Es passierte an einem 27 December

1975 : Accident in a mine in India


On December 27, 1975, a violent explosion, probably caused by a pocket of methane occured in the Chasnala Colliery coal mine in Dhanbad, India. Minors who were not killed by the explosion, were drowned by water and debris which fell on them following the rupture of a reservoir nearby. Between 370 and 700 minors (record-keeping of the mine was not very precise) were killed.

1978 : Spain becomes a democracy


On December 27, 1978, King Juan Carlos ratified the first democratic constitution in Spain for over 50 years. General Franco had appointed Juan Carlos as his successor. But when the dictator died, the king immediately made arrangements for the country to become a democracy.

1979 : Soviet Union invades Afghanistan


On December 27, 1979, the Soviet Union took control of Afghanistan, executed President Hafizullah Amin and replaced him with Babrak Karmal.

2007 : Assassination of Benazir Bhutto


On December 27, 2007, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in Rawalpindi in Pakistan while leaving an election rally.

Zitat des Tages : 27 December

Grouco Marx
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.

Geburtstage : 27 December

Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (1571)
Louis Pasteur, French scientist (1822)
Louis Bromfield, Writer (1896)
Marlene Dietrich, Actress (1901)
Oscar Levant, American pianist (1906)
Michel Piccoli, Actor (1925)
John Amos, Actor (1939)
Gérard Depardieu, Actor (1948)
Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico (1951)
Maryam d'Abo, Actress (1960)
Salman Khan, Indian actor (1965)
Bryan Smolinski, Ice hockey player (1971)
Emilie de Ravin, Actress (1981)
Patrick Sharp, Ice hockey player (1981)

Sie haben uns verlassen 27 December

Gustave Eiffel, Engineer and architect (1923)
Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (1925)
Houari Boumédienne, President of Algeria (1978)
George Roy Hill, American movie director (2002)
Alan Bates, Actor (2003)
Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (2007)
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