Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square. Date: December 27, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria. Date: December 27, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest. Date: December 27, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751 crashes in Gottröra in the Norrtälje Municipality in Sweden, injuring 92. Date: December 27, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan. Date: December 27, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Date: December 27, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Burger King and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission order a recall of plastic Poké Ball containers after they are determined to be a choking hazard. Date: December 27, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. Date: December 27, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet. Date: December 27, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis. Date: December 27, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)