What Happened This Day: December 27th
From VIP birthdays to the inventions that have revolutionized the history of humanity, adn remembering the remarkable and most curious events – this is what has happened over the centuries today, Saturday, December 27th. There are 4 days remaining until the end of the year. Saint of the day: Saint John the Apostle.Proverb: “Whoever does Christmas in the sun, does Easter in the fire.”
It Happened Today
1903 – Giacomo Puccini finished composing the opera *Madama Butterfly*.
[1945 – The World Bank was established.
1957 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission announces that it will build the first full-scale nuclear power plant in Shippingport, pennsylvania.
1968 – apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to orbit the Moon, returns safely to Earth.
1985 – Yoshiyuki Tomino’s anime *Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam* begins airing in Japan.
2003 – The last operational Concorde supersonic passenger jet makes its final flight, landing in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England.
2007 – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir bhutto is assassinated in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
2008 – Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches a military offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.