Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: December 27
December 27, 2024 is the 362nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 4 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 27
- 1512 –The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.
- 1814 –War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson’s make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson’s victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
- 1831 –Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.
- 1923 –Namba Daisuke, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito.
- 1939 –Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.
- 1978 –Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
- 1978 –The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the South Pole recorded temperatures of 7.5 °F (−13.6 °C), making it the highest temperature to ever be recorded in the South Pole.
- 1979 –The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
- 1996 –Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
- 2009 –Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.
Who were born on December 27?
- 1721 –François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (d. 1790)
- 1761 –Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian military commander (d. 1818)
- 1883 –Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American financier, industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1979)
- 1910 –Charles Olson, American poet (d. 1970)
- 1918 –John Celardo, American comic strip artist
- 1927 –Antony Gardner, British politician (d. 2011)
- 1952 –David Knopfler, British musician (Dire Straits)
- 1971 –Bryan Smolinski, American ice hockey player
- 1981 –Patrick Sharp, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 –Anthony Boric, New Zealand All Black rugby player
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