Historical Events - December 27.

1861: First public bid for tea concluded in Calcutta (now Kolkata).

1911: The Jana Gana Man national anthem of India sung for the first time at the Congress convention.

1934: The Shah of Persia announced the renaming of Persia to Iran.

1945: 28 countries jointly established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

1945: Partition of Korea.

1949: Indonesia gained independence from the Netherlands.

1975: 372 workers were killed in a sudden flood in a coal mine at Chasnala in Bihar (now Jharkhand).

1978: Spain became a republic after 40 years of dictatorship.

2002: The first human clone Evka originated in the United States.

2007: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was shot dead.

Famous Birthdays and Birth Anniversaries– December 27

1571: Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer. 

1797: Mirza Ghalib, a prominent Urdu, and Persian poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire. 

1822: Louis Pasteur, a French biologist, microbiologist, and chemist.

1897: A. B. Walawalkar, an Indian railway engineer, epigraphist, and historian.

1898: Panjabrao Deshmukh, a social activist, and a leader to farmers in India.

1927: Nityanand Swami, the first chief minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

1942: Albert Ekka, a soldier in the Indian Army.

1965: Salman Khan, an Indian film actor, producer, occasional singer, and television personality.

 

Death Anniversaries of Famous People– December 27

1914: Charles Martin Hall, an American inventor, businessman, and chemist.

1923: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, a French civil engineer, and architect.

1987: Shanti Devi, an Indian woman who claimed to remember her past life, and became the subject of reincarnation research.

2003: K. S. Narasimhaswamy, an Indian poet in the Kannada language.

2007: Benazir Bhutto, a Pakistani politician, and the former Prime Minister of Pakistan.

2013: Farooq Sheikh, an Indian actor, philanthropist, and television presenter.