December 27 - The Day in History

December 27 : General Interest 1932: Radio City Music Hall opens At the height of the Great Depression, thousands turn out for the opening of Radio City Music Hall, a magnificent Art Deco theater in New York City... read more American Revolution 1780 : Americans raid Hammonds Store http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-raid-hammonds-store Automotive 1941 : Office of Price Administration begins to ration automobile tires http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/office-of-price-administration-begins-to-ration-automobile-tires Civil War 1864 : Confederate General Hood's army crosses the Tennessee River http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hoods-army-crosses-the-tennessee-river Cold War 1979 : Soviets take over in Afghanistan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-take-over-in-afghanistan Crime 1900 : Carry Nation smashes bar http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carry-nation-smashes-bar Disaster 1975 : Coal mine explodes in India http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/coal-mine-explodes-in-india General Interest 1831 : HMS Beagle departs England http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hms-ibeaglei-departs-england 1968 : Apollo 8 returns to Earth http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iapollo-8i-returns-to-earth 1978 : Spanish king ratifies democratic constitution http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-king-ratifies-democratic-constitution 2007 : Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto assassinated http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pakistani-politician-benazir-bhutto-assassinated Hollywood 1927 : Agnes Nixon, "Queen of Modern Soap Opera," born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/agnes-nixon-queen-of-modern-soap-opera-born Literary 1904 : Peter Pan, by James Barrie, opens in London http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/peter-pan-by-james-barrie-opens-in-london Music 1895 : The legend of "Stagger Lee" is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-legend-of-quotstagger-leequot-is-born Old West 1846 : Doniphan's Thousand takes El Paso http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/doniphans-thousand-takes-el-paso Presidential 1944 : FDR seizes control of Montgomery Ward http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-seizes-control-of-montgomery-ward Sports 2004 : Peyton Manning breaks single-season touchdown pass record http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/peyton-manning-breaks-single-season-touchdown-pass-record Vietnam War 1966 : U.S. and South Vietnamese troops attack Viet Cong stronghold http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-and-south-vietnamese-troops-attack-viet-cong-stronghold 1969 : U.S. and North Vietnamese forces battle near Loc Ninh. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-and-north-vietnamese-forces-battle-near-loc-ninh World War I 1918 : Poles take up arms against German troops in Poznan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/poles-take-up-arms-against-german-troops-in-poznan World War II 1942 : Germans form the Smolensk Committee to enlist Soviet soldiers http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-form-the-smolensk-committee-to-enlist-soviet-soldiers

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