{"id":23361,"date":"2023-12-27T06:58:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T01:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=23361"},"modified":"2023-12-15T15:34:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T10:04:40","slug":"history-of-27-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-27-december\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 27 December"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>1992 &#8211; The\u00a0U.S.\u00a0shot down an Iraqi fighter jet during what the Pentagon described as a confrontation between a pair of Iraqi warplanes and\u00a0U.S.\u00a0F-16 jets in U.N.-restricted airspace over southern Iraq.<\/li>\r\n<li>1996 &#8211; Muslim fundamentalist Taliban forces retook the strategic air base of Bagram, solidifying their buffer zone around Kabul, the Afghanistan capital.<\/li>\r\n<li>1997 &#8211; In Northern Ireland, Billy Wright was assassinated. He was imprisoned as a Protestant paramilitary leader.<\/li>\r\n<li>2000 &#8211; Mario Lemeiux (Pittsburgh Penguins) returned to the\u00a0National Hockey League (NHL)\u00a0as a player after over 3 years of retirement. He was the first owner-player in the modern era of pro sports. Lemieux had purchased the Pittsburgh Penguins during his retirement from playing.<\/li>\r\n<li>2001 &#8211;\u00a0U.S. President George W. Bush\u00a0granted China permanent normal trade status with the\u00a0United States.<\/li>\r\n<li>2002 &#8211; North Korea ordered U.N. nuclear inspectors to leave the country and said that it would restart a laboratory capable of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons.<\/li>\r\n<li>2002 &#8211; Clonaid announced the birth of the first cloned human baby. The baby had been born December 26.<\/li>\r\n<li>2002 &#8211; In Chechnya, at least 40 people were killed when suicide bombers attacked the administartion of Grozny.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>2004\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Radiation\u00a0from an explosion on the\u00a0magnetar\u00a0SGR 1806-20\u00a0reaches Earth. It is the brightest\u00a0extrasolar\u00a0event known to have been witnessed on the planet.<\/li>\r\n<li>2007\u00a0\u2013 Former Pakistani\u00a0prime minister\u00a0Benazir Bhutto\u00a0is assassinated\u00a0in a shooting incident.<\/li>\r\n<li>2007 \u2013 Riots erupt in\u00a0Mombasa, Kenya, after\u00a0Mwai Kibaki\u00a0is declared the winner of the\u00a0presidential election, triggering a\u00a0political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.<\/li>\r\n<li>2008\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.<\/li>\r\n<li>2009\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Iranian election protests: On the\u00a0Day of Ashura\u00a0in\u00a0Tehran,\u00a0Iran, government security forces\u00a0fire upon\u00a0demonstrators.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>1981\u00a0\u2013\u00a0David Aardsma, American baseball player<\/li>\r\n<li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress<\/li>\r\n<li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Moise Joseph, American-Haitian runner<\/li>\r\n<li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Patrick Sharp, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\r\n<li>1982\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Erin E. Stead, American illustrator<\/li>\r\n<li>1983\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Anthony Boric, New Zealand rugby union player<\/li>\r\n<li>1983 \u2013\u00a0Cole Hamels, American baseball player<\/li>\r\n<li>1983 \u2013\u00a0Jesse Williams, American high jumper<\/li>\r\n<li>1984\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Andrejs Perep\u013cotkins, Ukrainian-Latvian footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1984 \u2013\u00a0Gilles Simon, French tennis player<\/li>\r\n<li>1985\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Logan Bailly, Belgian footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1985 \u2013\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00f4me d&#8217;Ambrosio, Belgian race car driver<\/li>\r\n<li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player<\/li>\r\n<li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Halley Gross, American screenwriter<\/li>\r\n<li>1986\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Torah Bright, Australian snowboarder<\/li>\r\n<li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaican sprinter<\/li>\r\n<li>1987\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tim Browne, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\r\n<li>1987 \u2013\u00a0Lily Cole, English model<\/li>\r\n<li>1988\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hera Hilmar, Icelandic actress<\/li>\r\n<li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Zavon Hines, Jamaican-English footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Ok Taec-yeon, South Korean singer and actor<\/li>\r\n<li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Rick Porcello, American baseball player<\/li>\r\n<li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Hayley Williams, American singer-songwriter<\/li>\r\n<li>1989\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ingrid V\u00e1rgas Calvo, Peruvian tennis player<\/li>\r\n<li>1990\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Max Lindholm, Finnish figure skater<\/li>\r\n<li>1990 \u2013\u00a0Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player<\/li>\r\n<li>1990 \u2013\u00a0Jon Marchessault, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\r\n<li>1991\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Michael Morgan, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\r\n<li>1991 \u2013\u00a0Danny Wilson, Scottish footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1992\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joel Indermitte, Estonian footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1992 \u2013\u00a0Maicel Uibo, Estonian decathlete<\/li>\r\n<li>1993\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Olivia Cooke, English actress<\/li>\r\n<li>1995\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, American actor<\/li>\r\n<li>1995 \u2013\u00a0Nick Chubb, American football player<\/li>\r\n<li>1995 \u2013\u00a0Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player<\/li>\r\n<li>1997\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1992 &#8211; 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