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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_27" title="December 27">December 27</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/537" title="537">537</a> – The reconstructed <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia" title="Hagia Sophia">Hagia Sophia</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> was inaugurated; built as a church, it later became a mosque and a museum.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Beagle" title="HMS Beagle">HMS <i>Beagle</i></a> departed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>, England, on <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_voyage_of_HMS_Beagle" title="Second voyage of HMS Beagle">a voyage to South America</a></b> that established <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin" title="Charles Darwin">Charles Darwin</a>'s standing as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_history" title="Natural history">naturalist</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a> – A public speech by the Polish pianist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski" title="Ignacy Jan Paderewski">Ignacy Jan Paderewski</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozna%C5%84" title="Poznań">Poznań</a> sparked the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Poland_uprising_(1918%E2%80%931919)" title="Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)">Greater Poland uprising</a> against Germany.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932" title="1932">1932</a> – New York City's <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall" title="Radio City Music Hall">Radio City Music Hall</a></b> opened with the world's largest auditorium at the time.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalist_Volunteer_Force" title="Loyalist Volunteer Force">Loyalist Volunteer Force</a> leader <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Wright_(loyalist)" title="Billy Wright (loyalist)">Billy Wright</a></b> was assassinated in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Prison_Maze" title="HM Prison Maze">HM Prison Maze</a> by members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_National_Liberation_Army" title="Irish National Liberation Army">Irish National Liberation Army</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sviatoslav_II_of_Kiev" title="Sviatoslav II of Kiev">Sviatoslav II of Kiev</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1076); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agda_Meyerson" title="Agda Meyerson">Agda Meyerson</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1924); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyna" title="Chyna">Chyna</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1969)</p>