What happend on 27th December

26.12
28.12
2002

Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.

2001

The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.

1997

Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland.

1996

Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.

1985

American naturalist Dian Fossey is found murdered in Rwanda.

1985

Palestinian guerrillas kill twenty people inside Rome and Vienna airports.

1979

The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan and Babrak Karmal replaces overthrown and executed President Hafizullah Amin.

1978

Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.

1968

The long-running radio program The Breakfast Club signs off for the last time (ABC radio).

1949

Indonesian National Revolution: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants Indonesia sovereignty.