December 27
People born on this day are Capricorn.
- 1989
The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.
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Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751 crashes in Gottröra in the Norrtälje Municipality in Sweden, injuring 92.
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Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Burger King and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission order a recall of plastic Poké Ball containers after they are determined to be a choking hazard.
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Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.
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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.
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Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
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Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.
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Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches three-week operation on Gaza.
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Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.
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Bek Air Flight 2100 crashes during takeoff from Almaty International Airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan, killing 13.
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An estimated €30 million were stolen from a Sparkasse bank in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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2001Ander Barrenetxea, Spanish footballer
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1999Brock Purdy, American football player
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1998Luka Garza, American basketball player
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1997Mads Juel Andersen, Danish footballer
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1997Vachirawit Chivaaree, Thai actor and singer
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1997Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player
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1997Jang Gyu-ri, South Korean actress
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1995Timothée Chalamet, French-American actor
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1995Nick Chubb, American football player
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1995Ghislain Konan, Ivorian footballer
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1994Isi Palazón, Spanish footballer
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1993Olivia Cooke, English actress
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