December 27 holidays, events, history
👉 HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇳 International Epidemic Preparedness Day.
❄️ Paper Snowflake Day.
👉 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan – Passport and Visa Service Workers’ Day.
🇷🇺 Russia – Emergency Rescuers’ Day.
🇰🇵 North Korea – Constitution Day.
👉 EVENTS:
– 1513 – Burgos Laws came into force.
– 1831 – Charles Darwin set off on a world tour.
– 1842 – The Khiva Khanate and the Russian Empire signed an agreement called the “Act of Obligations”.
– 1845 – American doctor Crawford Lang was the first in the world to use anesthesia during childbirth.
– 1903 – Opening of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
– 1918 – The Polish uprising in Germany began.
– 1932 – A single passport system was introduced in the USSR.
1932 – The world’s largest cinema, Radio City Music Hall (5,945 seats), opened in New York.
– 1945 – The International Monetary Fund was founded.
– 1949 – The Netherlands recognized the independence of Indonesia.
– 1960 – The Beatles’ first concert in England.
– 1978 – A new constitution came into force in Spain, ending the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
– 1979 – Afghan War (1979-1989): Amin’s palace was surrounded.
– 1990 – The Russian Rescue Corps was founded.
– 1991 – The Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of Slovenia and the People’s Republic of China recognized the sovereignty of Uzbekistan.
– 1996 – The Laws “On the Establishment of the Honorary Title of “Distinguished Civil Aviation Employee of the Republic of Uzbekistan” and “On the Establishment of the Day of Teachers and Mentors” were adopted.
– 2005 – The Resolution “On Measures to Organize the Activities of the National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan” was adopted.
– 2007 – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated during a trip to Rawalpindi as part of her election campaign.
– 2008 – The Israeli army launched a counter-terrorist military operation against HAMAS in the Gaza Strip. The code name of the operation is Cast Lead.
– 2014 – A supernova explosion was recorded 50,000 light years from the Sun.
– 2019 – A plane crashed near Almaty. 12 people were killed and 49 injured.
