Historical Events
1900 - Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS)
1904 - Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan)
1906 - 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI
1934 - Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran
1937 - Bradman scores 246 SA v Queensland, 364 mins, 20 fours
1986 - 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins
Famous Birthdays
1940 - Pete Brown, rocker
1957 - Connie Chillemi, Eglin AFB FL, golfer (1994 Standard Register-13th)
1960 - Terry Price, Rockhampton QLD, Australasia golfer
1966 - Wendy Coakley-Thompson, American writer
1973 - Bill Clay, Yokosuka Japan, US sprint cyclist (Olympics-96)
1983 - Cole Hamels, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1805 - Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65
1923 - Gustave Eiffel [Alexandre], engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91
1988 - Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid and Nancy), dies
1992 - Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies
1997 - Tom Hudson, artist/teacher, dies at 75
2003 - Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://www.historyorb.com/day/december/27
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