Editing December 27 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[537]] &ndash; The second [[Hagia Sophia]] in Constantinople is consecrated.<ref>{{cite book|last=Eckersley|first=Tracey|chapter=Building of the Second Church Dedicated to the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople (AD 537)|title=Great Events in Religion: An Encyclopedia of Pivotal Events in Religious History|editor-last1=Curta|editor-first1=Florin|editor-last2=Holt|editor-first2=Andrew|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2017|isbn=9781610695657|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dgF9DQAAQBAJ|page=299}}</ref>
*[[1512]] &ndash; The Spanish Crown issues the [[Laws of Burgos]], governing the conduct of settlers with regard to [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|native Indians]] in the [[New World]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Kendall|chapter=Laws of Burgos|title=Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia. Vol. 2: D—M|editor1-link=J. Michael Francis|editor-last=Francis|editor-first=J. Michael|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2005|isbn=9781851094219|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OMNoS-g1h8cC|page=647}}</ref>
*[[1521]] &ndash; The [[Zwickau prophets]] arrive in [[Wittenberg]], disturbing the peace and preaching the [[Apocalypse]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Loewen|first=Harry|title=Ink Against the Devil: Luther and His Opponents|location=Waterloon, Ont.|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier University Press|date=2015|isbn=9781771121354|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zfn-CgAAQBAJ|page=36}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Second Northern War]]/the [[Deluge (history)|Deluge]]: Monks at the [[Jasna Góra Monastery]] in [[Częstochowa]] are successful in fending off a [[Siege of Jasna Góra|month-long siege]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Dabrowski|first=Patrice M.|title=Poland: The First Thousand Years|location=DeKalb, Ill.|publisher=Northern Illinois University Press|date=2014|isbn=9780875807560|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PK68DwAAQBAJ|pages=203–204}}</ref>
*[[1657]] &ndash; The [[Flushing Remonstrance]] articulates for the first time in North American history that [[freedom of religion]] is a fundamental right.<ref>{{cite book|last=Haefeli|first=Evan|title=New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of American Religious Liberty|location=Philadelphia|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|date=2012|isbn=9780812244083|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6REAYXK1HmMC|page=169}}</ref>
*[[1703]] &ndash; Portugal and England sign the [[Methuen Treaty]] which allows Portugal to export [[wine]]s to England on favorable trade terms.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ratliff|first=William G.|chapter=Treaty of Methuen|title=Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism|editor-last1=Olson|editor-first1=James Stuart|editor-last2=Shadle|editor-first2=Robert|location=New York|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=1991|isbn=9780313262579|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyqepNdgUWkC|page=620}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: The destruction of the schooner {{USS|Carolina|1812|6}} brings to an end Commodore [[Daniel Patterson (naval officer)|Daniel Patterson]]'s makeshift fleet, which fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to [[Andrew Jackson]]'s victory at the [[Battle of New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Helm|first=Glenn E.|chapter=Henley, John Dandridge|title=The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812: A Political, Social, and Military History. Vol. 1: A—K|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2012|isbn=9781851099566|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hVSrJBQYAk8C|pages=338–339}}</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Charles Darwin]] embarks on [[Second voyage of HMS Beagle|his journey]] aboard {{HMS|Beagle}}, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of [[evolution]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Helm|first=Glenn E.|chapter=''Beagle'', Voyage of (1831-1836)|title=The British Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. Vol. 2|editor-last=Doyle|editor-first=Mark|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2018|isbn=9781440841972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2fJgDwAAQBAJ|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; The worst ever [[Lewes avalanche|avalanche]] in England occurs at [[Lewes]], [[Sussex]], killing eight people.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Watson|first1=Adam|last2=Cameron|first2=Iain|title=Cool Britannia: Snowier Times in 1580-1930 Than Since|location=Rothersthorpe, West Northamptonshire, UK|publisher=Paragon Publishing|date=2010|isbn=9781907611469|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2ISsNcZFNEC|page=51}}</ref>
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Diethyl ether|Ether]] [[anesthetic]] is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in [[Jefferson, Georgia|Jefferson]], Georgia.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Raper|first=Howard R.|title=A Review of the Crawford W. Long Centennial Anniversary Celebrations|journal=Bulletin of the History of Medicine|date=March 1943|page=343|issn=0007-5140|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-IHAQAAMAAJ&q=+%22december+27%22|accessdate=December 27, 2021}}</ref>
*  1845   &ndash; Having coined the phrase "[[manifest destiny]]" the previous July, journalist [[John L. O'Sullivan]] argued in his newspaper ''New York Morning News'' that the United States had the right to claim the entire [[Oregon Country]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Clary|first=David A.|title=Eagles and Empire: The United States, Mexico, and the Struggle for a Continent|location=New York|publisher=Bantam Books|date=2009|isbn=9780553806526|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJasmxZqUBYC|pages=48–49|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Melillo|first=Edward D.|title=Strangers on Familiar Soil: Rediscovering the Chile-California Connection|location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=2015|isbn=9780300206623|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjmbCgAAQBAJ|page=78}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1911]] &ndash; "[[Jana Gana Mana]]", the [[national anthem]] of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the [[Indian National Congress]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; The [[Greater Poland Uprising (1918–19)|Great Poland Uprising]] against the Germans begins.
*  1918   &ndash; [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]: The [[Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine]] occupies [[Yekaterinoslav]] and seizes seven airplanes from the [[Ukrainian People's Republic Air Fleet|UPRAF]], establishing an [[Air Fleet of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine|Insurgent Air Fleet]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Alexander|last1=Belash|first2=Victor|last2=Belash|title=Дороги Нестора Махно|year=1993|language=ru|location=Kiev|publisher=RVC "Proza"|page=50}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hōshō}} becomes the first purpose-built [[aircraft carrier]] to be commissioned in the world.
*[[1927]] &ndash; Kern and Hammerstein's musical play ''[[Show Boat]]'', considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the [[Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)|Ziegfeld Theatre]] on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet General Secretary]] [[Joseph Stalin]] orders the "[[Dekulakization|liquidation of the kulaks as a class]]".
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Radio City Music Hall]], "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Regina Jonas]] is ordained as the first female [[rabbi]] in the history of [[Judaism]].
*[[1939]] &ndash; The 7.8 {{M|w}} [[1939 Erzincan earthquake|Erzincan earthquake]] shakes eastern [[Turkey]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''). At least 32,700 people were killed.
*  1939   &ndash; [[Winter War]]: Finland holds off a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] attack in the [[Battle of Kelja]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; The [[International Monetary Fund]] is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Indonesian National Revolution]]: The Netherlands officially recognizes [[Indonesia]]n independence. End of the [[Dutch East Indies]].
*[[1966]] &ndash; The [[Cave of Swallows]], the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in [[Aquismón]], [[San Luis Potosí]], Mexico.
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 8]] splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital crewed mission to the Moon.
*1968   &ndash; [[North Central Airlines Flight 458]] crashes at [[O'Hare International Airport]], killing 28.<ref name="NTSB-AAR-70-27 Final Report">{{cite web |date=November 12, 1970 |title=Aircraft Accident Report, North Central Airlines, Inc., Convair 580, N2045, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, December 27, 1968 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7027.pdf |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |id=NTSB-AAR-70-27}} - [https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR70-27.pdf Copy at] [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University]]</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; Spain [[Spanish transition to democracy|becomes a democracy]] after 40 years of fascist [[dictatorship]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul II]] visits [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]] in [[Rebibbia]]'s prison and personally forgives him for the [[Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II|1981 attack]] on him in [[St. Peter's Square]].
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] guerrillas [[Rome and Vienna airport attacks|kill eighteen people]] inside the airports of [[Rome]], Italy, and [[Vienna]], Austria.
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[Romanian Revolution]] concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, [[Bucharest]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751]] crashes in [[Gottröra]] in the [[Norrtälje Municipality]] in [[Sweden]], injuring 92.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (MD-81) OY-KHO Gottröra|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19911227-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-26|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051216072730/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19911227-0 |archive-date=2005-12-16 }}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Taliban]] forces retake the strategic [[Bagram Airfield]] which solidifies their buffer zone around [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]].
*[[1997]] &ndash; Protestant paramilitary leader [[Billy Wright (loyalist)|Billy Wright]] is assassinated in [[Northern Ireland]], United Kingdom.
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Burger King]] and the [[U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission]] order a [[Burger King Pokémon container recall|recall]] of plastic [[Gameplay of Pokémon|Poké Ball]] containers after they are determined to be a choking hazard.<ref name="boston">{{cite news |date=1999-12-28 |title=Burger King recalling Pokémon toys' containers |url=http://www.boston.com/news/daily/28/pokemon.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314233953/http://www.boston.com/news/daily/28/pokemon.htm |archive-date=2009-03-14 |access-date=2009-03-04 |work=The Boston Globe |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[2002 Grozny truck bombing|Two truck bombs]] kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in [[Grozny]], [[Chechnya]], Russia.
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; Former Pakistani [[prime minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] [[Assassination of Benazir Bhutto|is assassinated]] in a shooting incident.
*  2007   &ndash; Riots erupt in [[Mombasa, Kenya]], after [[Mwai Kibaki]] is declared the winner of the [[Kenyan presidential election, 2007|presidential election]], triggering a [[2007–08 Kenyan crisis|political, economic, and humanitarian crisis]].
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Operation Cast Lead]]: Israel launches three-week operation on Gaza.
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[2009 Iranian presidential election protests|Iranian election protests]]: On the [[Day of Ashura]] in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], government security forces [[Ashura protests|fire upon]] demonstrators.
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Bek Air Flight 2100]] crashes during takeoff from [[Almaty International Airport]] in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]], killing 13.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hradecky|first=Simon|title=Accident: Bek F100 at Almaty on Dec 27th 2019, lost height shortly after takeoff and impacted building after two tailstrikes |url=http://www.avherald.com/h?article=4d127dc6&opt=0|access-date=2020-12-26 |website=www.avherald.com |publisher=[[The Aviation Herald]]}}</ref>