December 27 - This 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. Radio City Music Hall was designed as a palace for the people, a place of beauty where ordinary people could see high-quality entertainment... 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


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