This Day In History
December 27
Americans raid Hammonds Store HMS Beagle departs England Doniphan's Thousand takes El Paso Confederate General Hood's army crosses the Tennessee River The legend of "Stagger Lee" is born Carry Nation smashes bar Peter Pan, by James Barrie, opens in London Poles take up arms against German troops in Poznan Agnes Nixon, ?Queen of Modern Soap Opera,? born Radio City Music Hall opens Office of Price Administration begins to ration automobile tires Germans form the Smolensk Committee to enlist Soviet soldiers FDR seizes control of Montgomery Ward U.S. and South Vietnamese troops attack Viet Cong stronghold Apollo 8 returns to Earth U.S. and North Vietnamese forces battle near Loc Ninh. Coal mine explodes in India Spanish king ratifies democratic constitution Soviets take over in Afghanistan Peyton Manning breaks single-season touchdown pass record Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto assassinated
Americans raid Hammonds Store HMS Beagle departs England Doniphan's Thousand takes El Paso Confederate General Hood's army crosses the Tennessee River The legend of "Stagger Lee" is born Carry Nation smashes bar Peter Pan, by James Barrie, opens in London Poles take up arms against German troops in Poznan Agnes Nixon, ?Queen of Modern Soap Opera,? born Radio City Music Hall opens Office of Price Administration begins to ration automobile tires Germans form the Smolensk Committee to enlist Soviet soldiers FDR seizes control of Montgomery Ward U.S. and South Vietnamese troops attack Viet Cong stronghold Apollo 8 returns to Earth U.S. and North Vietnamese forces battle near Loc Ninh. Coal mine explodes in India Spanish king ratifies democratic constitution Soviets take over in Afghanistan Peyton Manning breaks single-season touchdown pass record Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto assassinated
