December 27

December 27 is the 361st day of the year (362nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; four days remain until the end of the year.

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Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

  • 1655 Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.[4]
  • 1657 The Flushing Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right.[5]
  • 1703 Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which allows Portugal to export wines to England on favorable trade terms.[6]
  • 1814 War of 1812: The destruction of the schooner USS Carolina brings to an end Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet, which fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.[7]
  • 1831 Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.[8]
  • 1836 The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.[9]
  • 1845 Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.[10]
  • 1845 Having coined the phrase "manifest destiny" the previous July, journalist John L. O'Sullivan argued in his newspaper New York Morning News that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country.[11]

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

  • 1350 John I of Aragon (d. 1395)
  • 1390 Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)
  • 1459 John I Albert, King of Poland (d. 1501)
  • 1481 Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Margrave of Bayreuth (d. 1527)
  • 1493 Johann Pfeffinger, German theologian (d. 1573)
  • 1566 Jan Jesenius, Bohemian physician, politician and philosopher (d. 1621)
  • 1571 Johannes Kepler, German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (d. 1630)
  • 1572 Johannes Vodnianus Campanus, Czech poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1622)
  • 1584 Philipp Julius, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1625)
  • 1595 Bohdan Khmelnytsky, hetman of Ukraine (d. 1657)

1601–1900

  • 1683 Conyers Middleton, English priest and theologian (d. 1750)
  • 1714 George Whitefield, English preacher and saint (d. 1770)
  • 1715 Philippe de Noailles, French general (d. 1794)
  • 1721 François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher and author (d. 1790)
  • 1761 Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (d. 1818)
  • 1773 George Cayley, English engineer and politician (d. 1857)
  • 1776 Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811)
  • 1797 Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869)
  • 1797 Charles Hodge, American theologian (d. 1878)
  • 1803 François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian activist (d. 1839)
  • 1809 Alexandros Rizos Rangavis, Greek poet and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (d. 1892)
  • 1822 Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (d. 1895)
  • 1823 Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1917)
  • 1827 Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (d. 1900)[15]
  • 1832 Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tretyakov Gallery (d. 1897)
  • 1858 Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th President of Chile (d. 1930)
  • 1863 Louis Lincoln Emmerson, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois (d. 1941)
  • 1864 Hermann-Paul, French painter and illustrator (d. 1940)
  • 1879 Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (d. 1954)
  • 1883 Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1979)
  • 1888 Thea von Harbou, German actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 1954)
  • 1892 Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (d. 1917)
  • 1896 Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist (d. 1956)
  • 1896 Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (d. 1952)
  • 1896 Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright (d. 1977)
  • 1898 Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese politician (d. 1960)
  • 1900 Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978)

1901–present

  • 1901 Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (d. 1992)
  • 1901 Irene Handl, English actress (d. 1987)
  • 1904 René Bonnet, French race car driver and engineer (d. 1983)
  • 1905 Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (d. 1974)
  • 1906 Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, and actor (d. 1972)
  • 1907 Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet (d. 1958)
  • 1907 Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (d. 1999)
  • 1907 Mary Howard, English author (d. 1991)
  • 1907 Conrad L. Raiford, American baseball player and activist (d. 2002)
  • 1907 Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1978)
  • 1909 James Riddell, English skier and author (d. 2000)
  • 1910 Charles Olson, American poet and educator (d. 1970)
  • 1911 Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (d. 2006)
  • 1915 William Masters, American gynecologist, author, and academic (d. 2001)
  • 1915 Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager (d. 1999)
  • 1916 Werner Baumbach, German pilot (d. 1953)
  • 1916 Cathy Lewis, American actress (d. 1968)
  • 1916 William Garnett, American landscape photographer (d. 2006)[16]
  • 1917 Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2015)
  • 1917 T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (d. 2004)
  • 1917 Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2009)
  • 1918 John Celardo, American captain and illustrator (d. 2012)
  • 1919 Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot (d. 2004)
  • 1920 Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (d. 2005)
  • 1921 John Whitworth, English countertenor (d. 2013)
  • 1923 Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (d. 2012)
  • 1923 Lucas Mangope, South African politician (d. 2018)
  • 1924 Jean Bartik, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2011)
  • 1924 James A. McClure, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2011)
  • 1925 Michel Piccoli, French actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2020)
  • 1926 Jerome Courtland, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012)
  • 1927 Antony Gardner, English engineer and politician (d. 2011)
  • 1927 Nityanand Swami, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (d. 2012)
  • 1927 Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (d. 1984)
  • 1930 Marshall Sahlins, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2021)
  • 1930 Wilfrid Sheed, English-born American novelist and essayist (d. 2011)
  • 1931 Scotty Moore, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2016)
  • 1933 Dave Marr, American golfer (d. 1997)
  • 1934 Larisa Latynina, Ukrainian gymnast and coach
  • 1934 Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, English businessman
  • 1935 Michael Turnbull, English bishop
  • 1936 Phil Sharpe, English cricketer (d. 2014)
  • 1936 Eve Uusmees, Estonian swimmer and coach
  • 1939 John Amos, American actor
  • 1940 David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire (d. 2009)
  • 1941 Miles Aiken, American basketball player and coach
  • 1941 Mike Pinder, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
  • 1941 Nolan Richardson, American basketball player and coach
  • 1942 Byron Browne, American baseball player
  • 1942 Thomas Menino, American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (d. 2014)
  • 1942 Ron Rothstein, American basketball player and coach
  • 1943 Cokie Roberts, American journalist and author (d. 2019)
  • 1943 Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1943 Peter Sinfield, English songwriter and producer
  • 1943 Roy White, American baseball player and coach
  • 1944 Mick Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1946 Lenny Kaye, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1946 Joe Kinnear, Irish footballer and manager
  • 1946 Janet Street-Porter, English journalist and producer
  • 1946 Polly Toynbee, English journalist and author[17]
  • 1947 Bill Eadie, American wrestler and coach
  • 1947 Doug Livermore, English footballer and manager
  • 1947 Osman Pamukoğlu, Turkish general and politician
  • 1947 Willy Polleunis, Belgian runner
  • 1948 Gérard Depardieu, French-Russian actor[18]
  • 1949 Terry Ito, Japanese director, producer, and critic
  • 1950 Haris Alexiou, Greek singer-songwriter
  • 1950 Roberto Bettega, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1950 Terry Bozzio, American drummer and songwriter
  • 1951 Ernesto Zedillo, Mexican economist and politician, 54th President of Mexico[19]
  • 1952 Tovah Feldshuh, American actress, singer, and playwright
  • 1952 Jay Hill, Canadian farmer and politician
  • 1952 David Knopfler, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1954 Edmund Zagorski, American convicted murderer (d. 2018)
  • 1954 Mandie Fletcher, English director, producer, and production manager
  • 1954 Teo Chee Hean, Singaporean politician and 5th Senior Minister of Singapore[20]
  • 1955 Brad Murphey, American race car driver
  • 1955 Barbara Olson, American journalist and author (d. 2001)
  • 1956 Doina Melinte, Romanian runner
  • 1958 Steve Jones, American golfer
  • 1959 Gerina Dunwich, American astrologer, historian, and author
  • 1959 Andre Tippett, American football player and coach
  • 1960 Maryam d'Abo, English actress
  • 1960 Donald Nally, American conductor and academic
  • 1960 Terry Price, Australian golfer
  • 1961 Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2016)
  • 1962 Mark Few, American basketball player and coach
  • 1962 John Kampfner, Singaporean journalist and author
  • 1962 Bill Self, American basketball player and coach
  • 1962 Sherri Steinhauer, American golfer
  • 1963 Gaspar Noé, Argentinian-French director and screenwriter
  • 1965 Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and journalist (d. 2007)
  • 1965 Salman Khan, Indian film actor and producer
  • 1966 Marianne Elliott, English director and producer
  • 1966 Bill Goldberg, American football player, wrestler and actor
  • 1966 Eva LaRue, American model and actress
  • 1966 Fabian Núñez, American politician
  • 1969 Jean-Christophe Boullion, French race car driver
  • 1969 Sarah Vowell, American author and journalist
  • 1969 Chyna, American professional wrestler and actress (d. 2016)
  • 1970 Brendon Cook, Australian race car driver and rugby player
  • 1970 Lorenzo Neal, American football player and radio host
  • 1971 Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer and coach
  • 1971 Guthrie Govan, English guitarist and educator
  • 1971 Savannah Guthrie, American television journalist
  • 1971 Jason Hawes, American paranormal investigator and author, founded The Atlantic Paranormal Society
  • 1971 Bryan Smolinski, American ice hockey player and coach
  • 1972 Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby union player and coach
  • 1972 Kevin Ollie, American basketball player and coach
  • 1972 Matt Slocum, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1973 Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch pianist and composer
  • 1974 Tomáš Janků, Czech high jumper
  • 1974 Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor and visual effects designer
  • 1974 Fumiko Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
  • 1974 Jay Pandolfo, American ice hockey player and coach
  • 1975 Aigars Fadejevs, Latvian race walker and therapist
  • 1975 Kjell Eriksson, Swedish television personality
  • 1975 Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d. 1988)
  • 1976 Nikolaos Georgeas, Greek footballer
  • 1976 Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (d. 2009)
  • 1976 Daimí Pernía, Cuban basketball player and hurdler
  • 1976 Fernando Pisani, Canadian-Italian ice hockey player
  • 1977 Jacqueline Pillon, Canadian actress
  • 1977 Chris Tate, English footballer
  • 1978 Deuce McAllister, American football player
  • 1979 Pascale Dorcelus, Canadian weightlifter[21]
  • 1979 David Dunn, English footballer and manager
  • 1979 Carson Palmer, American football player
  • 1980 Bernard Berrian, American football player
  • 1980 Cesaro, Swiss professional wrestler
  • 1980 Dahntay Jones, American basketball player
  • 1980 Meelis Kompus, Estonian journalist
  • 1981 David Aardsma, American baseball player
  • 1981 Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress
  • 1981 Moise Joseph, American-Haitian runner
  • 1981 Patrick Sharp, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1982 Erin E. Stead, American illustrator
  • 1983 Anthony Boric, New Zealand rugby union player
  • 1983 Cole Hamels, American baseball player
  • 1983 Jesse Williams, American high jumper
  • 1984 Andrejs Perepļotkins, Ukrainian-Latvian footballer
  • 1984 Gilles Simon, French tennis player[22]
  • 1985 Logan Bailly, Belgian footballer
  • 1985 Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Belgian race car driver
  • 1985 Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player
  • 1985 Halley Gross, American screenwriter
  • 1986 Torah Bright, Australian snowboarder
  • 1986 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaican sprinter
  • 1987 Tim Browne, Australian rugby league player
  • 1987 Lily Cole, English model
  • 1988 Hera Hilmar, Icelandic actress
  • 1988 Zavon Hines, Jamaican-English footballer
  • 1988 Ok Taec-yeon, South Korean singer and actor
  • 1988 Rick Porcello, American baseball player
  • 1988 Hayley Williams, American singer-songwriter
  • 1989 Ingrid Várgas Calvo, Peruvian tennis player[23]
  • 1990 Max Lindholm, Finnish figure skater
  • 1990 Jon Marchessault, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1990 Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player[24]
  • 1991 Michael Morgan, Australian rugby league player
  • 1991 Danny Wilson, Scottish footballer
  • 1992 Joel Indermitte, Estonian footballer
  • 1992 Maicel Uibo, Estonian decathlete
  • 1993 Olivia Cooke, English actress
  • 1995 Timothée Chalamet, American actor
  • 1995 Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player
  • 1997 Vachirawit Chiva-aree, Thai actor and singer[25]
  • 1997 Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player[26]

Deaths

Pre-1600

  • 683 Gaozong of Tang, founding emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty (b. 628)
  • 870 Aeneas of Paris, Frankish bishop
  • 975 Balderic, bishop of Utrecht (b. 897)
  • 1003 Emma of Blois, French duchess and regent
  • 1005 Nilus the Younger, Byzantine abbot (b. 910)
  • 1076 Sviatoslav II, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1027)[27]
  • 1087 Bertha of Savoy, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1051)
  • 1381 Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician (b. 1352)
  • 1518 Mahmood Shah Bahmani II, sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate (b. c. 1470)
  • 1543 George, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1484)
  • 1548 Francesco Spiera, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1502)

1601–1900

  • 1603 Thomas Cartwright, English minister and theologian (b. 1535)
  • 1656 Andrew White, English Jesuit missionary (b. 1579)
  • 1704 Hans Albrecht von Barfus, Prussian field marshal and politician (b. 1635)
  • 1707 Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar (b. 1632)
  • 1737 William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)
  • 1743 Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)
  • 1771 Henri Pitot, French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (b. 1695)
  • 1776 Johann Rall, Hessian colonel (b. c.1726)
  • 1782 Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish judge and philosopher (b. 1697)
  • 1800 Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)
  • 1812 Joanna Southcott, English religious leader (b. 1750)
  • 1834 Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
  • 1836 Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
  • 1858 Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
  • 1896 John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
  • 1900 William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)

1901–present

  • 1914 Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
  • 1919 Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
  • 1923 Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
  • 1924 Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
  • 1936 Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)
  • 1938 Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
  • 1938 Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
  • 1938 Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)
  • 1939 Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)
  • 1943 Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)
  • 1950 Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
  • 1952 Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
  • 1953 Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
  • 1953 Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
  • 1955 Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)
  • 1956 Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870)
  • 1965 Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
  • 1972 Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
  • 1974 Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1898)
  • 1974 Amy Vanderbilt, American author (b. 1908)
  • 1978 Chris Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
  • 1978 Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (b. 1932)
  • 1978 Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
  • 1979 Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, 2nd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (b. 1929)
  • 1981 Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1899)
  • 1982 Jack Swigert, American pilot, astronaut, and politician (b. 1931)
  • 1985 Jean Rondeau, French race car driver (b. 1946)
  • 1986 George Dangerfield, English-American historian and journalist (b. 1904)
  • 1986 Dumas Malone, American historian and author (b. 1892)
  • 1987 Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist (b. 1897)[28]
  • 1988 Hal Ashby, American director and producer (b. 1929)
  • 1992 Kay Boyle, American novelist, poet, and educator (b. 1902)
  • 1993 Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902)
  • 1993 Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (b. 1911)
  • 1993 André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
  • 1994 Fanny Cradock, English author and critic (b. 1909)
  • 1994 J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)
  • 1995 Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909)
  • 1995 Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (b. 1910)
  • 1997 Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist (b. 1914)
  • 1997 Billy Wright, Northern Irish loyalist leader (b. 1960)
  • 1999 Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (b. 1950)
  • 2002 George Roy Hill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
  • 2003 Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934)
  • 2003 Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1962)
  • 2004 Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930)
  • 2007 Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953)[29]
  • 2007 Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
  • 2007 Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet (b. 1920)
  • 2008 Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1939)
  • 2008 Robert Graham, Mexican-American sculptor (b. 1938)
  • 2009 Isaac Schwartz, Ukrainian-Russian composer and educator (b. 1923)
  • 2011 Catê, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1973)
  • 2011 Michael Dummett, English soldier, philosopher, and academic (b. 1925)
  • 2011 Helen Frankenthaler, American painter and educator (b. 1928)[30]
  • 2011 Johnny Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)
  • 2012 Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
  • 2012 Lloyd Charmers, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1938)
  • 2012 Tingye Li, Chinese-American physicist and engineer (b. 1931)
  • 2012 Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic (b. 1924)
  • 2012 Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (b. 1934)
  • 2012 Salt Walther, American race car driver (b. 1947)
  • 2013 Richard Ambler, English-Scottish biologist and academic (b. 1933)
  • 2013 Mohamad Chatah, Lebanese economist and politician, Lebanese Minister of Finance (b. 1951)
  • 2013 Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (b. 1929)
  • 2013 John Matheson, Canadian colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)
  • 2013 Farooq Sheikh, Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter (b. 1948)
  • 2014 Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, American-Israeli religious leader, founded the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem (b. 1939)
  • 2014 Ulises Estrella, Ecuadorian poet and academic (b. 1939)
  • 2014 Ronald Li, Hong Kong accountant and businessman (b. 1929)
  • 2014 Karel Poma, Belgian bacteriologist and politician (b. 1920)
  • 2015 Stein Eriksen, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1927)
  • 2015 Dave Henderson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1958)
  • 2015 Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
  • 2015 Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player and minister (b. 1932)
  • 2015 Alfredo Pacheco, Salvadoran footballer (b. 1982)
  • 2015 Stevie Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
  • 2016 Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (b. 1956)
  • 2016 Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1933)
  • 2018 Frank Blaichman, Polish resistance fighter (b. 1922)[31]
  • 2019 Maria Creveling, American League of Legends player (b. 1995)[32]

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
    • Blessed Francesco Spoto
    • Blessed Sára Salkaházi
    • Fabiola
    • John the Apostle
    • Pope Maximus of Alexandria
    • Nicarete
    • Theodorus and Theophanes
    • December 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Constitution Day (North Korea)
  • Emergency Rescuer's Day (Russia)
  • St. Stephen's Day (Eastern Orthodox Church; a public holiday in Romania)
  • The third of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)

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