December 27 in Pop Culture History |
| December 27th is… Fruitcake Day Make Cut-out Snowflakes Day National Visit The Zoo Day |
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1831 – Charles Darwin set sail in the HMS Beagle, beginning his journey of discovering evolution. 1895 – “Stag” Lee Sheldon killed his friend Billy Lyons over a drunken political argument. Various versions of the encounter have been sung about “Stagger Lee.” 1904 – Peter Pan the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up (Duke of York’s Theatre Play) opened on December 27, 1904 1927 – Show Boat, considered to be the first American musical play, opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway. 1932 – Built during the Great Depression, Radio City Music Hall, a modern Art Deco theater in New York City, opened. 1952 – #1 Hit December 27, 1952 – January 9, 1953: Jimmy Boyd – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 1969 – #1 Hit December 27, 1969 – January 2, 1970: Diana Ross & the Supremes – Someday We’ll Be Together 1975 – #1 Hit December 27, 1975 – January 2, 1976: The Staple Singers – Let’s Do It Again 1979 – Knots Landing premiered on CBS 1983 – Pope John Paul II visited Mehmet Ali Agca in prison and personally forgave him for shooting him in 1981, in St. Peter’s Square. 1986 – Brighton Beach Memories debuted in theaters. 1991 – Fried Green Tomatoes and The Prince of Tides were released in theaters. 2002 – Chicago debuted in theaters. 2013 – August: Osage County was released in theaters. |