On This day
December 27
Fruitcake Day
1897 Montreal Victorias win the Stanley Cup 15 - 2 over the Ottawa Capitals
1927 Show Boat The First American Musical opens at Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway
1932 Radio City Music Hall Opens in New York
1945 The World Bank / International Monetary Fund is created
1968 Apollo 8 splashes into the Pacific Ocean
1981 Wayne Gretzky gets 100 points in 38 games fastest player in the NHL to do so
Happy Birthday
1823 Mackenzie Bowell 5th Prime Minister of Canada
1939 John Amos actor Coming to America, The Beastmaster
1947 Bill Eadie AX of Demolition 3 x WWF tag team Champion
1952 David Knopfler musician Dire Straits
1966 Bill Goldberg WWE Superstar 1 x WWE heavyweight Champion
1980 Cesaro WWE SuperStar
1991 Chloe Bridges actress in Pretty Little Liars & Daytime Divas
1993 Olivia Cooke actress starred in Bates Motel, & Ouija.
1993 Alexandria Morgan
Passes away
2016 Carrie Fisher director actress & Princess
Sources
http://www.profightdb.com/this-day-in-history/12-27-2010.html
