1931 – Scotty Moore, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2016)

1933 – Dave Marr, American golfer (d. 1997)

1934 – Larisa Latynina, Ukrainian gymnast and coach

1934 – Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, English businessman

1935 – Michael Turnbull, English bishop

1936 – Phil Sharpe, English cricketer (d. 2014)

1936 – Eve Uusmees, Estonian swimmer and coach

1939 – John Amos, American actor

1940 – David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire (d. 2009)

1941 – Miles Aiken, American basketball player and coach

1941 – Mike Pinder, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1941 – Nolan Richardson, American basketball player and coach

1942 – Byron Browne, American baseball player

1942 – Thomas Menino, American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (d. 2014)

1942 – Ron Rothstein, American basketball player and coach

1943 – Cokie Roberts, American journalist and author

1943 – Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1943 – Peter Sinfield, English songwriter and producer

1943 – Roy White, American baseball player and coach

1944 – Mick Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1946 – Lenny Kaye, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1946 – Joe Kinnear, Irish footballer and manager

1946 – Janet Street-Porter, English journalist and producer

1946 – Polly Toynbee, English journalist and author

1947 – Bill Eadie, American wrestler and coach

1947 – Doug Livermore, English footballer and manager

1947 – Osman Pamukoğlu, Turkish general and politician

1947 – Willy Polleunis, Belgian runner

1947 – Mickey Redmond, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1948 – Gérard Depardieu, French-Russian actor

1949 – Terry Ito, Japanese director, producer, and critic

1950 – Haris Alexiou, Greek singer-songwriter

1950 – Roberto Bettega, Italian footballer and manager

1950 – Terry Bozzio, American drummer and songwriter

1951 – Ernesto Zedillo, Mexican economist and politician, 54th President of Mexico

1952 – Tovah Feldshuh, American actress, singer, and playwright

1952 – Jay Hill, Canadian farmer and politician

1952 – David Knopfler, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1954 – Mandie Fletcher, English director, producer, and production manager

1955 – Brad Murphey, American-Australian race car driver

1955 – Barbara Olson, American journalist and author (d. 2001)

1956 – Doina Melinte, Romanian runner

1957 – Jerry Gaskill, American drummer

1957 – Greg Mortenson, American humanitarian and author

1958 – Steve Jones, American golfer

1959 – Gerina Dunwich, American astrologer, historian, and author

1959 – Andre Tippett, American football player and coach

1960 – Maryam d'Abo, English actress

1960 – Donald Nally, American conductor and academic

1960 – Terry Price, Australian golfer

1961 – Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2016)

1962 – Mark Few, American basketball player and coach

1962 – John Kampfner, Singaporean journalist and author

1962 – Bill Self, American basketball player and coach

1962 – Sherri Steinhauer, American golfer

1963 – Gaspar Noé, Argentinian-French director and screenwriter

1965 – Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and journalist (d. 2007)

1965 – Salman Khan, Indian film actor and producer

1966 – Marianne Elliott, English director and producer

1966 – Bill Goldberg, American football player, wrestler, and actor

1966 – Eva LaRue, American model and actress

1966 – Fabian Núñez, American politician

1969 – Jean-Christophe Boullion, French race car driver

1969 – Sarah Vowell, American author and journalist

1970 – Chyna, American professional wrestler and actress (d. 2016)

1970 – Brendon Cook, Australian race car driver and rugby player

1970 – Lorenzo Neal, American football player and radio host

1971 – Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer and coach

1971 – Guthrie Govan, English guitarist and educator

1971 – Savannah Guthrie, American television journalist

1971 – Jason Hawes, American paranormal investigator and author, founded The Atlantic Paranormal Society

1971 – Bryan Smolinski, American ice hockey player and coach

1972 – Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby union player and coach

1972 – Kevin Ollie, American basketball player and coach

1972 – Matt Slocum, American guitarist and songwriter

1973 – Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch pianist and composer

1974 – Tomáš Janků, Czech high jumper

1974 – Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor and visual effects designer

1974 – Fumiko Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer

1974 – Jay Pandolfo, American ice hockey player and coach

1975 – Aigars Fadejevs, Latvian race walker and therapist

1975 – Kjell Eriksson, Swedish television personality

1975 – Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d. 1988)

1976 – Nikolaos Georgeas, Greek footballer

1976 – Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (d. 2009)

1976 – Daimí Pernía, Cuban basketball player and hurdler

1976 – Fernando Pisani, Canadian-Italian ice hockey player

1977 – Chris Tate, English footballer

1978 – Deuce McAllister, American football player

1979 – David Dunn, English footballer and manager

1979 – Carson Palmer, American football player

1980 – Bernard Berrian, American football player

1980 – Dahntay Jones, American basketball player

1980 – Meelis Kompus, Estonian journalist

1981 – David Aardsma, American baseball player

1981 – Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress

1981 – Moise Joseph, American-Haitian runner

1981 – Patrick Sharp, Canadian ice hockey player

1982 – Erin E. Stead, American illustrator

1983 – Anthony Boric, New Zealand rugby union player

1983 – Cole Hamels, American baseball player

1983 – Jesse Williams, American high jumper

1984 – Andrejs Perepļotkins, Ukrainian-Latvian footballer

1984 – Gilles Simon, French tennis player

1985 – Logan Bailly, Belgian footballer

1985 – Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Belgian race car driver

1985 – Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player

1986 – Torah Bright, Australian snowboarder

1986 – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaican sprinter

1987 – Tim Browne, Australian rugby league player

1988 – Zavon Hines, Jamaican-English footballer

1988 – Rick Porcello, American baseball player

1988 – Hayley Williams, American singer-songwriter

1989 – Ingrid Várgas Calvo, Peruvian tennis player

1990 – Max Lindholm, Finnish figure skater

1990 – Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player

1991 – Michael Morgan, Australian rugby league player

1991 – Danny Wilson, Scottish footballer

1992 – Joel Indermitte, Estonian footballer

1992 – Maicel Uibo, Estonian decathlete

1995 – Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player

1997 – Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player

Deaths

683 – Emperor Gaozong of Tang (b. 628)

870 – Aeneas of Paris, Frankish bishop

1003 – Emma of Blois, Duchess and Regent of Aquitaine

1076 – Sviatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)

1087 – Bertha of Savoy, (b. 1051)

1381 – Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician (b. 1352)

1518 – Mahmood Shah Bahmani II, sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate (b. c. 1470)

1543 – George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1484)

1548 – Francesco Spiera, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1502)

1603 – Thomas Cartwright, English minister and theologian (b. 1535)

1704 – Hans Albrecht von Barfus, Prussian field marshal and politician (b. 1635)

1707 – Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar (b. 1632)

1737 – William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)

1743 – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)

1771 – Henri Pitot, French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (b. 1695)

1776 – Johann Rall, Hessian colonel (b. c. 1726)

1782 – Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish judge and philosopher (b. 1697)

1800 – Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)

1812 – Joanna Southcott, English religious leader (b. 1750)

1834 – Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)

1836 – Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)

1858 – Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)

1896 – John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)

1900 – William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)

1914 – Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)

1919 – Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)

1923 – Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)

1936 – Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)

1938 – Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)

1938 – Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)

1938 – Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)

1939 – Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)

1943 – Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)

1950 – Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)

1952 – Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)

1953 – Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)

1953 – Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)

1955 – Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)

1956 – Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870)

1958 – Harry Warner, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1881)

1965 – Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)

1972 – Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

1974 – Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1898)

1974 – Amy Vanderbilt, American author (b. 1908)

1978 – Chris Bell American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)

1978 – Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (b. 1932)

1978 – Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)

1979 – Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, 2nd President of Afghanistan (b. 1929)

1981 – Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1899)

1982 – Jack Swigert, American pilot, astronaut, and politician (b. 1931)

1985 – Jean Rondeau, French race car driver (b. 1946)

1986 – George Dangerfield, English-American historian and journalist (b. 1904)

1986 – Dumas Malone, American historian and author (b. 1892)

1988 – Hal Ashby, American director and producer (b. 1929)

1992 – Kay Boyle, American novelist, poet, and educator (b. 1902)

1993 – Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902)

1993 – Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (b. 1911)

1993 – André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)

1994 – Fanny Cradock, English author and critic (b. 1909)

1994 – J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)

1995 – Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909)

1995 – Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (b. 1910)

1997 – Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist (b. 1914)

1997 – Billy Wright, Northern Irish loyalist leader (b. 1960)

1999 – Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (b. 1950)

2002 – George Roy Hill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

2003 – Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934)

2003 – Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1962)

2004 – Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930)

2007 – Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani financier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953)

2007 – Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)

2007 – Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet (b. 1920)

2008 – Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1939)

2008 – Robert Graham, Mexican-American sculptor (b. 1938)

2009 – Isaac Schwartz, Ukrainian-Russian composer and educator (b. 1923)

2011 – Catê, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1973)

2011 – Michael Dummett, English soldier, philosopher, and academic (b. 1925)

2011 – Helen Frankenthaler, American painter and educator (b. 1928)

2011 – Johnny Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)

2012 – Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

2012 – Lloyd Charmers, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1938)

2012 – Tingye Li, Chinese-American physicist and engineer (b. 1931)

2012 – Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic (b. 1924)

2012 – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (b. 1934)

2012 – Salt Walther, American race car driver (b. 1947)

2013 – Richard Ambler, English-Scottish biologist and academic (b. 1933)

2013 – Mohamad Chatah, Lebanese economist and politician, Lebanese Minister of Finance (b. 1951)

2013 – Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (b. 1929)

2013 – John Matheson, Canadian colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)

2014 – Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, American-Israeli religious leader, founded the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem (b. 1939)

2014 – Ulises Estrella, Ecuadorian poet and academic (b. 1939)

2014 – Ronald Li, Hong Kong accountant and businessman (b. 1929)

2014 – Karel Poma, Belgian bacteriologist and politician (b. 1920)

2015 – Stein Eriksen, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1927)

2015 – Dave Henderson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1958)

2015 – Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)

2015 – Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player and minister (b. 1932)

2015 – Alfredo Pacheco, Salvadoran footballer (b. 1982)

2015 – Stevie Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)

2016 – Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (b. 1956)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

Blessed Francesco Spoto

Blessed Sára Salkaházi

Fabiola

John the Apostle

Nicarete

December 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (North Korea)

Emergency Rescuer's Day (Russia)

St. Stephen's Day (Eastern Orthodox Church; a public holiday in Romania)

The third of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)

References

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