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27 December 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2024 - Acting president and prime minister of South Korea Han Duck-soo was impeached by the National Assembly.Head of state and government
Anniversary
2009 - During protests in Tehran against the recent presidential election, Iranian security forces opened fire on demonstrators.Protests against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared
Anniversary
2007 - Riots erupted in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election—the first event in a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.City in Mombasa County, Kenya
Anniversary
2007 - Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a Pakistan People's Party political rally at Liaqat National Bagh in Rawalpindi.Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990; 1993–1996)
Anniversary
2002 - The human-cloning company Clonaid claimed to have performed the first reproductive cloning of a human, but provided no evidence for the claim.Creation of a genetically identical copy of a human
Historical events
History
2025 - An estimated €30 million were stolen from a Sparkasse bank in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.Bank burglary in Buer, Germany
History
2019 - Bek Air Flight 2100 crashes during takeoff from Almaty International Airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan, killing 13.2019 aviation accident in Kazakhstan
History
2009 - Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.Protests against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared
History
2008 - Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches three-week operation on Gaza.Armed conflict in the Gaza Strip
History
2007 - Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.Top minister of cabinet and government
History
2007 - Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.City in Mombasa County, Kenya
History
2004 - Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.Waves or particles moving through space
History
2002 - Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.2002 incident in Grozny, Chechnya
History
1999 - Burger King and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission order a recall of plastic Poké Ball containers after they are determined to be a choking hazard.American fast food restaurant chain
History
1997 - Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.Northern Irish loyalist (1960–1997)
Notable births
Born
1999 - Brock Purdy, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1999)
Born
1998 - Luka Garza, American basketball playerBosnian-American basketball player (born 1998)
Born
1997 - Vachirawit Chivaaree, Thai actor and singerThai actor, singer and entrepreneur (born 1997)
Born
1995 - Timothée Chalamet, French-American actorAmerican and French actor (born 1995)
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster (born 1946)American sportscaster (1946–2024)
Died
2024 - Olivia Hussey, Argentinian-English actress (born 1951)British actress (1951–2024)
Died
2024 - Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)American director, screenwriter and producer (1941–2024)
Died
2023 - Lee Sun-kyun, South Korean actor (born 1975)South Korean actor (1975–2023)
Died
2023 - Gaston Glock, Austrian firearm engineer and founder of Glock (born 1929)Austrian engineer-inventor-businessman (1929–2023)
Died
2019 - Maria Creveling, American League of Legends player (born 1995)American professional gamer (1995–2019)
Died
2018 - Frank Blaichman, Polish resistance fighter (born 1922)Polish resistance fighter
Died
2016 - Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (born 1956)American actress and writer (1956–2016)
Sky
Moon phase
Waning Crescent
11.2% illuminated
Lunar age: 26.3 days
Sun zodiac
Capricorn
6.23 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius
Moon zodiac
Scorpio
26.02 degrees
Constellation: Libra
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.